Why Critics Hate the Movies You Love

The following is an edited transcript of the video essay above. You can subscribe to Jon in Theory by clicking here. When you think about a big-budget, blockbuster Hollywood movie, what comes to mind? For me, I immediately picture the…

Album Review: Various Artists – “The Lion King: The Gift”

I don’t believe those that claim this album can be listened to as a completely separate “work of art” from the Disney remake. After all, every other track is an audio snippet from the film. It doesn’t let you forget…

Interview: The Lion King’s JD McCrary and Shahadi Wright Joseph Talk with TYF

Can you feel the nostalgia tonight? Disney’s crown jewel, The Lion King, gets the live-action treatment (well, the photo-realistic animation treatment anyway) with the help of Childish Gambino and Beyoncé to name a few. We at The Young Folks had…

The Lion King Movie Review: Disney laughs in the face of remake fatigue

In many ways, Disney has long applied the “circle of life” philosophy to its classic animated movies, now routinely reborn and recycled into “live-action re-imaginings.” But it’s only recently that the studio has drawn from the well of its 90s-era…

The Probable, Possible, and Unlikely: Disney Trailers at the Superbowl

This season, the NFL has experienced a resurgence of its TV ratings on a game by game basis all year. After a crazy weekend of AFC and NFC championship games, the match up has been set as the New England…

15 Most Anticipated Movies of 2019

Happy New Year! 2018 had more than its fair share of wonderful cinematic offerings, but 2019 seems just as bountiful with a variety of high-profile movie releases that have caught our interest and make us so excited to see what…

The Lion King: Disney confirms cast for 2019 Live-Action Film

Disney officially unveiled the cast on Twitter this evening for the live-action adaptation of The Lion King due out in theaters July 19, 2019. https://twitter.com/Disney/status/925853092255551488 Based on the hit animated classic from 1994, Jon Favreau is directing the live-action remake. …