Film Review – Beauty and the Beast

Since 1991, the “Beauty and the Beast” brand name has been owned by Disney, who turned their animated picture into a box office smash and an Oscar contender. There was a Broadway show and spin-offs, and the company is preparing to renew their pop culture lease with a 2017 live-action adaptation starring Emma Watson as Belle. For director Christophe Gans, the “tale as old as time” demands a return to its fairy tale roots, mounting a semi-traditional take on Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve’s 1740 story. The helmer behind “Brotherhood of the Wolf” and “Silent Hill,” Gans excels with visuals, and he doesn’t disappoint with his reclamation of “Beauty and the Beast,” which builds a specific world of the unreal to help inspect a core tale of burgeoning passion. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com