Category: Disney Movies

DVD Cover Copyright Disney Based on Jules Verne’s 1867 novel of the same name, Disney’s In Search of the Castaways was theatrically released on December 21, 1962. The live action fantasy adventure film is ninety-eight minutes in length. Plot Summary In 1858 Glasgow, Scotland, three people, a young girl named Mary Grant (Hayley Mills), a…

The day before Thanksgiving was the opening day for the new Disney film, Moana.  I told our kids that we would go see the movie on the opening night. But little did they know I planned on taking them to NYC as part of our pre-Thanksgiving family tradition trip. For the past two years we…

DVD Cover Copyright Disney Based on Mary Stewart’s best-selling 1962 romance suspense novel of the same name (1), Disney’s The Moon-Spinners was theatrically released on July 2, 1964. The live action film is 118 minutes in length. Plot Summary A young English woman, Nicky Ferris (Hayley Mills), and her aunt, Frances Ferris (Joan Greenwood), endure…

DVD cover Copyright Disney A sequel to Old Yeller (1957), Savage Sam was theatrically released on June 1, 1963. The live action adventure drama is 103 minutes in length and, like its predecessor, is based on a novel of the same name by Fred Gipson. Plot Summary In post-Civil War Texas, teenager Travis Coates (Tommy…

DVD Cover Copyright Disney Based on Fred Gipson’s 1956 novel of the same name (1), Old Yeller was theatrically released on Christmas Day 1957. The eighty-three minute live action drama inspired a sequel, Savage Sam (1963). Plot Summary In post-Civil War Texas, family patriarch Jim Coates (Fess Parker) prepares to embark on a cattle drive…

Picture Copyright Lisa B On this Election Day, we will choose a new president, either Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton. The results of the election will impact a classic Magic Kingdom attraction, The Hall of Presidents. This educational multimedia performance, located in Liberty Square, is updated each time a new president assumes office to…

In 1899, the streets of New York City echoed with the voices of newsies, peddling the papers of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, and other giants of the newspaper world. On every corner you saw them carrying the banner. Bringing you the news for a penny a pape. Poor orphans and runaways, the newsies were…

DVD Cover Copyright Disney Based on Jules Verne’s 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was theatrically released on December 23, 1954. The live action film is 127 minutes in length. Plot Summary In 1868 San Francisco, mariners are in a state of panic following the torpedoing of…

DVD Cover Copyright Disney Based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 novel of the same name, Disney’s Treasure Island was theatrically released on July 29, 1950. The ninety-six minute film, shot in London, was the first completely live-action movie in Disney history. (1) Plot Summary The year is 1765, and a monetary adventure is afoot. No,…

One night over the summer, I sat down in front of the TV and started flipping through movies on Amazon Prime when I came across Walt Before Mickey. I remembered seeing this movie advertised when it came out last year, but I never got the chance to see it. Just like that, my plan for…

DVD Cover Copyright Disney After a quarter-century hiatus from the big screen, Disney’s beloved anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle, Herbie, regained his glory when Herbie: Fully Loaded was theatrically released on June 17, 2005. The live action flick, the fifth theatrically-released Herbie movie, after The Love Bug (1968), Herbie Rides Again (1974), Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo…

DVD Cover Copyright Disney The fourth and final installment in the original series of live action flicks featuring Herbie the anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle, after The Love Bug (1968), Herbie Rides Again (1974), and Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977), Herbie Goes Bananas was theatrically released on June 25, 1980. The film, which was followed by…