The latest Disney+ Original documentary series is called “Becoming” and it chronicles the inspirational life stories of world-class entertainers, musicians and athletes including Adam Devine, Anthony Davis, Ashley Tisdale, Caleb McLaughlin, Candace Parker, Colbie Caillat, Julianne Hough, Nick Cannon, Nick Kroll, and Rob Gronkowski. Each episode focuses on one celebrity and follows them back to […]
Christopher Robin is all grown up and forgotten about the imaginative land known as the Hundred Acre Wood where he used to play with Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore and the rest of the animals he grew up with. But, after spilling some honey, Pooh and some of the others cross over between worlds bringing […]
In this episode of the What’s On Disney Plus Club podcast, Roger and James talk about the classic animated movie, Oliver and Company. What’s On Disney Plus Club Members get early access to these episodes and help pick new movies to discuss. You can become a member via Patreon or YouTube Memberships. If you enjoy […]
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 […]
Disney loves to go back to its animated classics for live-action remakes, especially after movies such as “Aladdin”, “Beauty and the Beast” and “Cinderella”. The latest remake is “Mulan” and due to the Coronavirus causing enormous problems for Disney because cinemas were closed around the world, resulting in Disney moving the film from theatres and […]
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 […]