Tag: Culture Wars

  • Beauty, the Beast, and the Boycott

    Beauty, the Beast, and the Boycott

    Full confession: I was not really that excited about the Beauty and the Beast remake. Like most children of the 90’s, I grew up watching the Disney animated original. I even owned a VHS copy. As I’ve gotten older, though, the story of Beauty and the Beast has become increasingly problematic for me. Intelligent, independent…

  • Captain America: Civil War

    Captain America: Civil War

    Marvel’s at it again. This spring’s big hit is an adaption of the multiverse sensation Civil War for the newest Captain America movie. I remember 10 years ago spending hours in our local library reading this amazing story from as many points of view as they had, feeling the tension, fractures, sabotages, and trying to…

  • Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party

    Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party

    For all of you who haven’t been wanting to watch this movie for over a year, allow me let you into my world. My anticipation for Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party started after seeing The Wise Kids which is a a similar but more idyllic movie by the same director, Stephen Cone. The Wise Kids was…