There is an overwhelming amount of content dropping on various streaming platforms this weekend. And one of the quieter releases is also one of the best – Glen Keane’s adorable animated feature Over the Moon, now available on Netflix. Keane is a genuine animation legend who contributed memorably to such beloved Disney classics as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Tarzan, and whose gently experimental short film with Kobe Bryant, “Dear Basketball,” won him an Oscar. And Over the Moon is his debut feature, the story of a young girl (Cathy Ang) who, following the death of her …
The big splashy reveal of Microsoft's Xbox Games Showcase turned out to be a new Fable game, welcoming fans back to Albion with all the high-powered bells and whistles of the Xbox Series X and Windows 10 PCs. The trailer didn't reveal much—just a fairy whizzing through some woodlands before getting completely bodied by a frog—but did feature an enticing, typically whimsical piece of narration. "The world is filled with stories of legendary heroes and treacherous villains. Of fantastical creatures and wondrous places where nature and magic live in perfect harmony. Not all stories have …
After only a few years on the market, the card game Fable Fortune, a spin-off title from the popular RPG series Fable, will be shut down.
Guillermo Del Toro has some thoughts about Pinocchio as a character.
From visionary director Tim Burton, the live-action telling of the beloved classic Dumbo celebrates differences while also exploring the importance of family, both by blood and by circumstance. When circus owner Max Medici (Danny DeVito) appoints former horse-riding star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) and his children (Nico Parker, Finley Hobbins) as the caretakers for the newborn elephant with the oversized ears, he has no idea that what initially makes him a laughingstock to audiences will also change their lives forever. During a conference at the film’s Los Angeles press junket, co-stars Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito and …
Netflix's next great binge-worthy show has arrived, and it's a brash, bracing headfuck with just the right amount of heart. Russian Doll, the propulsive new series from Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, and Leslye Headland, is a brilliant tale of morality and mortality that finds an expert balance between sincerity, cutting comedy, and wild genre flourish. In the first episode, we meet Nadia (Lyonne); an acerbic, chain-smoking software designer in rockstar duds, staring herself down in the bathroom mirror at her 36th birthday party. Outside the walls of the wildly designed bathroom (including a "terrifying" door that …