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Pinocchio ***** (1940, voice Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Evelyn Venable, Charles Judels, Walter Catlett) – Classic Movie Review 1407

Walt Disney’s second animated adventure feature film Pinocchio, based on Italian writer Carlo Collodi’s 1883 children’s novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (Le avventure di Pinocchio), is a double Oscar winner for its Best Original Score […]

Jul, 09

Maleficent *** (2014, Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Imelda Staunton, Lesley Manville, Juno Temple, Sam Riley, Brenton Thwaites, Kenneth Cranham) – Movie Review

Walt Disney remakes its 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty as a lively 3D live action adventure that’s aimed more at teens than tots who’d find it too scary. There’s nothing scarier in it than Angelina […]

May, 29

Dumbo **** (1941, voices of Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy, James Baskett) – Classic Movie Review 1253

Walt Disney’s simple, charming, beautifully animated 1941 cartoon Dumbo, made in hand-painted images and filmed in gorgeous Technicolor, tells the magical tale of a flying baby elephant with big ears, who learns to fly using […]

May, 26

Fantasia 2000 **** (Disney Animation Studio) – Classic Movie Review 1251

Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt, co-produced Fantasia 2000, which entered production in 1990, was released in 1999 and features seven new segments performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with conductor James Levine. There’s lots […]

May, 25

Fantasia ***** (1940, Walt Disney) – Classic Movie Review 1250

Walt Disney’s inspired 1940 feature film cartoon masterpiece, comprising eight animated sequences illustrating a piece of popular classical music, is still a magical experience. The highlights include Mickey Mouse trying to hold the water back in Paul […]

May, 25

Sleeping Beauty **** (1959, voices of Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Luddy, Barbara Jo Allen) – Classic Movie Review 1249

Mary Costa provides the voice of the Princess Aurora in Walt Disney’s hugely imaginative and entertaining 1959 cartoon retelling of the classic French fairy tale La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty) by Charles […]

May, 25

The Kid *** (2000, Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer, Lily Tomlin) – Classic Movie Review 1054

Walt Disney’s loveable, charming 2000 life-crisis comedy is safely based on a decent screenplay by Audrey Wells, a writer and director known for Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), George of the Jungle (1997) and Shall We Dance (2004). Bruce Willis […]

Apr, 05

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