Walt Disney’s “The North Avenue Irregulars” is what I like to call a goof. Not “goof” as in a mistake, but “a goof” as in something light and frivolous. Walt Disney Pictures liked to call them programmers, films that would fill a slot in theaters (but more often than not the second half of a Disney drive-in bill) and then land on the Disney television program. Read the rest of this entry »

ROYAL TENENBAUMS, THE (R)

When it comes to dysfunctional families, the Tenenbaum’s wrote the book. To emphasize that point, their story is told as a fable, chapter by chapter. page by page. It’s an unique framing device, but then “The Royal Tenenbaums” is a unique movie. Read the rest of this entry »