DVD Cover Copyright Disney The third Disney film concerning Herbie, an anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle, after The Love Bug (1968) and Herbie Rides Again (1974), Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo was theatrically released on June 24, 1977. The 104-minute flick was followed by two additional theatrically-released Herbie movies, Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) and Herbie: Fully Loaded…
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Movie Review: Herbie Rides Again
DVD Cover Copyright Disney A sequel to The Love Bug (1968), Herbie Rides Again was theatrically released on June 6, 1974. The live action flick, which centers on Herbie, a Volkswagen Beetle with human characteristics, is eighty-eight minutes in length. Aside from the title car, none of the characters, including Jim Douglas (Dean Jones) and…
Movie Review: The Love Bug
DVD Cover Copyright Disney Based on Car, Boy, Girl, a 1961 book by Gordon Buford, The Love Bug was theatrically released on December 24, 1968. The 108-minute flick, which was the final live action project approved by Walt Disney before his 1966 death (1), stars a whimsical Volkswagen Beetle named Herbie. The Love Bug inspired…
Movie Review: Blackbeard’s Ghost
DVD Cover Copyright Disney Based on Ben Stahl’s 1965 novel of the same name, Blackbeard’s Ghost was theatrically released on February 8, 1968. The live action comedy is 106 minutes in length. Plot Summary Upon arriving in the seacoast town of Godolphin, Steve Walker (Dean Jones) believes that his biggest challenge will be coaching Godolphin…
Movie Review: Snowball Express
DVD Cover Copyright Disney Based on Frankie and John O’Rear’s 1967 novel Chateau Bon Vivant, Snowball Express was theatrically released on December 22, 1972. The live action comedy is ninety-three minutes in length. Plot Summary Upon arriving at his accounting firm’s office in New York City, Johnny Baxter (Dean Jones) receives both bad news and…
Movie Review: The Barefoot Executive
DVD Cover Copyright Disney A live action comedy, The Barefoot Executive was theatrically released on March 17, 1971. The film is ninety-six minutes in length. Plot Summary The United Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) television network is struggling, consistently finishing third among three networks in the ratings, and neither Vice President of Programming Francis Wilbanks (Joe Flynn)…
Movie Review: The Million Dollar Duck
DVD Cover Copyright Disney Based on the Aesop Fable “The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs,” The Million Dollar Duck was theatrically released on June 30, 1971. The live action comedy, which does not produce any cameos from Donald Duck or Scrooge McDuck, is eighty-nine minutes in length. Plot Summary Struggling to pay his bills,…
Alice Through the Looking Glass: A Review
We sat waiting, in the cinema full of expectant guests. There was an anxious anticipation of seeing the film before the rest of the world. The lights dimmed and we followed Alice through the looking glass. Tick Tock goes the clock – seconds became minutes and minutes, hours; but no time was wasted. Alice Through…
Movie Review: That Darn Cat
Image Copyright Disney Based on The Gordons’s 1963 novel Undercover Cat, That Darn Cat was theatrically released on December 2, 1965. The 116-minute live action mystery comedy inspired a 1997 remake of the same name. Plot Summary In an otherwise sleepy 1960s American town, a pair of bandits, Iggy (Frank Gorshin) and Dan (Neville Brand),…
Movie Review: The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
DVD Cover Copyright Disney Based on Eric Hatch’s novel The Year of the Horse, The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit was theatrically released on December 20, 1968. The 113-minute live action flick, a combination comedy and drama, was preceded by the animated short “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day,” which was repackaged as…
Captain America: Civil War – a mostly spoiler-free review
There are certain Disney properties that create buzz and hype just at the mere mention of the name. Marvel is certainly one of those properties and when my family heard about Captain America: Civil War, there was no stopping the table conversations of ‘insider information’ and speculation. So, to say that there was excitement while…
Movie Review: Bon Voyage!
DVD Cover Copyright Disney Based on a novel by Joseph and Marrijane Hayes, Bon Voyage! was theatrically released on May 17, 1962. The live action flick is 130 minutes in length. Plot Summary In New York City, the Willard family of Terre Haute, Indiana prepares to embark on a cruise to France, a long-awaited adventure…