Home on the Range – animated film review
I have to admit: when I saw the trailers for Home on the Range, they didn’t excite me. Unfortunately, despite a couple high…
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Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast – animated film review
In Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast, the seventh release in the Disney Fairies series, Fawn—an animal fairy who sees only…
Fantasia – animated film review
Fantasia, though initially a financial flop, has become a classic example of the early work of Walt Disney Animation. It features seven vignettes…
Atlantis: The Lost Empire – animated film review
The first thing I thought when I saw an ad for Atlantis: The Lost Empire was, “Wow, this looks similar to Nadia: The…
Cinderella – animated film review
The story of Cinderella has been told many times and in many different ways, but the animated Disney classic film is one of…
Big Hero 6 – animated film review
When I heard Disney was basing an animated feature on a comic from Marvel, I was intrigued. I had never heard of Big…
Peter Pan – animated film review
I can’t remember a time when I haven’t liked Peter Pan. I remember reading several different Golden Books based on the film, and…
Into the Woods – film review
Into the Woods seems destined to be compared to the stage musical by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim on which it is based,…
Alice in Wonderland – animated film review
I have always wanted to review Alice in Wonderland. This film has been one of my favorites for a while, even though I…
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh – animated film review
A combination of three animated short films previously released by Disney Animation, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was released in the…
Brother Bear – animated film review
Brother Bear has never been one of my favorite Disney animated features. It follows Kenai, a Native American boy who angers the Spirits…
The Art of the Disney Golden Books by Charles Solomon – art book review
I really love art books, whether they are about the work of a specific artist or the works of many who worked on…
Walt Disney’s Bambi – animated film review
It had been a very long time since I saw Walt Disney’s Bambi, and after watching it again recently, I’m sad I haven’t…
The Black Cauldron – animated film review
I remember reading one or two of the Prydain Chronicles books when I was younger, and I enjoyed them. Walt Disney’s animated film,…
The Three Caballeros – animated film review
The Three Caballeros is a sequel to Saludos Amigos, and features Donald Duck receiving gifts from his friends in Latin America. This film…
Treasure Planet – animated film review
The first time I saw the poster (left) for Treasure Planet, I remember thinking, “Is Square working with Disney now?” The film came…
The Princess and the Frog – film review
I love the atmosphere of New Orleans, the food of New Orleans, and the architecture of New Orleans. So, when I heard back…
Lilo & Stitch – film review
The thing I noticed about Lilo & Stitch the first time I watched it was how “soft” all the character designs were. It…
Tangled – animated film review
I was excited when I heard Disney was doing a film based on the Rapunzel fairy tale. I remember reading several different versions…
Melody Time – animated anthology film review
Melody Time is an anthology of mostly musical short films. Some have regular plots and others are pretty free-form in nature, but all…
Saludos Amigos – film review
Saludos Amigos was the first of several anthology-style films released by Disney in the 1940s. It was created as a way to engender…