Tag: disney
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Black Widow
Black Widow finally gets her own movie, even if it’s ill-timed for the character. It’s a palate-cleansing solo adventure with themes of family and forgiveness. After years of solid supporting work in a host of other films, Scarlett Johansson’s world-class espionage agent with a haunted past finally gets the spotlight all to herself. Even though…
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Blu ray Review – Dumbo (2019)
Tim Burton’s Dumbo is a retelling of the classic 1941 animated film. We take a look at the new blu ray release and special features. Some people have been vocal about Disney taking some of its classic properties and updating them to ‘live action’ (which isn’t always the case if there’s no humans in the…
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Blu ray Review: Cinderella (Walt Disney Signature Collection)
Disney has released the new Walt Disney Signature Collection version of the classic 1950 animated film, Cinderella. Here’s a look at the blu ray edition. By the late 1940s, Disney was hurting from a string of bombs after they had lost connections to the film market in Europe because of the war. Those films would…
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Ant-man and The Wasp – Blu ray and Digital Review
The blu ray and digital release of Marvel’s Ant-man and The Wasp is upon us! We look at the release and all its special features. I really liked the insanity of Avengers: Infinity War, but dialing things back to a more straightforward and down-to-Earth adventure for Ant-man and The Wasp was a great move for…
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Avengers: Infinity War – The Blu-ray Release
We check out the new blu-ray release of Avengers: Infinity War. Disney is doing a bang up job of bringing back physical media special features. One of the most widely anticipated blu-rays of the year landed in my hot little hands last week — Avengers: Infinity War. It comes out Tuesday, August 14th on blu-ray…
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The first Star Wars spin off is more a prequel. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is box office boffo — is it any good? This review will be spoiler free, until the bottom section, where you will get fair warning. So far, I’ve heard opinions and read reviews on Rogue One: A Star Wars…
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Inside Out
Disney Pixar’s Inside Out proves once again that the venerable storytellers aren’t afraid to tackle some heavy themes and emotions with creativity, wit, and warmth. In a theatre packed with kids and reeking of old baby spit-up, I saw Disney Pixar’s Inside Out with my boyfriend and his 11-year-old daughter. She is the same age…
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Cinderella
With the live action Cinderella, Sir Kenneth Branagh updates Disney’s classic about a kind-hearted girl being hounded by her two fugly-ug sisters and Cate Blanchett. The original 1950 animated version of Cinderella is one of my top three favourite Disney movies, so this year’s live action remake had a lot to live up to for…
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Escape from Tomorrow
I read about Escape from Tomorrow awhile back after it screened at Sundance and was instantly enthralled by the story of how it was filmed, which was nothing short of astounding. The plot centres on a man on the last day of his family vacation at Disneyworld, whose cheese starts to slip off his cracker,…