Posted by moviegeek916 on June 5, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The Black Cauldron (1985) – Behold! This is the movie that Walt Disney Animation tried to bury. It’s also one of the ones that I have a childhood connections to… but interestingly enough not due to the movie itself. I had a video game on my computer of this movie. It was odd and fairly … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with 1985, animation, Disney, Freddie Jones, Grant Bardsley, Jeffrey Katzenberg, John Hurt, Lloyd Alexander, Nigel Hawthorne, Ralph Bakshi, Richard Rich, Susan Sheridan, Taran Wanderer, Ted Berman, The Black Cauldron, The Book of Three, The Castle of Lyr, The Chronicles of Prydain, The High King, The Lord of the Rings, Tim Burton
Posted by moviegeek916 on October 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Winnie the Pooh (2011) – Man oh man, this movie just made me happy. When I was a little kid I used to love watching The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh every Saturday morning. I love that as the head of Disney’s animation department, John Lasseter is trying to bring back traditional 2D animation. … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Reviews · Tagged with 2011, animation, Craig Ferguson, Disney, Don Hall, Jim Cummings, John Cleese, John Lasseter, Stephen J. Anderson, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh, Zooey Deschanel
Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Tangled (2010) — For a while Disney seemed to be struggling to make animated family films that were even one tenth the quality of the classic ones. That seems to be turning around now that Pixar’s John Lasseter has taken over the animation department. Between this movie and The Princess and the Frog, they seem … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The Princess and the Frog (2010) — Caught this on cable and it just made me happy that John Lasseter is now in charge of Disney Animation. It was just a fun sweet Disney movie, the type I haven’t seen in a long time. I wouldn’t put it on the same level as the ones … Continue reading →