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Pixar Movies 25 – Turning Red

Turning Red, released earlier this year, marks the third time a Pixar movie didn’t receive a full theatrical release (the very good Soul being the first). Despite releasing in March, when most territories in the United States and Canada started … Continue reading

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Disney rewatch – the Robin(sons) movies

Back in 2017, I started regularly reviewing movies, and over time I found that I enjoy retrospective movie reviews more than writing about comics. As much as I want to get back into comics someday, movies have been a much … Continue reading

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Pixar Movies 24 – Luca

It seems that Pixar hasn’t done as well with their advertising in the last couple of years. I knew very little about Soul before I watched it about a year ago, and I didn’t even know this movie existed until … Continue reading

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Disney Animated Movies 60 – Encanto

I get the general impression that Raya and the Last Dragon was originally supposed to be Disney Animation Studio’s 60th movie. It’s a big story (too big for the movie’s own good), attempting to tell an epic fantasy story involving … Continue reading

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Pixar Movies 22 – Onward

The release surrounding Pixar’s Onward is rather unfortunate. It released widely in early March of this year, not too long before movie theaters started shutting down. As such, despite enjoying positive reviews and reception, it only earned $130 million on … Continue reading

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Disney Remakes 11 – The Lion King

Of all the Disney live-action remakes so far, this is the one which has the least to say about. From a story and character standpoint, it changes almost nothing from original animated movie. No expanded sub-plots. No deeper character analysis. … Continue reading

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Dragon Movies 4/DreamWorks movies 29: How To Train Your Dragon 2

Like with my first How To Train Your Dragon post, this doubles as an entry in my Dragon Movies theme month and jumping forward in my long delayed DreamWorks blog series. How To Train Your Dragon 2 released in July … Continue reading

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Dragon Movies 2/DreamWorks movies 19: How to Train Your Dragon

This is kind of a double blogathon movie post in a way. I’m mostly looking at dragon movies this month, but I’ve also got a long delayed DreamWorks movie project going on. Almost two years in, I’m only 12 movies … Continue reading

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Disney Animated Movies 58 – Frozen II

As of this writing, the first Frozen movie remains the most profitable animated movie of all-time, breaking multiple records upon its release and earning almost $1.3 billion. Up until this year’s “live action” Lion King remake, it was also the … Continue reading

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Disney Associated Movies 11 – James and the Giant Peach

Although Tim Burton has worked with Disney quite a bit over the years, he’s only been involved with two movies tied directly with Disney Animation Studios. Like with The Nightmare Before Christmas, the famed studio mostly focused on touch-up animation, … Continue reading

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