Long before Doc Brown was installing a time-travelling device inside a DeLorean Professor, Ned Brainard was outfitting his Model T with an anti-gravity material in this Disney classic from 1961which is a perfect example of the trope of the befuddled scientist that the movie was named after and Fred MacMurray played the part brilliantly, and…
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Disney’s The Legend of Tarzan (2001-2003) – Review
With the success of their 1999 animated feature Tarzan it’s no surprise that the House of Mouse would bring the Ape Man to television, as part of their Disney’s One Saturday Morning lineup, but what was a little surprising is how good it was.
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) – Review
Adapting Lewis Carroll’s books about Alice’s adventures in Wonderland is not an easy task as those original stories have no real plot; Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole, she meets wacky and weird characters, and then Alice wakes up as it was all a dream.
The Jungle Book (2016) – Review
Back in 1967 Disney released an animated version of Rudyard Kipling’s stories from The Jungle Book, which was also the last animated film to have the personal touch of Walt himself as he passed away in1966, and this is what the Disney Studios have tried to remake here today.
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast vs Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête
One could say that the story of Beauty and the Beast is a “Tale as old as time” as it has been told in varying degrees many times over the years from live-action theatrical releases to television shows to animated juggernauts.