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REVIEW: Winnie the Pooh (2011)
Inspired by 5 of A. A. Milne’s original Pooh stories, Winnie the Pooh was marketed as a nostalgic return of the beloved characters. Particularly memorable was a trailer emphasizing the use of traditional animation set to “Somewhere Only We Know” by Keane. While the film wasn’t a huge box off...
Read MoreREVIEW: Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure – Season 2, Episode 6, “Vigor the Visionary”
*Spoilers* “Vigor the Visionary” begins with Rapunzel and Eugene planning a special date until they hear magical chimes in the distance. They follow the sound to a wagon containing Vigor, a monkey who tells the future. His fortune for Rapunzel says, “If you see someone fall, pick them up.” R...
Read MoreREVIEW: Big Hero 6: The Series – Episodes 13 and 14 “Small Hiro One” and “Kentucky Kaiju”
“It’s obviously a giant robot. I’m surprised it’s taken this long to face one.” *Spoilers* In “Small Hiro One,” Hiro and Baymax check out a warehouse and eventually find Yama with a bot he’s built from a stolen alloy. Baymax summons the others, and while they best the...
Read MoreREVIEW: Christopher Robin (2018)
“It’s always a sunny day when Christopher Robin comes to play.” Winnie the Pooh – created by A. A. Milne, and based on Milne’s son Christopher Robin’s teddy bear – is one of the most beloved fictional characters of all time. Winnie’s name comes from a real bear which belonged to Can...
Read MoreREVIEW: Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure – Season 2, Episode 5, “Freebird”
*Spoilers* In “Freebird,” Cass finds Rapunzel meditating and insists that the break is over and they need to move on. Eugene, Lance, and Hookfoot get into a disagreement over who’s the strongest, provoking the bemused female party members to go off on an adventure. They come upon a couple ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Big Hero 6: The Series – Season 1, Episodes 11 and 12, “Mr. Sparkles Loses His Sparkle” and “Killer App”
*Spoilers* In “Mr. Sparkles Loses His Sparkle,” the team is unable to save a burning building because they took too long to suit up. Fred and Gogo watch a live game show called Maximum Insane Obstacle Challenge. Hiro develops a system that will deliver each hero’s suit to them, but it does...
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