You don’t have to wish upon a star to make your toy collecting dreams come true anymore, because Funko has got you covered. The Washington-based collectibles company has quickly become an industry leader due to their snatching up the hottest…
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This “Mary Poppins” Toy Is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Chim Chim Cheree! Julie Andrews won an Academy Award in her film debut as the “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” nanny who brings magic and joy to the Banks family in turn-of-the-20th-century London. Producer Walt Disney’s fanciful mix of animation and live action, based…
Read more →Open Thread: What’s The Greatest Animated Film Ever Made?
This weekend’s Open Thread asks a question that seems simple on the surface, but becomes more complicated the further you analyze it: What is the greatest animated film ever made? Your mind may automatically turn to Walt Disney classics like…
Read more →The Visual Splendor of Walt Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty”
When originally released in 1959, Sleeping Beauty was a major critical and financial disappointment for Walt Disney. The film cost a then-hefty $6 million and failed to break even on its original release in the U.S. Critics were unkind, too, calling it…
Read more →Win a Moana Movie Poster on Our Facebook Page!
Hitting DVD and Blu-ray today is Moana, Disney’s colorful, computer-animated South Seas saga! Centuries ago in Polynesia, Maori chieftain’s daughter Moana Waialiki (voiced by Auli’i Cravalho) was being groomed to assume leadership…but longed for the life of seafaring adventure that…
Read more →If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It: The Inspirational Legacy of Walt Disney
Walt Disney was born on this day in 1901, and the world has never been the same since. Perhaps the biggest visionary in the entertainment world, his creations and impact upon pop culture — and society in general — is…
Read more →Angela Lansbury Wows With A New Performance of “Beauty and the Beast”
Movie, TV, and Broadway legend (and possible Game of Thrones cast member?) Angela Lansbury wowed a New York City audience on Sunday at at 25th Anniversary screening of the Walt Disney animated favorite Beauty and the Beast. The 90-year-old actress…
Read more →Flashback Friday: Remembering The Original Version Of Pete’s Dragon
Easily one of Disney’s most underrated films, Pete’s Dragon is a 1977 musical mix of animation and live-action that chronicles the friendship between a young orphan and his invisible dragon pal, Elliott in a small coastal town in Maine. The…
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