Let’s Hope Disney’s “Hercules” Remake isn’t Another “Aladdin”
Here's what Disney got wrong with "Aladdin" and how it can avoid those pitfalls with "Hercules."

A gang of robbers steals thousands of euros in a provincial bar without imagining that the owner of the business is Cagliostro (Tony Sperandeo), a shady individual linked to the criminal underworld. He tracks down the gang of robbers, offering them the opportunity to collaborate with him, by sneaking into the mansion of the elderly Chinese businessman Hung (Hal Yamanouchi), where they will have to steal a green jade pendant for him. In exchange for the success they will be able to keep all the money stolen from the bar, but they will discover that the medallion is around the neck of Hung's daughter, Sofia (Martina Angelucci), in a coma and kept alive through a mysterious ritual. And it is only the beginning of a long night of blood and violence.
Here's what Disney got wrong with "Aladdin" and how it can avoid those pitfalls with "Hercules."
Wild Child tells the story of a wealthy, spoiled teenage girl named Poppy Moore who lives in Malibu, California, who attends a boarding school in England. This film shows us how Poppy is first labeled as a fish out of water compared to her boarding school classmates, as she is a wild child, but eventually earns her roommates' friendships and respect.
Joann Kohng’s Subject to IX tells the heartbreaking truth of the Title IX rules that colleges abide by.
The human experience is described through the eyes of a marginalized outsider, neither judgmental nor invested, just an observant donkey.
Villeneuve’s Dune is a masterpiece for its crafting process, but references to David Lynch's picture are sometimes too obvious.
This current year, as well as the past several, has seen a slowly building increase in something the horror genre has required for quite a while in this critic's opinion...originality. I've stated before that I am very hard to please when it comes to this vein of the film industry's offerings, always leaning more towards that which sends chills through my very being in lieu of buckets of blood and gore.