Tag: disney
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Review: Disenchanted
By Christian DiMartino Remember Enchanted, the 2007 smash with Amy Adams as a cartoon princess brought into the real world? I sure do. I watched it again last year, and by golly, that thing holds up. The glue holding it together was clearly Adams, and that film was my introduction to her. Obviously I wasn’t…
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Review: Pinocchio (2022)
You know, it’s really tough to witness someone you love and respect go down the wrong path. I could equate that statement to people in my personal life, but in this case I’m talking about Academy Award winner Robert Zemeckis. He’s made a number of movies that I love, but for the last few years,…
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First Time Watch: “Lightyear” (2022)
Disney/Pixar’s Lightyear is the first Pixar film to be on the big screen since the great but divisive Toy Story 4. Since then, we’ve had Luca, which wasn’t really my cup of tea. We had this year’s Turning Red, which was a good time until like the last 20 minutes. The brightest spot though was…
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I Watched 30 Seasons of Television from 2021, and, yeah, You’re Gonna Hear About it
By Christian DiMartino Alright so you may or may not have noticed that I vanished for the last like 10 days. Both of my current segments- “Stallone Saturdays” and “THE Best Picture”- were put on hold. Movies such as Uncharted and Marry Me went un-reviewed. I also deliberately stayed off of the Youtube channel I…
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We Need to Talk About Boba
By Christian DiMartino Alright, so if you haven’t been watching the Disney+ series “The Book of Boba Fett,” or intend on watching it or catching up to it and want to be surprised (with Twitter and everything not much is safe), you’re probably better off not reading this. If you could care less and just…
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Review: Muppets Haunted Mansion (Disney+)
You know what I love? The Muppets. I love The Muppets movies and the characters and yada yada. Clearly there is still an affection for them out there because every few years or so Disney or some other studio look for something for them to do. Someone like Miss Piggy simply cannot rest. You know…
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Review: Jungle Cruise
Readers, I apologize for being a week late in reviewing Jungle Cruise. Last weekend came the arrival The Green Knight and Stillwater, on top of juggling life and company from out of town. Hence why it took me so long. I will do better next time. Disney’s Jungle Cruise is, in the grand tradition of…
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Review: Black Widow
What took you so long? Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. Black Widow, entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe before it was even really a universe, all the way back in 2010’s Iron Man 2. Now 11 years later (it should’ve been 10, but a little pandemic happened), she finally gets her solo movie with Black Widow.…
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Review: Luca
Disney/Pixar’s Luca is a “kinda” movie. It’s kinda funny, kinda charming, kinda interesting, kinda successful, and ultimately, kinda good. This would be okay if we were dealing with, say, Dreamworks or Blue Sky Animation studios, but this is Pixar. I, like most, hold this studio to a pretty high standard, seeing as they’ve given us…
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Review: Raya and the Last Dragon
By Christian DiMartino Yes, it’s about a month late and it seems like I’m one of the last people to see Disney’s latest, Raya and the Last Dragon. Truth is, I wasn’t forking over $30 to rent it on Disney+, and I’m still a firm believer in the theatrical experience, so it was just a…
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