Most live-action Disney remakes feel like perfunctory re-treads. The exceptions, which are few and far between, include Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella, whose emphasis on kindness through adversity makes ...

The live-action film, “Peter Pan & Wendy,” debuts today, Friday, April 28, 2023, on Disney+ streaming service. The Disney+ original “is a live-action reimagining of the J.M. Barrie novel and the 1953 ...

A thin but lovely film about embracing change, Lowery's latest is a high-flying rebuttal to the soullessness of Disney's other recent live-action remakes. For one thing, Lowery’s update doesn’t look ...

As much as anything, it was Tim Burton’s 2010 live-action adaptation of Walt Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland,” which rocketed to more than $1 billion in ticket sales, that convinced Disney brass that ...

“There’s a Neverland waiting for you where all your happy dreams come true. Every dream that you dream will come true,” as the lyrics to “You Can Fly” go. Soon viewers will be transported (or rather, ...

A couple years ago, I mused whether David Lowery’s Peter Pan and Wendy (now on Disney+) or Benh Zeitlin’s 2020 film Wendy would better execute the following premise: What if Terrence Malick directed a ...

You could say “Peter Pan & Wendy,” the latest voyage to the Disney+ recycling bin, is an unexpectedly strong movie. But it’s not unexpected, so really, you shouldn’t call it that. The director and ...

Even if he could grow up, J.M. Barrie's age-defying scamp must feel like he's trapped in a time loop, so often has he been revived. This straight-to-streaming take ranks among the least imaginative.

Everyone knows the classic story of Disney’s “Peter Pan,” the perpetually young boy looking for his shadow who takes the ...

Of all the big, ambitious swings that “Alien: Earth” takes, none are riskier than the parallels that showrunner Noah Hawley chooses to draw between his new sci-fi series and “Peter Pan.” The FX drama ...