Words Have Consequences For SNOW WHITE

Words Have Consequences For SNOW WHITE

Some say that the impact of so-called “culture wars” on studio results and box office success is exaggerated. The conversation developing around Snow White would seem to disprove that, as branding experts are now weighing in and warning that a developing...
Pixar Boss Defends High Budgets

Pixar Boss Defends High Budgets

You know the cry echoing around Last Movie Outpost these days – that the biggest issue Hollywood really has right now is that movies are just too damned expensive. Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny made $350 million. Mission: Impossible – Dead...
Disney Earnings Call Talks Weakness and Challenges

Disney Earnings Call Talks Weakness and Challenges

There were very mixed messages on the Disney earnings call with investors yesterday. Lacklustre film performance and a collapse in television ad sales were offset slightly by the Chinese theme parks and some small international growth in Disney+ numbers. Overall the...
Disney’s Orwellian Woke Nightmare

Disney’s Orwellian Woke Nightmare

Yeah. We did it. We used that word “woke” again in a headline. We get it, and we agree, that the word “woke” has joined “nazi”, “racist”, “sexist” and many other “-ist” words as being so overused as to have almost no meaning. Yet as a word, it...
THE LITTLE MERMAID Streaming Review

THE LITTLE MERMAID Streaming Review

Yes, I did it, I watched the new Little Mermaid movie. I do love a good B-Movie, and I also hate myself, so here is my review. Off the bat, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the original cartoon. I know of it and have seen lots from it, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen it...