There’s controversy whenever Disney elects to create a live-action version of one of their animated films. The company isn’t exactly interested in creativity with these offerings, with most emerging as impressive technical achievements content to rehash the same story for a young audience (think “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Lion King”). And then there was 2016’s “Pete’s Dragon,” with co-writer/director David Lowery endeavoring to do something different than the original 1977 musical, finding freshness and big heart in his remake opportunity, emerging with the best of the Disney do-overs. Lowery returns with a true career challenge, dealing with the oft-told tale of J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan.” There’s been enough media devoted to Neverland happenings over the last century, putting the helmer in a difficult position of invention. “Peter Pan and Wendy” doesn’t stray far enough from the basics of Barrie’s world and Disney’s 1953 animated offering, but it finds ways to restore a little magic to the tale, and it’s newly focused on the emotional health of the characters, which keeps it interesting. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com