Pete's Dragon

Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Don’t Breathe’ Breathlessly Wins the Weekend
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Don’t Breathe’ Breathlessly Wins the Weekend
Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Don’t Breathe’ Breathlessly Wins the Weekend
In a summer filled with misfires and box office disappointments, the horror genre has kept its head above the water. The Conjuring 2 crossed the $100 million mark. Lights Out was a gigantic sleeper hit. And now, Don’t Breathe has closed out August with a surprising bang, dethroning Suicide Squad with a very strong opening weekend.
‘Pete’s Dragon’ Review: A Worthy Remake With a Childlike Sense of Wonder
‘Pete’s Dragon’ Review: A Worthy Remake With a Childlike Sense of Wonder
‘Pete’s Dragon’ Review: A Worthy Remake With a Childlike Sense of Wonder
Disney’s 1977 musical ‘Pete’s Dragon’ was my favorite movie as a kid, one I watched obsessively on VHS. In retrospect, I can now look back on it as an adult and admit it was a pretty awful movie — it was about an orphan whose adoptive family chased him while gleefully singing songs about abusing him. The songs were bad (though my 6-year-old self enjoyed them), the acting was as campy and mawkish, and the shoddy animation looks laughable today. But as much as the movie was a dated element of its time, it still told an emotionally relatable story that, when handled by Disney, can become timeless. It only makes sense that the studio remade ‘Pete’s Dragon,’ keeping that same sentiment, but without the hokey songs and with more impressive visual effects.