The second of Disney’s Latin-inspired films, as part of the Good Neighbor program, brings Donald Duck and Jose Carioca back on movie screens, while introducing us to more of Latin America. “The Three Caballeros” is the immediate sequel to “Saludos Amigos.” Released in 1944, Donald goes to South America to reunite with Jose and learn […]

In the 1930s, the Walt Disney company took on the story of “The Pied Piper” in a seven minute short for Silly Symphonies. The story is simple and easy to follow. Rats are overrunning a village. The Pied Piper shows up, says he can get rid of the rats and then does it with his […]

Hera is now in command of a rebel squadron. Ezra is now taking a leadership role. Kanan is now blind and is learning new ways to hone his Jedi power. Zeb and Sabine are both growing in their roles as rebels. And, there’s a villainous member of the Empire making his way to the rebellion […]

A land of fairies and a land of bog creatures battle over love in “Strange Magic.” The future queen of the fairies becomes disillusioned with love when she catches her fiance cheating on her. Meanwhile, the king of the bog creatures has tried to destroy the primrose flowers used to make love potions and captured […]

One of Disney’s most iconic animated films gets the live action treatment in the 2015 version of “Cinderella.” Lily James stars as Ella, a beautiful young girl who loses her father and must become a servant for her wicked stepmother and stepsisters. It’s a modern update to the 1950 classic. The Disney live action remakes […]

The Walt Disney Company has produced many movies over the years both animated and live action. And, one thing Disney is known for is musicals. It’s been almost 10 months since the launch of Disney+ and the company has placed many of its musicals on the streaming site. And, as contracts with other services end, […]

Two children wander into the woods where they meet a bunch of gnomes, a witch who turns them into animals and then are freed by the gnomes before helping to free other children who have been turned into animals. That’s the plot of the seven minute, 1932 Walt Disney and Silly Symphony short, “Babes in […]

Disney goes west in this 2004 post-Renaissance Walt Disney Animation Studios film, “Home on the Range.” The film is the next to last 2D animated film from Disney’s main studio. Roseanne Barr, Dame Judi Dench and Jennifer Tilly star as three cows that are trying to save their farm from being sold. Randy Quaid voices […]

Donald Duck is mean to his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie; so a witch who noticed the mistreatment decides to help the young ducks get even with their uncle in the 1952 animated short, “Trick or Treat.” This short has got to be cathartic for anyone who was mistreated while trick or treating on Halloween. […]

The Muppets wrap up the first season of their new sketch comedy show, “Muppets Now,” with episode 6, “Socialized.” In this episode, Scooter has to deal with the new social media intern; Kermit’s nephew, Robin; Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beeker try to make more stuff explode before being stopped by Joe from Legal; the Swedish […]

Hugh Jackman and 20th Century Fox try to rectify the mistakes of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” in the second solo movie for the most popular of the X-Men, “The Wolverine.” Almost the entire film takes place in Japan as Logan is hired to protect a man he once saved from the atomic blast at Nagasaki before […]

The Ducks are back and after winning the Minneapolis Pee-Wee hockey championship and the gold medal at the Jr. Goodwill Games, the team is… headed to high school? Yeah, this one is weird. This film keeps up the long standing tradition that the third movie in trilogies really isn’t very good. Many of the stars […]

The Mighty Ducks are back and this time they aren’t just looking to win a peewee hockey championship, they are looking to take on the best of the world at the Junior Goodwill Games in “D2: The Mighty Ducks.” The ducks represent Team USA at the international competition being held in Los Angeles and are […]

We’re back with another battle of two animated films available in the latest Disney+ Battle. This week we’re taking a look at two Pixar films, “Cars” and “The Good Dinosaur.” One is known as Pixar’s cash cow when it comes to toys while the other is recognized as one of the weakest efforts from the […]

Go back and meet the brother songwriting duo responsible for some of Disney’s most popular songs from some of its most beloved classics in “The Boys: The Sherman Brothers Story.” This documentary details the lives and careers of Robert and Richard Sherman. The brothers wrote many of the classic songs for Disney’s hits in the […]