The Disney Channel is trying to make Halloween fun for kids during the pandemic with “Halloween House Party.” It’s a sketch show that features Disney Channel personalities in comedic sketches like a G-rated version of “Saturday Night Live.” It’s a valiant effort, but it’s just not for me. I’m clearly not the target demographic for […]
A young boy accidentally frees two of Merlin’s apprentices who are dueling each other, then 10 years later, he must help the one who still serves Merlin to stop the one who serves the evil Morgana before he unleashes her on the world in “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” The film is loosely based around the story […]
We’re back with another Disney+ Battle. This week, we’re going to focus on two made for TV movies from the House of Mouse. “Halloweentown” is a Disney Channel Original Movie that first aired in October 1998. “Mr. Boogedy” is a 1986 short film that first appeared on The Disney Sunday Movie. Let’s take a look […]
Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Homer and the rest of “The Simpsons” introduced us to an interesting concept way back in season 2 with the “Treehouse of Horror.” The very first edition featured Homer listening to his kids telling scary stories in their treehouse. It’s one of the best Halloween traditions on American TV and is one […]
Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Potato Head and the gang are back in the Halloween special feature, “Toy Story of Terror!” Bonnie and her mom are stuck in a motel overnight due to a flat tire. But, in the middle of the night, something keeps taking our friends. In the end, an iguana is stealing the toys […]
The owners of a joke and gag shop move to New England to open a new store when they move into a real life haunted house in “Mr. Boogedy.” In the film, the house is haunted by the ghost of a pilgrim who sold his soul to the devil in an effort to win the […]
We’re back with another Disney+ Battle series and since we’re in the spooky season, I thought I would do something special and pit two Halloween cult classics against each other: “Hocus Pocus” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Full disclosure, these are my two absolute favorite Halloween films, and I’m interested to see how they fare […]
Mater has been playing pranks on the residents of Radiator Springs, so they decide to get him back by playing a prank on him in “Mater and the Ghostlight.” In this short based on “Cars,” Sheriff decided to teach Mater a lesson about his pranks by telling Lightning McQueen and Mater the story of the […]
Iron Man and must team up with Captain America to take on Red Skull and the Taskmaster before the supervillains can unleash a new Hydra army on the world in the animated feature, “Iron Man and Captain America: Heroes United.” The film features Iron Man and Captain America trying to prove which fighting style works […]
A witch leaves behind Halloweentown to raise her half-human children in the mortal realm, but when her mother shows up on her oldest daughter’s 13th Halloween, her kids are introduced to the world of magic and monsters she tried to protect them from in “Halloweentown.” This is one of the most popular Disney Channel Original […]
The two youngest Pevensie children are back in Narnia, and this time they brought their annoying cousin, in the third and final “Chronicles of Narnia” movie that has been made to date, “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” Peter and Susan don’t return, but Edmund and Lucy are visiting their cousin Eustace when a picture […]
Mickey, Donald and Goofy are ghost exterminators hired to remove four ghosts from a home. But, when they arrive, the trio finds the ghosts are the ones who called them, because the house has been abandoned for years and the ghosts are lonely. The trio inadvertently scare the ghosts away when they fall into molasses […]
Before he was building a person out of the parts of deceased people, a young Victor Frankenstein brings his dog back to life in “Frankenweenie.” Victor wants to be a scientist, but his dad thinks he’s isolated and wants him to try baseball. After Victor hits a home run, his dog Sparky chases the ball […]
National Geographic takes a look at the most damaging oil spill of the 20th century and how things have changed since the Amoco Cadiz went down off the coast of France back in 1978. This documentary follows the son of an oil tanker captain who sails the seas himself, as he recounts the events of […]
The X-Men are back and this time they are working with Magneto, Mystique and the villainous mutants to save all of mutant-kind from an evil military scientist, who once experimented on Wolverine, and is trying to use his son’s mutant abilities to destroy all the other mutants. Much like “The Empire Strikes Back,” “X-2: X-Men […]