Tag: waltdisney
Review: ENCANTO Aims to Enchant All Ages
Stephanie Beatriz and María Cecilia Botero star in a family adventure from Walt Disney Animation Studios, directed by Byron Howard and Jared Bush, co-directed by Charise Castro Smith.
Now Streaming: WALT & EL GRUPO, Disney Vacation With the Boss
Theodore Thomas directed the documentary, now streaming on Disney Plus.
70s Rewind: Disney's THE RESCUERS, Fun for Kids, Diverting for Adults Too
The theatrical release of Pixar's Coco, distributed by Disney, prompted me to watch The Rescuers (1977), a hand-drawn animated artifact that, it turns out, holds up quite well. As many children of my generation did, I grew up in the...
Critical Distance: My Scary Movie Nightmares
Watching Walt Disney's Darby O'Gill and the Little People gave me nightmares. It wasn't so much the movie itself as it was the specific image of a banshee that appears at one point. The ghostly, flowing creature terrified me as...
Brad Bird Takes Us To TOMORROWLAND In First Teaser
Long in development at Disney is Brad Bird's second live-action effort as director, Tomorrowland. Bird and screenwriter Damon Lindleof take the theme land inside Disney parks that focuses on science, technology and the future, and turn it into an adventure...
Review: SAVING MR. BANKS Banks on "Mary Poppins" Goodwill
When observing the familiar corporate synergy just under the surface of Saving Mr. Banks, one might be inclined to judge it as something quite atrocious. But, while that is indubitably not the proper verdict, this "true history" of Walt Disney's late-in-life...
