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Movie Review: ‘Mulan’

1998 adventure Mulan isn’t quite regarded with the same reverence as other classics from the Disney Renaissance, like Aladdin or Beauty and the ...
By Brent HankinsSeptember 3, 20200
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Tom Holland and Chris Pratt in Disney Pixar's Onward
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Movie Review: ‘Onward’

Despite what Sonic the Hedgehog might have you think, family films don’t have to be full of bad jokes, cringe-worthy dialogue and product ...
By Brent HankinsFebruary 21, 20200
Frozen 2 supervising animator Justin Sklar on the film's craziest scene
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Interview: ‘Frozen II’ animator Justin Sklar on the film’s craziest sequence

It’s a sunny November afternoon in Phoenix, and Frozen II supervising animator Justin Sklar is seated in a massive downtown conference room. “I ...
By Brent HankinsNovember 19, 20190
Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell in Frozen II
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Movie Review: ‘Frozen II’

Walt Disney Animation Studios boasts something of a shaky record when it comes to sequels: we’re not terribly far removed from the mostly ...
By Brent HankinsNovember 14, 20190
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TV Review: ‘The Mandalorian’

A galaxy far, far away just got a bit closer with the enormously hyped launch of the Disney+ streaming service and its flagship ...
By Kyle WilsonNovember 12, 20190

Disney+ Launch Day Reviews

As if the streaming wars weren’t combative enough, a new player is entering the fray this week as the Walt Disney Company throws ...
By Brent HankinsNovember 11, 20190
TV Reviews
Mufasa and Simba in Disney's The Lion King
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘The Lion King’

With a worldwide gross of $1.6 billion, Disney’s remake of The Lion King –which eschewed hand-drawn animation in favor of the same digital ...
By Brent HankinsOctober 22, 20190
Angelina Jolie in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
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Movie Review: ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’

After Maleficent grossed $758 million worldwide — building the foundation for the seemingly endless parade of remakes, revisions and reimaginings of the studio’s ...
By Brent HankinsOctober 15, 20190
Mena Massoud and Will Smith in Aladdin
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Aladdin’

After grossing more than $1 billion at the global box office, Disney’s live-action update of beloved animated classic Aladdin heads to home video ...
By Brent HankinsSeptember 13, 20190
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SDCC 2019: Marvel Studios panel recap and photo gallery

Marvel Studios made their triumphant return to San Diego Comic-Con this year with a massive 90-minute presentation in Hall H, where studio chief ...
By Brent HankinsJuly 22, 20190

Movie Review: ‘The Lion King’

25 years after the release of The Lion King, one of the most successful animated films of all time and arguably the pinnacle ...
By Brent HankinsJuly 11, 20190
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Cinderella: Anniversary Edition’

Disney may be enjoying the box office success of the updated Aladdin, but the House of Mouse still known how to monetize their ...
By Brent HankinsJune 26, 20190
Tim Allen, Tom Hanks and Christina Hendricks in Toy Story 4
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Movie Review: ‘Toy Story 4’

Fans of the Toy Story series have long been apprehensive about the notion of a fourth installment. The series had seemingly wrapped up ...
By Brent HankinsJune 13, 20190
Mena Massoud and Will Smith in Aladdin
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Movie Review: ‘Aladdin’

Let’s get this out of the way right from the beginning: as the exuberant magic wielder in Disney’s live-action remake of Aladdin, Will ...
By Brent HankinsMay 22, 20190
Movie Reviews

PFF 2019 Movie Review: ‘Disneynature: Penguins’

Life isn’t easy for an Adélie penguin trying to make his or her way in the Antarctic, and lovable loser Steve is about ...
By Kyle WilsonApril 9, 20190

Movie Review: ‘Dumbo’

Over the past few years, Walt Disney Studios has taken a number of characters and stories from their animated classics and updated them ...
By Brent HankinsMarch 26, 20190
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Emily Blunt, Joel Dawson, Pixie Davies and Nathanael Saleh in Mary Poppins Returns.
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Mary Poppins Returns’

