Ep. 135 - Beauty and the Beast - Movie Review

At 2:02: Does The Eagle Huntress soar? 4:08: In honor of Beauty and the Beast, this week’s #ListOfSix: Our 6 Favorite Remakes. 6:04: O’Toole caps off her Sabrina dispute with Hollister (see www.screenthoughts.net/beauty-and-the-beast for the Harrison Ford visual). 11:59: A Tale as Old as Time: the Disney marketing machine strikes again. Find out who Emma Watson took to the premiere; how her star power caused a UN website to crash; and why Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) had to read 148 novels in 8 months. Hollister brings a feminist critique: does Belle’s love for the Beast romanticize the Stockholm syndrome? O’Toole’s response might surprise you. Directed by Bill Condon; with Emma Thompson, Ian McKellen, Kevin Kline, Audra McDonald, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. Podcast extras: excerpts from an interview with 8x-Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken; and Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts in the 1991 phenom - the first animated film ever nominated for Best Picture.