They called the original “Walt Disney’s Folly”, because everyone was convinced that any cartoon longer than Silly Symphonies was doomed to fail. They were wrong, of course. Not only did “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” earn more than all … Continue reading Snow Woke is the Real Disney’s Folly
HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS D: Tommy Wirkola S: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare RATING: * FACT: Fairy tales were meant to be scary, especially the ones by the Brothers Grimm. Most of us know by now that Little Red Riding Hood was about rape, Snow White was about necrophilia, and Cinderella’s stepsisters went as far as severing their toes to fit into that goddamn slipper. This makes any attempt at a more gruesome reboot a redundant exercise, to say the least. Norweigan director Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow) must have missed that memo. In Hansel and Gretel: Witch … Continue reading This week in fairy tale bastardization: Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
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