George Lucas wraps up the greatest trilogy in cinematic history with “Return of the Jedi.” It’s far from a perfect movie, but Lucas delivers a solid outing that puts a nice bow on the series. For years, the original trilogy was the only set of movies Star Wars fans could see. Yes, there’s the long […]
The cast and crew are back for the long awaited sequel to the original “Star Wars” film and with it, deliver one of the most shocking plot twists in movie history. There’s no such thing as a perfect sequel, but “The Empire Strikes Back” comes as close as any other film has in history. Three […]
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” Those words are the opening salvo bringing the greatest trilogy in cinematic history to the silver screen. The film that was being described as ridiculous by its stars turned little known filmmaker George Lucas into a bona fide star director. It’s impossible for me to […]
Disney slightly deviates from the main Skywalker line to tell us how the Rebel Alliance was able to acquire the plans to the Death Star in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” We get to see how Disney handles having a mostly blank slate to work with. The only part of this movie that had […]
The “Star Wars” prequel trilogy wraps up with “Revenge of the Sith” and does something completely unexpected following the first two rocky outings, it sticks the landing, mostly. If the first two films in the prequel trilogy matched the quality of this film, the prequels would be remembered more fondly. Anakin Skywalker’s journey from precocious […]
George Lucas is back with the second installment of his prequel trilogy and it’s not getting any better than the first. “Attack of the Clones” is set 10 years after “Phantom Menace” and brings back mostly the same cast, with the notable exception of Hayden Christiansen replacing Jake Lloyd as Anakin Skywalker. When the film […]
The Merrill and Wells families are back in the Disney kitchen for “Be Our Chef” as they make dishes inspired by the film “Moana.” The two families have to make seafood dishes reminiscent of when Moana set sail to try and save her people. It’s a battle between the Kakamora’s Catch of the Day; featuring […]
George Lucas unveils the first of his prequel trilogy in “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” and begins telling the viewers how Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader. This was one of the most anticipated movies of all time when it hit theaters in 1999. And, while it lived up to the hype in some ways, it […]
“Disney Insider” is back to give us a look at some of the things the Walt Disney Company is working on. In this episode, “Disney Insider” takes a closer look at one way the company is celebrating the 70th anniversary of “Cinderella,” how Disneyland is marking the “Year of the Mouse” and a closer look […]
The Walt Disney Animation Studios have made 58 films from 1937 to the present. It encompasses seven eras of animation. I’m here to rank the best film in each era. This is a completely subjective ranking based on my preferences. Now, I have not seen every Disney animated movie ever, but I’ve seen most. The […]
In a 10-year stretch, Disney went from a struggling company that had at one time made great animated films to the animation empire we see today. “Waking Sleeping Beauty” takes an in-depth look at how, following one of the greatest critical and commercial failures in the company’s history, changes were made to bring the company […]
As we all know, Disney+ is up and running with brand new content each week and an extensive back catalog of titles to watch. But, as we have reported, there are hundreds of Disney-owned titles not available for streaming on Disney+ yet. I’ve gone through the list of titles and picked out 25 I’d like […]
The Perez and Robbins families are back for round 2 in the Disney+ Original Cooking Show “Be Our Chef.” This week the families take inspiration from “Alice in Wonderland” to make a tea party themed dessert. I continue to be in awe of what these families can do in just an hour. Each week I […]
Four children go through a wardrobe and find themselves in an enchanted world. And Disney brings C.S. Lewis’ magical land of Narnia to life. The first book written in this wonderful series, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” is appropriately the first film made. The four Pevensie children; Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy; flee […]
With the release of “Onward,” Pixar has now made 22 feature length films starting with “Toy Story” way back in 1995. Pixar is known as a giant in animation, but some of its movies are better received than others. We’re going to look at my ranking of the 22 Pixar films. 22. The Good Dinosaur […]