Disney’s amazing undersea classic lives on in an all-new story bursting with the same captivating musical style, unforgettably colorful characters, and brilliant animation that made the original film an Academy Award(R)-winning favorite. After rejoicing over the birth of their daughter Melody, Ariel and Eric must face a new threat from Ursula’s revengeful sibling Morgana — [...]
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The Little Mermaid II – Return to the Sea (Walt Disney Pictures
Posted by admin on July 23rd, 2010
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Posted by admin on July 19th, 2010
Based upon T.H. White’s beloved novel, this Disney-fied version chronicles the tutoring of the Once and Future King, Arthur, as handled by the magician Merlin. Sword was a portent of things to come, with slapstick upbraiding storytelling, and cultural in-jokes substituting for wonder. But there’s much to enjoy here as Merlin shows Newt, the young [...]
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Posted by admin on July 10th, 2010
The Fox and the Hound marked the last collaboration between Disney’s older artists, including three of the “Nine Old Men” (Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, and Woolie Reitherman), and the young animators who would make the record-breaking films of the ’90s. Based on a book by Daniel P. Mannix, the film tells the story of a [...]
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Posted by admin on July 7th, 2010
Disney’s 1959 animated effort was the studio’s most ambitious to date, a widescreen spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapting Tchaikovsky. In the 14th century, the malevolent Maleficent (not dissimilar to the wicked Queen in Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) taunts a king that his infant Aurora will fatally prick her finger on [...]
Posted in VHS Tags: 14th-century, 16th-birthday, animated-films, evil-ways, flora-fauna, macabre-dance, prince-phillip, sleeping-beauty, spinning-wheel, title-character, walt-disney, wicked-queen Comments OffThe Aristocats (A Walt Disney Masterpiece) [VHS]
Posted by admin on July 5th, 2010
Duchess and her three kittens are enjoying the high life with their devoted human mistress until the wicked butler Edgar, with his eyes on a big inheritance, decides to dope them and get them out of the picture. How can these fragile creatures cope in the unfamiliar countryside and the meaner streets of Paris? Only [...]
Posted in VHS Tags: alley-cat, dangerous-world, disney-magic, eva-gabor, fragile-creatures, george-lindsay, just-desserts, musical-numbers, pat-buttram, phil-harris, rough-diamond, three-kittens, walt-disney Comments OffSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Walt Disney’s Masterpiece)
Posted by admin on June 30th, 2010
One of the brightest nuggets from Disney’s golden age, this 1937 film is almost dizzying in its meticulous construction of an enchanted world, with scores of major and minor characters (including fauna and fowl), each with a distinct identity. When you watch Snow White’s intricate, graceful movements of fingers, arms, and head all in one [...]
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Posted by admin on June 26th, 2010
A minor classic from Disney, this 1973 all-animal, all-animated musical version of the familiar story is more charming than one might expect. Perhaps it’s the warm, chummy take on key relationships within the legend–the way Robin Hood (Brian Bedford) gets twitterpated whenever the subject of Maid Marian (Monica Evans) comes up or the way best [...]
Posted in VHS Tags: andy-devine, animation-division, brian-bedford, george-lindsey, jungle-book, maid-marian, monica-evans, peter-ustinov, phil-harris, rich-legacy, roger-miller, sherwood-forest, terry-thomas, thomas-george, tom-keogh, walt-disney, wolfgang-reitherman Comments OffAlice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection) [VHS]
Posted by admin on June 24th, 2010
Imaginatively rendered but slightly chilly, this 1951 Disney adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic is also appropriately surreal. Alice (voiced by Kathryn Beaumont) has all the anticipated experiences: shrinking and growing, meeting the White Rabbit, having tea with the Mad Hatter, etc. Characterization is very strong, and the Disney team worked hard to bring screen [...]
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Posted by admin on June 12th, 2010
Not the egregious foul it seemed to be in theaters, Hercules stands up as an entertaining spritzer of an animated feature. The continual peppering of in-jokes and cultural references becomes less irksome on video. That there’s no majesty or awe invested in the beloved Greek legends also seems less of an error. Also on the [...]
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