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 ...

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.

With “Pete’s Dragon,” Disney has a perfect end to the summer movie season with a film that will tug at heartstrings and make moviegoers feel like children again. For six years, Pete (Oakes ...

Unlike the 1977 original, this 3D version of Pete’s Dragon dispenses with animation and song interludes. Skillfully adapting the short story by Seton Miller and SS Field, co-scenarist and ...

It’s unlikely that you’ll watch Pete’s Dragon. There’s no point denying it. There are always other, flashier, louder, more attractive films out there. But if you’re reading this ...

The battle in 'Pete's Dragon' is between the sincerity of the filmmakers' intentions and the cynicism driving the film's creation. Oakes Fegley as Pete. There is a war going on in Pete’s Dragon.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Hollywood veteran Robert Redford hopes to bring magical inspiration to audiences with his new film "Pete's Dragon." Redford, 79, is a decorated Hollywood presence who has ...

Pete’s Dragon is the new Walt Disney Pictures adventure film based on the classic 1977 animated film of the same name. This re-imagining was written and directed by David Lowery whose only ...

Pete’s Dragon first surfaced as a musical live-action animated feature in 1977 about a nine-year-old orphan and his magical dragon whom nobody could see. Now, almost four decades later ...