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Classic Musical Month 4 – Fiddler on the Roof
The three previous movies I looked at in this month’s blog series were all movies I had at least some knowledge of. I’d seen The Wizard of Oz several times before. I’d seen significant chunks of The Sound of Music. … Continue reading
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Classic Musical Month 3 – The Sound of Music
The original plan was to post this sometime between Sunday and Tuesday, but this week’s been crazy in more ways than one. My uncle died since my last blog post for one – the very uncle who was a major … Continue reading
Classic Musical Month 2 – Singin’ in the Rain
The Wizard of Oz, which I reviewed 5 days ago, is the only movie I’ll be looking at this month that I’ve seen in full before. I’ve seen parts of next week’s The Sound of Music, but never the whole … Continue reading
Classic Musical Month 1 – The Wizard of Oz
It’s hard, if not impossible, to think of a movie more famous than this one. According to the Library of Congress, The Wizard of Oz is the most seen film in history. It’s among the first 25 movies that were … Continue reading
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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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Christmas Classics 3: White Christmas
My dad usually isn’t a fan of musicals. In fact, he rarely listens to music at all. Yet every year, he watches this 1954 Christmas musical to get in the mood for the holidays. That alone has made me curious … Continue reading
Disney Associated Movies 12 – Enchanted
Enchanted is somehow both a unique film in the Disney cannon, and not unique at the same time. It’s a mostly live-action musical comedy romance, mixed with traditional animation. It also happens to be the very first movie distributed by … Continue reading
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Disney Associated Movies 9 – The Nightmare Before Christmas
This is probably the only movie I’ve heard of that successfully celebrates two holidays at once. It manages to capture a touch of horror movies to tie into Halloween, while also celebrating Christmas. Although Disney Animation Studios had their hand … Continue reading
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Tagged caroline thompson, catherine o'hara, chris sarandon, christmas, christmas town, danny elfman, david hoberman, disney, disney animation studios, disney movies, halloween, halloween town, henry selick, jack skellington, jack's lament, making christmas, movie review, movies, musical, poor jack, roger ebert, rolling stone, sally, sally's song, skellington productions, this is halloween, tim burton, touchstone pictures, what's this?
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Disney Associated Movies 6: Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Mary Poppins and Bedknobs and Broomsticks have quite a bit in common. They’re both mostly live-action movies, with a significant amount of animation mixed in. They both star a woman with magical abilities taking care of children who are not … Continue reading
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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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