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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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Tagged alan menken, amy adams, animation, bill kelly, cgi, comedy, disney, disney animation studios, disney associated movies, disney movies, enchanted, fairy tale, giselle, happy working song, Idina Menzel, james baxter animation, james marsden, kevin lima, movie review, movies, musical, nancy tremaine, patrick dempsey, prince edward, queen narissa, robert philip, saturn awards, stephan schwartz, susan sarandon, tangled, that's how you know
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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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Tagged academy award, animated movies, animation, battle of britain, bonfires and broomsticks, comedy, corfe castle, david tomlinson, disney, disney animation studios, disney associated movies, eglantine price, emelius brown, fantasy, how to become a witch in ten easy lessons, magic, mary norton, mary poppins, musical, portobello road, reginald owen, roy o. disney, the beautiful briny, the magical bedknob, the sherman brothers, walt disney, world war 2, ww2
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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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Tagged 101 dalmatians, aladdin, ariel, aurora, beauty and the beast, belle, captain hook, cinderella, cruella de vil, disney, disney movies, disney renaissance, disney revival, disney studios, doctor faciller, evil stepmother, friends on the other side, frollo, gaston, hellfire, jafar, jasmine, jeremy irons, king trident, maleficent, mother gothel, movies, mufasa, musical, oliver and company, one hundred and one dalmatians, peter pan, pirncess aurora, princess and the frog, princess jasmine, professor ratigan, rapunzel, scar, simba, sleeping beauty, tangled, the beast, the great mouse detective, the hunchback of notre dame, the lion king, the little mermaid, the princess and the frog, ursula, vincent price, walt disney
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Disney Animated Movies 32 – The Lion King
Here it is – the big one. Before Frozen took over the entertainment world in 2013, there was the animated epic musical film called The Lion King. Released in 1994, the movie took over the entertainment world by storm. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged animated, animated movies, animation, can you feel the love tonight, circle of life, disney, disney movies, disney studios, hakuna matata, hamlet, hans zimmer, i just can't wait to be king, james earl jones, jeremy irons, lion king, matthew brodrick, mufasa, musical, nala, pride lands, pride rock, pumba, rowen atkinson, scar, shakespeare, simba, the lion king, timone, timone and pumba, whoopi goldberg
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Disney Animated Movies 13 – Alice In Wonderland
After Cinderella’s massive success, Walt Disney started his own production company, funded several upcoming projects and got his animation studio out of debt (although he still distributed his movies through RKO Radio Pictures for a time). The next movie released … Continue reading
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Tagged alice, alice in wonderland, animated movies, animation, disney, disney studios, fantasy, lewis carroll, mad hatter, movies, musical, RKO Radio Pictures, the unbirthday song, walt disney, wonderland
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Disney’s Animated Movies 2 – Pinocchio
Three years after Snow White revolutionized animated filmmaking, Walt Disney released his second animated feature, Pinocchio. Unlike Snow White’s runaway success, Pinocchio was actually a box office disaster when it first released. I’m guessing part of that had to do … Continue reading
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Tagged avengers, avengers: age of ultron, disney, disney studios, gepetto, hi diddle dee dee, i got no strings, jiminy cricket, marvel cinematic universe, movie review, movies, musical, pinocchio, snow white, walt disney, when you wish upon a star, world war 2
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Movie Review – Superman, the 1975 musical
I wrote this review a while ago for my other blog, and I’m now re-posting it here with a few minor changes. “It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman” was a broadway musical first produced in 1966. The show was generally … Continue reading
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