Folks, I regret to inform you that the unsettling CGI remakes are at it again. This time, it’s a “live-action reimagining” of Pinocchio, which began streaming on Disney+ today. For those who remember ...

Even taking it as a given that Disney's animated classics will all receive live-action makeovers eventually, "Pinocchio" feels like an unnecessary exercise -- a movie so flat that it never sparks to ...

Let’s face it, “Pinocchio” has always been an odd choice for a children’s morality tale. Of course, lying is wrong. But that’s not the only message the story sends. Even the classic 1940 Disney ...

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The House of Mouse is practically printing money with its live-action remakes, but critically, they're hit and miss (and more often miss). But it's not the quality that matters for most of these films ...

Aug. 24 (UPI) --Disney+ on Wednesday shared a new trailer for its upcoming film Pinocchio, a live-action adaptation of the classic 1940s film by Walt Disney. The trailer showed Tom Hanks in the ...

When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto (Christian Rub) builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio (Dick Jones), is not yet a ...