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Best Disney Villains

When you have an animation studio that’s been around since the 1930’s, and has released 56 feature films, you’re bound to have at least a few good villains. Whether it’s classic style Fairytale villains or the more modern, complex villain, … Continue reading

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Disney Animated Movies 53 – Frozen

This movie doesn’t need any introduction, but I’ll sum it up anyway. Frozen released in November of 2013, which happened to be the start of an unusually cold fall and an early winter throughout pretty much all of North America.  … Continue reading

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Disney Animated Movies 52 – Wreck It Ralph

One would think that Wreck it Ralph would be the perfect movie for me. Released in 2012, it’s a movie about video game characters in an arcade, interacting after hours within their power grid. The idea is that the video … Continue reading

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Disney Animated Movies 51 – Winnie the Pooh

In 1977, Disney Animation Studios released the last feature film that ever directly involved Walt Disney in the production. It collected three short films starring Winnie the Pooh and his friends in the enchanted forest. There have been a couple … Continue reading

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Disney’s 50th animated feature part 2 – Tangled

For part 1, click here. Yesterday I talked about this movie’s very complex backstory, its critical reception and my personal history with it. So instead of recapping that, let’s talk about the original Rapunzel fairytale. I’m going to try to … Continue reading

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Disney Animated Movies 50 part 1 – Rapunzel

We’ve reached the Disney Animation Studio’s 50th feature film. As such, I’ll be splitting this into two posts. For part 2, click here. There are several reasons I’m doing this. First, 50 movies is a significant achievement for a single … Continue reading

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Disney Animated Movies 49 – The Princess and the Frog

Although Bolt was fairly well received by critics and even better by fans, it was only mildly successful. After a string of box office bombs and mild success stories, Disney Animation Studios and John Lasseter, head of Disney’s entire animation … Continue reading

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Disney Animated Movies 48 – Bolt

I talked a bit about how Disney bought Pixar in early 2006 in my previous post. Although John Lasseter did help improve Meet The Robinsons a bit, he took over the entire animation department a bit too late in production … Continue reading

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