Once upon a time, in the golden age of Disney animation, a princess named Aurora dozed off, and a classic was born! It was in 1959 that Walt Disney gave us this technicolor dreamscape where we learned that a kiss really could solve all your problems! And while Sleeping Beauty was not a success on…
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The Black Cauldron (1985) – Review
The fact that Disney’s adaptation of Lloyd Alexander’s “The Black Cauldron” would fail at the box office was almost a foregone conclusion – one must admit that adapting the second book in a five-book series as a stand-alone movie was not a bright idea – that said, there are some enjoyable elements to be found…
The Rocketeer (1991) – Review
In 1982 comic book writer/artist Dave Stevens created “The Rocketeer” a character that was a brilliant homage to the Saturday matinee serial heroes from the 1930s through the 1950s. It’s popularity among comic book fans led to Disney and director Joe Johnston doing their best to bring that comic book hero to the big screen,…
Underdog (1964 -1967) – Review
In the annals of superheroes, there is one such individual who stands head and shoulders above all others, a paragon of virtue and unbridled strength whose belief in Truth, Justice and the American Way makes him noble if a little naïve, of course, this hero is Superman, the last son of Krypton, but in 1964…
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) – Review
Author Jules Verne has often been called the “Father of Science Fiction,” and with titles such as From the Earth to the Moon and Journey to the Center of the Earth in his bibliography, that’s a fair assessment. However, it was his novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea that proved to be the most…