‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Burst a Comic-Book Bubble

[ad_1] Excerpt from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles No. 1. Photo: Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird/Viacom International Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2016, shortly after the premiere of what was then the most recent TMNT movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. We are republishing it now that a new film about… Continue reading ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Burst a Comic-Book Bubble

‘The Beanie Bubble’ review: Though colorful, it’s understuffed

[ad_1] ‘The Beanie Bubble’ The rise and fall of the 1990s Beanie Baby craze is seen through the eyes of three women in “The Beanie Bubble,” a kaleidoscopic dramedy loosely based on Zac Bissonnette’s book “The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute.” Writer-director Kristin Gore and her husband and… Continue reading ‘The Beanie Bubble’ review: Though colorful, it’s understuffed

How ‘The Beanie Bubble’ adds a little plushness to the truth

[ad_1] People of a certain generation remember the hype around Beanie Babies—a phenomenon so ridiculous it now seems unreal. The rise and inevitable fall of the infamous stuffed toy was the subject of Zac Bissonnette’s heavily researched 2015 book “The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute.” The details were… Continue reading How ‘The Beanie Bubble’ adds a little plushness to the truth