It’s 1993, and your grandma reveals she bought you a VHS copy of Aladdin. You’re thrilled until you discover it’s a cheap 40-minute knock-off that has nothing to do with Aladdin, Jasmine, and Abu. It’s called a mockbuster: It’s totally legal, quite terrible, and the reason it exists is absolutely…
Pop quiz, hotshot: say you’ve made a big, colourful remake of one of your most beloved animated properties, featuring a massive cast of people of colour, many of whom from groups that are typically only cast in Hollywood as, uh, terrorists. Say that movie makes a lot of money, and…
Aladdin is about as straightforward as movies come. You don’t walk out of it really wondering what could happen in a sequel. Everyone just lives happily ever after. On the other hand, if you’re a huge fan of Aladdin and saw the new live-action version this weekend, maybe you scratched…