Remember five years ago? It was 2012 back then and we all thought we were going to die in some really weird global cataclysm because the Mayans had deemed it so. Woody Harrelson would go down outside his camper van at Yellowstone, and the only people who would survive are John Cusack and his plucky … Continue reading (Reviews) DisneyFest: Wreck-It Ralph, Monsters University, Frozen
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(Reviews) DisneyFest: The Princess and the Frog, Toy Story 3, Tangled
Disney Animation delivered a genuine surprise near Christmas of 2009 with The Princess and The Frog, a return to traditional animation that celebrated the culture of New Orleans in an adaptation of The Frog Prince. In the summer of 2010, Lee Unkrich completed Pixar's first trilogy to near-universal praise with Toy Story 3, closing the … Continue reading (Reviews) DisneyFest: The Princess and the Frog, Toy Story 3, Tangled
(Reviews) DisneyFest: WALL-E, Bolt, Up
In 2008 and 2009, both Walt Disney and Pixar Animation were entering a new era. Disney Animation was under the control of Pixar executives Edwin Catmull and John Lassater, who set about trying to turn around the studio. They rehired a lot of the "new guard" who had left the studio years earlier, changed the … Continue reading (Reviews) DisneyFest: WALL-E, Bolt, Up
(Movies) DisneyFest: Treasure Planet, Finding Nemo, Brother Bear
In the 2000s, Disney animation seemed to be flailing. Their flagship movies weren't connecting with audiences nearly as well as Pixar's projects and they were farming out sequels to a lot of their most popular franchises at this point. DisneyToons would release Return to NeverLand, The Jungle Book 2 and Piglet's Big Movie around this … Continue reading (Movies) DisneyFest: Treasure Planet, Finding Nemo, Brother Bear
(Reviews) DisneyFest: Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Monsters Inc., Lilo & Stitch
After the surprise success of The Emperor's New Groove, Disney took a sharp turn towards science-fiction adventure with...mixed success. Meanwhile, Pixar really stepped into it's own with ambitious and confident storytelling, pushing the limits of what CGI animation could do in every new film. This aesthetic is one they never really got away from, which … Continue reading (Reviews) DisneyFest: Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Monsters Inc., Lilo & Stitch
(Reviews) DisneyFest: Fantasia 2000, Dinosaur, The Emperor’s New Groove
Between classes, my day job and the crushing despair of the election, I haven't had a lot of energy to write. I've been wanting to step back into the writing projects that have kept me anchored when the rest of my life is flying apart, and that starts with this blog. There is an awful … Continue reading (Reviews) DisneyFest: Fantasia 2000, Dinosaur, The Emperor’s New Groove
(Reviews) The Circle of Life, The Colors of the Wind, The Virtue of Playing Nice
Ryan and I are holding a weekly film festival where we watch the entire Disney animated canon in chronological order, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs all the way to Zootopia. Currently, we're up to the latter half of the studio's first Renaissance. Here are my reviews of the latest batch of movies! The … Continue reading (Reviews) The Circle of Life, The Colors of the Wind, The Virtue of Playing Nice
(Review) A Leprechaun, a Mermaid, and a Greaser
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) Darby O'Gill is a walking cliche, that "drunken" old Irishman you find in every pub telling tall tales about his escapades with leprechauns and other Fair Folk. What's different is Darby doesn't drink and his stories are all true; so when he is finally sacked by Lord Fitzpatrick, … Continue reading (Review) A Leprechaun, a Mermaid, and a Greaser
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 