Taking a break from its ongoing quest to update each of its classic animated films into live-action/CG hybrids, Walt Disney Studios dusts off ...
By Brent HankinsMarch 18, 20190
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Movie Review: ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2’

Video games have a come a long way since the days of coin arcades and sitting on the couch with your best friends ...
By Kyle WilsonNovember 14, 20180
Movie Reviews

Movie Review: ‘Christopher Robin’

Winnie the Pooh and friends have charmed generation after generation of children and adults with their innocence, humor and heart, but nothing lasts ...
By Kyle WilsonAugust 2, 20180
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Peter Pan: Anniversary Edition’

Peter Pan is one of Disney’s most beloved classics, and it arrives on Blu-ray this week as the seventh entry into the Walt Disney ...
By Brent HankinsJune 6, 20180

Blu-Ray Review: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’

After helming the somber civil rights drama Selma and the harrowing prison documentary 13th, Ava DuVernay is shifting gears in a big way, making the leap ...
By Brent HankinsJune 6, 20180
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What You Need to Know About Disney’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’

The cast and creative team including Ava DuVernay, Oprah Winfrey, Chris Pine, Mindy Kaling and Storm Reid talked the upcoming live-action release from ...
By Sabina GravesMarch 7, 20180
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Coco’

Coco is one of Pixar's most original and inspiring projects in years, and this fully loaded Blu-ray is yet another example of Disney ...
By Brent HankinsFebruary 27, 20180
Features

5 Fantastic Facts About Disney-Pixar’s “Coco”

In Mexico, November begins with the festivities of Dia de los Muertos, celebrating in life those who have passed but are still remembered ...
By Sabina GravesNovember 21, 20170
Movie Reviews

Movie Review: ‘Coco’

Pixar’s 19th animated feature starts from a familiar place, centered around a young boy named Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) with only one passion: to ...
By Brent HankinsNovember 20, 20170

TV Review: ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man’ on Disney XD

A world without a Spider-Man cartoon currently airing is a sad world indeed and Marvel and Disney XD agree with us. The end ...
By Kyle WilsonAugust 18, 20170
TV Reviews
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Five Things We Learned From the ‘Cars 3’ Press Conference

This week, audiences will get to see the conclusion to Lightning McQueen’s 11-year-long cinematic journey on the big screen with the release of ...
By Alex WelchJune 15, 20170
Movie Reviews

Movie Review: ‘Cars 3’

Disney and Pixar’s Cars films have made the studio absurd amounts of money and have delighted kids and their predisposed car obsessions since ...
By Kyle WilsonJune 14, 20170
DVD & Blu-Ray Reviews

Blu-Ray Review: ‘Bambi’ Anniversary Edition

Following closely on the heels of February’s release of Pinocchio, another Disney classic is getting an updated Blu-Ray offering with Bambi: Anniversary Edition, the ...
By Brent HankinsJune 6, 20171
DVD & Blu-Ray Reviews

Blu-Ray Review: ‘Beauty and the Beast’

More than 25 years after the animated classic first captivated audiences, Beauty and the Beast returned to cinema screens in a stunningly beautiful live-action ...
By Brent HankinsJune 5, 20170

Five Things We Learned From the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Press Conference

Continuing their recent trend of adapting classic animated films into live-action films, Disney is set to release one of their most-anticipated films of 2017 ...
By Alex WelchMarch 14, 20170
Features
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Movie Review: ‘Beauty and the Beast’

After 2015’s warmly received Cinderella and the technical marvel of last year’s The Jungle Book, Walt Disney Pictures continues its trend of issuing live-action updates of ...
By Brent HankinsMarch 3, 20170
DVD & Blu-Ray Reviews

Blu-Ray Review: ‘Pinocchio’ Signature Collection

The Signature Collection of Disney releases began with the studio’s first full-length animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, so it only ...
By Brent HankinsFebruary 7, 20170
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Movie Review: ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is arguably the biggest gamble Disney has taken with the Star Wars franchise since acquiring it from ...
By Kyle WilsonDecember 13, 20160

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