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What single factor may explain why Whirlpool Corp. no longer donates to Planned Parenthood, why the Walt Disney Co. has a Roman Catholic priest on its board of directors and why Best Buy is cracking down on minors who try to buy shoot-'em-up video and computer games? Answer: a bunch of Catholic investors and their allies want it that...
Since the 1960s, kids of all nations have enjoyed the quests and antics of Astro Boy, Robotech and their TV kin. But in its feature-film form, anime (Japanese animation) boasts a graphic artistry as potent as Disney's or Pixar's--or Goya's or Bosch's. Here, some anime for the ages...
Little in “Sky High” defies convention. And just like flipping the remote control to the Disney Channel (it’s even written by the creators of the network’s animated series “Kim Possible”), we have our unknown child actors, a few cameos for the grown-ups, a typical problem facing adolescents—in this case, popularity, or the lack thereof—and a valuable lesson learned in the end. This is more than enough to placate all that preteen angst, but by adding...
...this theme has found its way into many a teen movie, Angarano, best known for playing Jack’s long-lost son on “Will and Grace,” has the charm and inflection to pull it off. The 17-year-old star (one thing Disney does consistently well is hire actual teens to play teens in its movies) plays the nice but sometimes clueless guy in a style reminiscent of a young, less cynical John Cusack...
...children—even to the threshold of teendom—hard enough to stick. While the humor isn’t biting enough nor the plot innovative enough to make it a must-see college flick, “Sky High” promises an engaging time for Disney Channel graduates and adults with inner superheroes alike...