I’d like to piss everyone off for a moment and ask what I consider to be a simple question: Why does Disney hates mothers? Think about every possible Disney movie you’ve ever seen, and I’m only referring to the mainstream full-feature length movies starting with 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (evil, wicked stepmother) all the way to 2010’s Tangled (evil, wicked witch who pretends... 

I suppose it was inevitable. Just like no star sports player can go undefeated, eventually Pixar had to present a movie that didn’t live up to the high standards we’ve all come to expect from them. While there are some entertaining things to like about Cars 2, particularly for younger viewers, as a whole this is a terribly weak movie. With a ridiculous story, a poor change of focus, and a weak... 

I still remember the marketing blitz behind Cars in the weeks leading up to the movie’s original theatrical release. Every day Disney / Pixar was releasing something new to promote the movie – in particular character wallpapers and posters. There came a point where I really started to worry whether Pixar had its first dud on its hands. After all, the studio had never worked so hard to promote... 

Last weekend was a desperate fight for the family dollar at the box office, between part one of the last chapter of the boy-wizard saga, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and Disney’s latest animated picture, Tangled. The story of the boy wizard wound up on top, even in its second week, which is probably a bit of a concern for Walt Disney Studios. They had a lot riding on Tangled, and although...