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Disney Animated Movies 59 – Raya and the Last Dragon
It’s been a weird couple of years when it comes to movies. A lot of major movies have been delayed by over a year, including Black Widow of the MCU. Most of the movies that did get released last year … Continue reading
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Tagged asian fantasy, carlos lopez estrada, cgi, daniel dae kim, disney, disney animated movies, disney animation studios, dragon movies, dragons, fantasy, gemma chan, james newton howard, kelly marie tran, movies, namaari, raya, raya and the last dragon, sisu, tong
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Harry Potter Movies 8 – The Deathly Hallows part 2
There are only two Harry Potter movies I saw in theaters, Order of the Phoenix and Deathly Hallows Part 2. The first was back when Order of the Phoenix arrived, and I was completely lost, having not seen any of … Continue reading
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Tagged alan rickman, alexandre desplat, bafta, battle of hogwarts, cgi, crabbe and doyle, daniel radcliffe, david yates, draco malfoy, emma watson, fantasy, fantasy movies, grammy awards, harry potter, harry potter and the deathly hallows, harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2, harry potter movies, hermoine, hermoine granger, hogwarts, j.k. rowling, jamie waylett, movie review, movies, mystery, neville longbottom, ralph fiennes, richard roeper, roger ebert, ron weasley, rotten tomatoes, rupert grint, scream awards, second wizarding war, severus snape, snape, stuart craig, tom felton, voldemort, warner brothers, witches, wizards
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Harry Potter movies 1 – The Philosopher’s Stone
Before I started looking at movies on this blog, I read through all of the Harry Potter novels for the first time and reviewed each of them. As much as I’d like to get back into novel reading for this … Continue reading
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Tagged alan rickman, cgi, chris columbus, daniel radcliffe, david heyman, draco malfroy, dumbledore, emma watson, fantasy, hagrid, harry potter, harry potter and the philosopher's stone, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, hermoine, jk rowling, john williams, maggie smith, movie review, movies, mystery, professor mcgonagall, richard harris, robbie coltrane, roger ebert, ron weasley, rupert grint, severus snape, snape, witches, wizards
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Star Wars movies ranked
I’ve decided that next month, I’ll start taking a look at the Harry Potter film series. I’ll also include the Strange Beast movies (I’ve only seen the first one so far), but first, this post has been delayed far too … Continue reading
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Tagged a new hope, anakin skywalker, attack of the clones, canto bight, cgi, count dooku, darth maul, darth vader, emperor palpatine, finn, general grevious, george lucas, han solo, harrison ford, jango fett, jedi, kylo ren, luke skywalker, movie review, movies, obi-wan, prequel, return of the jedi, revenge of the sith, rey, rogue one, rogue one: a star wars story, sequel, sith, solo: a star wars story, star wars, star wars movies, star wars original trilogy, star wars prequel trilogy, star wars prequels, star wars sequel trilogy, the empire strikes back, the force awakens, the last jedi, the phantom menace, the rise of skywalker, yoda
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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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Tagged alfre woodard, animated movies, animation, be prepared, Beyoncé, billy eichner, can you feel the love tonight, cgi, chiwetel ejiofor, circle of life, disney, disney remake, disney remakes, donald glover, elton john, hakuna matata, hans zimmer, he lives in you, james earl jones, john kani, john oliver, jon favreau, movie review, movies, mufasa, nala, peter hollins, pumbaa, rafiki, sarabi, scar, seth rogan, simba, spirit, the lion king, timone, timone and pumba, zazu
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Disney Remakes 10 – Aladdin
This blog post is later than I wanted it to be, mostly because at least for now, my new position at work can be mentally tiring. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind. I’ve always had the personality type where … Continue reading
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Tagged a whole new world, aladdin, arabian nights, cgi, disney, disney remake, fairy tale, friend like me, genie, genies, guy ritchie, iago, jafar, jasmine, marwen kenzari, mena massoud, movie review, movies, musical, naomi scott, nasim pedrad, navid negahban, one jump ahead, prince ali, princess jasmine, sultan, will smith
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Disney Remakes 9 – Beauty and the Beast
Back when I did my Disney movie marathon in 2017, I also watched all of the live-action remakes made up to that point. Among them, there was Beauty and the Beast, which at the time was a fairly recent movie. … Continue reading
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Tagged alan f. horn, alan menken, be our guest, beauty and the beast, belle, bill condon, cgi, cogsworth, dan stevens, disney, disney movies, disney remakes, emma watson, ewan mcgregor, fairy tale, gaston, historical fiction, ian mckellen, josh gad, kevin kline, lafou, lefou, luke evans, lumiere, maurice, movie review, movies, the beast, the french revolution, time travel
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Disney Remakes 7 – The Jungle Book (2016)
Now that I’m starting to get my life back under control, it’s time to continue this series on Disney live-action Remakes. Today’s subject is 2016’s The Jungle Book, the remake for the last movie that Walt Disney produced. He died … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, bagheera, baloo, ben kingsley, bill murray, cgi, Christopher Walken, disney, disney movies, disney remakes, gigantopithecus, i wanna be like you, idris elba, jon favreau, kaa, king louie, los angeles times, lupita nyong'o, movie review, movies, mowgli, neel sethi, new york times, orangutan, pixar, raksha, rebecca williams, rotten tomatoes, Scarlett Johannsen, shere khan, the jungle book, visual effects society, walt disney
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Disney Remakes 5 – Maleficent
On paper, the sound of a Sleeping Beauty remake focusing on the character of Maleficent sounds awesome. Sleeping Beauty released in 1959, and the main villain still remains up there with the greatest villains in Disney history. It’s also a … Continue reading
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Tagged angelina jolie, cgi, disney, disney princess, disney remakes, ella fanning, fairies, imelda staunton, joe roth, king stefan, maleficent, movie review, movies, prince phillip, princess aurora, robert stromberg, rotten tomatoes, sharlto copley, sleeping beauty
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