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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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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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