It’s that time again! With a year behind us in 2011, it’s time to look forward to see what Disney has planned for 2012. If you listen to the D...
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Years ago, when I was in college, I liked nothing better than gathering my friends up on a weekday evening and heading off to the movies. We didn’...
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I love the Muppets. No, I mean, I really love the Muppets. I have seen the original Muppet Movie more times than I care to count. The Muppet Chr...
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When my son had a particularly hard time with his homework last weekend, I offered him a chance to celebrate when he was finished. Whatever we could...
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There’s just something about The Lion King, isn’t there? Disney’s re-release of the film has broken through everyone’s wildest expectations,...
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In all my time watching Disney films, I had never seen So Dear To My Heart before. For that and other reasons I sat down to watch it with great inte...
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In 1986, Disney was still very much a company in turmoil. Their last animated feature, The Black Cauldron, had been very expensive and had not returne...
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In 1941, the Walt Disney Studios were not the juggernaut they are today. With a series of troubles hitting the studio – including the box offi...
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Hey guys, I know I’m usually the movie guy, but here at DDL we like Disney’s TV networks as well. I’m usually an ESPN fan, but her...
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There was trouble in the making of The Fox and the Hound almost from the beginning. It was a movie that saw Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men – a g...
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The conceit behind The Parent Trap is so simple that it is almost crazy no one thought of it before Erich Kastner’s novel that inspired the film. ...
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Fundamentally, much of the Walt Disney Company’s business relies on the idea of wish fulfillment. From the ideas of the princess films to the attr...
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There are times in my movie going experience where I go into the theater with great excitement and still others where I go in not sure what to expect ...
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Winnie the Pooh had to go up against Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 when it was released. This is unfair. I have to get that out of t...
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I love to go to the movies, almost as much as going to Disney theme parks. It’s my way to escape reality for a little while. A good movie takes ...
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With the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, it’s worth revisiting the previous films. While the first installment, The Curse ...
Read MorePIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST & AT WORLD’S END
20 years ago, The Walt Disney Studios was a very different place than it is today. Only 7 years into the Michael Eisner and Frank Wells era, Jeffrey...
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When Cars arrived in theaters back in 2006, it seemed as though it was tailor made for me. I’m a big fan of the car culture of the late 50s and ea...
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There are some movies that are more than just a movie, they are a phenomenon. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl was just that. Du...
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To get one thing out of the way quickly, yes, Thor is not technically a Disney movie. It is, however, produced by Marvel Studios, which is a ...
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