Movie and TV Reviews and News
February 25, 2025
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Disney’s ‘Lion King’ Prequel Is Just A Re-Hashing Of ‘The Lion King’

This spring, the latest addition to Walt Disney Studios’ Lion King franchise makes its way home on 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD in the form of Mufasa: The Lion King.  This prequel to Disney’s 1994 animated movie, which is available to purchase digitally through Amazon Prime, Apple TV and Fandango at Home is worth watching at least once, if only […]

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September 17, 2024
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Pixar, Disney’s Psychotherapy Session For Kids Continues In “Inside Out 2”

Walt Disney Studios and Pixar Animation cannot leave well enough alone.  From its now seemingly never ending Toy Story franchise to its Cars trilogy to Monsters Inc. and its prequel, Monsters University to Finding Nemo and its sequel, Finding Dory the The Incredibles, its sequel and now forthcoming second sequel, to likely plenty more to come, the two studios together have turned out so many movies that simply never […]

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August 25, 2024
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Pixar, Disney’s Psychotherapy Session For Kids Continues In “Inside Out 2”

Walt Disney Studios and Pixar Animation cannot leave well enough alone.  From its now seemingly never ending Toy Story franchise to its Cars trilogy to Monsters Inc. and its prequel, Monsters University to Finding Nemo and its sequel, Finding Dory the The Incredibles, its sequel and now forthcoming second sequel, to likely plenty more to come, the two studios together have turned out so many movies that simply never […]

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April 06, 2024
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Disney’s ‘Wish’ Will Leave Audiences Wishing It Was A Better Celebration Of Studio’s 100th Anniversary

Late last month, Walt Disney Studios released its latest animated feature, Wish, to 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD.  The movie, meant to be a celebration of the studio’s 100th anniversary, is, sadly anything but a proper celebration of the legacy made by what was once one of Hollywood’s powerhouse studios.  That is shown largely through its featured […]

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October 15, 2023
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A Superstar Cast Is Not Enough To Save Disney’s New Take Of ‘The Haunted Mansion’

Spooky season is officially here and in full swing.  As the big night nears, Turner Classic Movies is getting people into the spirit with a classic scary movie every Tuesday night and the Disney-owned network Freeform is running its annual “31 Days of Halloween” programming schedule.  Apple TV has control of the classic Peanuts specials, including none […]

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July 29, 2023
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Special Features, Some Acting Are The Saving Graces For Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Reboot

Memo to the people at Walt Disney Studios:  Stop.  Please.  Just stop.  For a number of years now, the studio has shown anything but originality by churning out nothing but live action/CG reboots of movies already released by the company.  Case in point are updates to movies, such as The Lion King, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Beauty and the Beast and even Aladdin.  […]

Movie and TV Reviews and News
April 04, 2023
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Disney’s Latest Vintage Cartoon Collection Is A Slight Improvement Over Its Predecessor/Companion Collection

Roughly two months ago, Walt Disney Studios released a new collection of vintage Disney cartoons in the form of Mickey & Minnie: 10 Classic Shorts – Volume 1.  The single-disc compilation of classic Disney cartoons proved to be a bit of a mixed bag, primarily because of the shorts that made up its body.  Almost half of […]