The Walt Disney Animation Studios gives us a look into the Hundred Acre Wood in the 1977 animated classic, “The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.” The film follows Pooh, Rabbit, Owl, Kanga, Roo, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger and Christopher Robin through a storybook as they go on their many adventures. In the film, Pooh gets […]
Mickey, Goofy and Donald work as janitor at a clock tower in the 1937 Walt Disney Animation Studios short, “Clock Cleaners.” The trio attempt to clean the clock tower, but hilarity ensues when they end up getting their own “bells” rung. Mickey tries to clean the face of the clock without waking the sleeping stork […]
Scrat must learn how to become a father while still trying to chase his beloved acorn in the Disney+ Original Series, “Ice Age: Scrat Tales.” This series features six shorts that are between three and five minutes each. When the series begins, Scrat is trying to eat the acorn, but loses it down the mountain […]
We are back with another Disney+ Battle. This is the series where we take two movies available on Disney+ and compare and contrast them. This week, we are comparing a classic from the Disney Renaissance and a hidden gem from Disney’s First Dark Age. So, let’s see who wins a battle between “Aladdin” and “Robin […]
The tale of Robin Hood and his mission to rob from the rich to give to the poor during the villainous reign of Prince John is given the Disney treatment in the 1973 animated classic, “Robin Hood.” In this version, Robin Hood and Little John are already living in Sherwood Forest and robbing rich folks […]
Mickey Mouse is putting on a magic show but keeps getting heckled by Donald Duck in the 1937 Walt Disney Animation Studios short “Magician Mickey.” Every time Donald heckles Mickey, Mickey finds a way to use his magic to turn it around on and put the joke back on Donald. In the end, Donald decides […]
The wheels finally come off the bus for Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos as the federal government finally steps in and shuts them down in the finale of the limited series, “The Dropout.” In this final episode, Erika Cheung finally reports the company’s devious practices to a federal office who finds enough in its tour of […]
Baseball season begins today, April 7th, in the United States. It’s called “America’s Pasttime” due to its popularity in the first half of the 20th century. While it is the second most popular sport in the United States in the 21st century, it is still immensely popular. It also has a major following in Latin […]
It’s round two of the battle between the tortoise and the hare as Toby Tortoise and Max Hare face off in a boxing match in the 1936 Silly Symphonies short, “Toby Tortoise Returns.” In the first round, Max Hare is beating up Toby Tortoise and almost wins, but the bell rings before Toby can be […]
The lovable little Volkswagen Beetle is back and, this time, Herbie is street racing, competing in a Demolition Derby and running a NASCAR race in the 2005 film, “Herbie: Fully Loaded.” After his first racing career ended, Herbie is damaged and scheduled to be destroyed. But when the Peyton family arrives at the junkyard, they […]
We’re back with another Disney+ battle and this week it’s a battle of the cats we compare “The Aristocats” and “The Lion King” to see which is the better film. “The Aristocats” marks the beginning of what is known as a somewhat disappointing era of animation for Disney. Meanwhile, “The Lion King” is often argued […]
A family of cats, set to inherit a fortune, is catnapped by their butler and ends up stranded in the French countryside in the 1970 Walt Disney Animation Studios classic, “The Aristocats.” While trying to get back home to Paris, Duchess, Toulouse, Marie and Berlioz run into Thomas O’Malley, the Alley Cat, who helps them […]
The walls are closing in at Theranos as doctors, patients and whistleblowers are coming forward to a reporter with The Wall Street Journal to discuss the unethical practices at the company in episode seven of “The Dropout.” Theranos is now going on the offensive trying to stop the article by putting pressure on the doctors […]
Two years ago, I released a ranking of the then-22 Pixar films that had been released. Since that post, there have been three more Pixar films released exclusively on Disney+. These run from “Toy Story” in 1995 to “Turning Red” in 2022. I’m going to re-rank the now 25 films based on my personal preferences. […]
Four teenage friends gather to celebrate one of their birthdays when an electrical disturbance bends time and reality sending two of them into a parallel universe and causing one of them to age to his 30s in the Disney+ Original series, “Parallels.” This French fantasy series calls back to many popular films and certainly brings […]