What did Mary Poppins accomplish in ‘Mary Poppins Returns’?

There’s a scene in Mary Poppins Returns in which Lin Manuel-Miranda’s character, Jack, tells the eponymous magical nanny, “It’s a good thing you came along when you did.” But about an hour-and-a-half later, I left the theater wondering, “Was it, though?” Disney’s hilariously belated sequel is a delightful moviegoing experience full of dazzling visuals and musical numbers…

The Christmas Without a ‘Star Wars’

Star Wars has vanished. For the first time in four years, December is underway without a new adventure in the galaxy far, far away, as Disney and Lucasfilm this year opted to put out Solo: A Star Wars Story over the summer instead. But bucking the yearly tradition of releasing every Star Wars film shortly…