“Boo-Bop-BopBop-Bop, I love you, too!” – Pete’s Dragon Good ol’ Elliott. He is exactly the kind of companion any child would wish to have. Strong, clever, amusing, cuddly, fun to be with, and he has the ability to make himself…
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The 1982 Disney sci-fi film Tron plunged viewers into a world unlike anything captured on film before. By mixing traditional cinematography with groundbreaking computer-generated imagery (in a time when such special effects were in their infancy), the movie broke boundaries….
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My sister and I were first introduced to classic movies through the films of the 1960s since this was the decade that our father loved the most growing up in. He started us off on children’s classics from this time…
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In this guest post, Constance Metzinger shares her thoughts on the 1962 adaptation of The Prince and the Pauper. Mark Twain had a knack for writing stories that appealed to the common people, especially to children. Most everyone has at…
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“Are you a minister or Batman??” Reverend Mike Hill (Edward Herrmann), the newly appointed minister at North Avenue Presbyterian Church, takes on the role of a crimefighter when he discovers that there is organized crime going on right in his…
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With the impending release of Frozen II just weeks away, families everywhere are getting prepared for another visit to Arendelle. 2013’s Frozen was a CGI musical masterpiece, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen‘s The Snow Queen, and one of the biggest…
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The classic and the contemporary collide in this week’s new releases. We’ve got several favorites fresh from the Disney vault, timeless titles from the Warner Archive Collection, recent theatrical offerings, and so much more. It’s always exciting when it’s new…
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Disney continues to dominate the box office with its ownership of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars franchises, as well as its live-action remakes of its own back catalog. With the latest version of The Lion King still in…
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Michael Innes, who is best known for his novels featuring detective Sir John Appleby, was a prolific author for over fifty years (1930s-1980s). In 1953, he penned a little book entitled Christmas at Candleshoe which Walt Disney Studios subsequently produced…
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Bette Davis was one of the greatest actresses who ever lived, in my opinion. She could pull off sultry sirens, innocent ingenues and beastly characters with equal panache. One only has to watch Dark Victory, All About Eve or Whatever Happened to…
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