Mickey, Donald and Goofy have to tell Huey, Dewey, Louie, Morty and Ferdie a scary story after wrapping up trick-or-treating in “The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular.” The five boys are not happy with their attempts to tell a scary story until Mickey finally finds his inner scarer and sends all the […]
Mickey and Minnie are enjoying time on a private island when a storm threatens their fun causing them to have to build a shelter in the latest episode of “The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse” entitled “The Enchanting Hut.” As Mickey and Minnie attempt to build the hut, the birds, trees, and rocks on the […]
“The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse” is back this week with two new shorts on Disney+. In “Houseghosts,” town residents get rid of a house that is haunted by ghosts. When Mickey sees they are homeless, he wants to help and lets them live at his house. They end up taking over his house and […]
When Fritz takes a vacation, Duncan and Tyler accidentally cause a citywide power outage in Monstropolis. That leads to MERC sending an investigator to look into what caused the outage and puts the entire MIFT team in danger of dismissal or even banishment in the latest episode of “Monsters at Work,” entitled “The Cover Up.” […]
Disney takes Victor Hugo’s classic tale and tries to make it palatable for kids in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” After killing a gypsy, Frollo is convinced by the bishop not to kill her son who Frollo sees as ugly. Instead, the boy who becomes the titular hunchback is raised in the bell tower of […]
Welcome back to the Disney+ Battle series. Every so often, I’ll match two popular Disney films against each other to see which one comes out on top through a series of five categories. This week, it’s one of the films from the Disney Renaissance against the last film of Disney’s Post Renaissance Era as “The […]
Disney takes on one of the most popular bulls in literary history in the 1938 short, “Ferdinand the Bull.” In the story, Ferdinand is a gentle bull who just likes to smell the flowers. But, when a group of matadors are looking for a fierce bull, Ferdinand sits on a bee. The bee stings Ferdinand […]
“Fewer songs. More explosions.” That was the motto for the Walt Disney Animation Studios as it transitioned into the 2000s to make the action adventure film, “Atlantis: The Lost Empire.” The film follows Milo Thatch, a man who wants to live up to his grandfather’s legend, as he seeks the lost city of Atlantis. Meanwhile, […]
Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Pluto go on vacation to Hawaii for some fun in the sun, but the ocean and the sea creatures don’t want to cooperate with Goofy, Donald and Pluto’s attempts at fun in “Hawaiian Holiday.” Mickey plays a slide guitar while Minnie dances in a grass skirt and they are the […]
Keep moving forward. That’s the philosophy of the 2007 Walt Disney Animation Studios film “Meet the Robinsons.” In the film, Lewis is a boy, fascinated by science, living in an orphanage who is trying to find his mother. But, when Wilbur comes from the future to stop the Bowler Hat Guy from trying to hurt […]
As a resident of a major city, I have a distinct idea of what “downtown” means to me. So when I first watched the short “Downtown” last year, I was amazed at how director Kendra Vander Vliet could create a vibrant picture of city life in less than 2 minutes of storytelling. As we celebrate […]
After the season 1 finale of The Mandalorian in December 2019, many fans were left to wonder what would come next for the Disney+ service. Disney was quick to answer our questions, releasing fourteen all-new short films as part of the Short Circuit collection in January 2020. Having just celebrated the one-year anniversary of the […]
Over the years, the Walt Disney Animation Studios has created feature films that have captivated audiences young and old. Alongside hits like Frozen and Moana, Disney has also released dozens of short films that have told great stories in small packages. In 2020, Disney Animation continued their short film tradition by releasing Short Circuit, a […]
Since the invention of the multiplane camera for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the 30s, Walt Disney Animation Studios has always been pushing the boundaries of filmmaking. Following Walt Disney’s goal to “keep moving forward”, Disney Animation has recently created and released multiple shorts using a virtual reality platform, allowing viewers to become […]
As we get excited for what Disney+ has to offer in 2021, it is important to look back at some of the great Disney+ originals from 2020! And one such addition to the Disney+ library was Short Circuit, a collection of innovative short films from the Walt Disney Animation Studios. “Jing Hua” is one of […]