The Prince and the Pauper (1962), by Albert W. Vogt III
Whether you like Disney or despise the company, they have been pioneers in cinema. Though Walt’s boys, as he liked to sometimes refer to them as, did not invent the sodium vapor process, they were the first to make extensive use of it. I am not here to explain how that works. You can look it up for…
Adventures in Babysitting (2016), by Albert W. Vogt III
When is it a good time to do a remake? If you are the Disney Channel, it is, apparently, when you have hit the century mark for movies made for your long-running cable television network. Why they picked Adventures in Babysitting (1987) to give a modern look to in 2016 to observe the aforementioned milestone, I could not…
A Wrinkle in Time, by Albert W. Vogt III
There are two ways of thinking about A Wrinkle in Time (2018). On the one hand, it is a bunch of made-up insanity that smacks of other stories. For example, the three guides in it, known as the “Misses,” are Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon), Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey), and Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling). I imagine these might have different names…
Around the World in 80 Days, by Albert W. Vogt III
At some point in my past, I made the decision to read as many classic novels as possible. I cannot remember when I made this vow. I have also not been keeping up with it in a regular manner. It has not helped that I have been an extremely poor reader in recent years. I blame this on having…
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, by Albert W. Vogt III
Just to get out of the way what is becoming a broken record with The Legionnaire’s thoughts on the Planet of the Apes franchise: Catholicism is not against the theory of evolution. The idea is in the background of all these films, though how much of it is in the installments made in the 1960s…
White Fang, by Albert W. Vogt III
There are not too many movies about Alaska that I do not enjoy, with the exception of Into the Wild (2007). However, can we really call that a film about our northern most state? In it, Chris McCandless (Emile Hirsch) spends years preparing to live in our last true wilderness, only to get there and die within less than…
Finding Dory, by Albert W. Vogt III
Appropriately enough, I cannot remember how I originally got roped into seeing Finding Dory (2016) in the theater. It was likely due to whoever I was dating at the time insisting that we see it. When I am in a relationship, I do not mind doing such things. It is funny, when they are in the past, how quickly the…
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