‘Hocus Pocus 2′ conjures a new witches’ brew

Disney regularly wrings inordinate mileage out of nostalgia, which can easily obscure when the source wasn’t quite as worthy of praise as we like to remember. “Hocus Pocus 2” should benefit from that dynamic, delivering a breezy sequel — 29 years later — that should provide go-down-easy Halloween viewing for families in the less-demanding confines of Disney+.Continue Reading

‘Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga’ presents the David-vs.-Goliath battle that roiled Wall Street

The best part of “Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga” is that it manages to tell a complicated financial story with a fair amount of humor and context, in a way that doesn’t demonize the various parties, which doesn’t spare them from various levels of mockery. The result is a Netflix docuseries that, despite a few excesses, exposes the more ridiculous aspects of stock trading and where all that paper can come to resemble a house of cards.Continue Reading