| Movies, China Censorship, Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh By Chelsea Steiner on Sun,12:35 While families flock to the theaters to see Disney's latest film Christopher Robin, the movie has been unexpectedly banned from China. This is not the first film that was banned from the Chinese market this year (that would be A Wrinkle in Time) but it definitely makes one wonder how Winnie the Pooh and his gang from the Hundred Acre Wood got banned from one the film industry's most profitable markets. Read More > Movies, Disney, Star Wars (franchise), things we saw today By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,5:48 Ever since Disney announced that it would be launching its own streaming service in 2019, fans have been excited to find all their Star Wars content in one place. That is, until it was revealed that Disney does not have the streaming rights to the original trilogies. Read More > TV, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Patrick Stewart, Star Trek (franchise) By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,5:02 Captain Jean-Luc Picard is back, baby! In a surprise announcement at the Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, Patrick Stewart announced that he would be starring in a new series on CBS All Access that follows the later years of Picard. Read More > Big on the Internet, Black Panther, wakanda, wakandacon By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,2:57 Calling all Chicago-based nerds: Wakandacon is officially underway! The three-day fan convention and edutainment summit at the Hilton Downtown Chicago “celebrates Afrofuturism as well as black representation and excellence in film, STEM, tech, fine art and media.” Read More > Big on the Internet, fan film, Rian Johnson, Star Wars: The Last Jedi By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,2:13 Filmmaker and podcaster Dana James Jones was fed up with the constant hate, so he decided to make a short film parody of Rian Johnson's debut indie hit Brick. The 2005 Sundance hit was a neo-noir high school tale starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a student investigating the murder of his ex-girlfriend. Read More > |
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