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The Disney live-action remakes are an affront to film-kind, but we ranked them anyway to find what merits they do hold ...
Even though Disney has been synonymous with animated movies for a while, people forget they often have a robust live-action ...
With Disney's latest live-action re-do -- the beloved (and merchandise windfall) Lilo & Stitch -- hitting theaters this week, ...
The original Pete’s Dragon from 1977 tells a relatively simple story about the young orphan boy Pete (Sean Marshall) whose only companion is a friendly animated dragon. While the friendly ...
Where other movies are chest-thumping, it's quiet; where others are brashly cynical, it's sweetly sincere; where others are lacking in giant cuddly dragons, Pete's Dragon has one. Few may remember the ...
Pete Kelly, owner of the "Pete's" Central Coast restaurants from 1977 to 2007, has written a cookbook ... supporting cancer survivors through the sport of dragon boating. It’s harvest season for wine ...
“Pete’s Dragon,” a remake of the 1977 musical that earned nearly $77 million in U.S. theaters. Disney also claimed the No. 3 spot, with “The BFG,” on both the NPD VideoScan overall disc ...
Disney’s remake – or “reimagining” as they prefer – of their 1977 film that combined animation with live action, “Pete’s Dragon.” The dragon is now a furry CGI critter. It doesn ...
A remake of a 1977 Disney film, “Pete’s Dragon” manages to be cute and quite engrossing, even if it’s mostly a safe retackling of the “boy and strange friend against the world” trope.
Pete’s Dragon is a charming surprise, considering that its 1977 predecessor is a silly song-and-dance romp that sloppily has live actors interact with a goofily conceived friendly dragon.
It’s like the Wonder Years.” Howard plays National Park ranger Grace Meacham in Pete’s Dragon, a live-action remake of the 1977 Disney classic which plumps for CGI-enhanced naturalism with a ...