<em>Mary Poppins Returns</em>: Cunning Homage or Shameless Rip-off?
Opinions will vary, but for those in the proper mood, the new sequel starring Emily Blunt is a very pleasant diversion.
If there were two big upcoming movies I spent most of 2018 semi-dreading, they were A Star Is Born and Mary Poppins Returns. The former had already been dramatized four (!) times—at least if you include a Bollywood adaptation titled Aashiqui 2—and I wasn’t a particular fan of either the Judy Garland or the Barbra Streisand version. But to my surprise, Bradley Cooper’s remake was superb on almost every level.
As for , it pains me to watch how ceaselessly Disney is cannibalizing its back catalog. The past few years have featured live-action reimaginings of , , and —with , , , , and all coursing down
