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I really don’t know how Disney does it.  They take some insipid concept like a special unit of gerbils trained for covert ops, tie it with a rather adult theme like weaponized appliances, and it miraculously skips weird and goes straight to cute, makes a big pile of money for [...]

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Walt Disney Pictures
In cinemas nationwide on Friday
When I was in the eighth grade, my friends and I walked from our school to the nearest cinema to see “The Lion King.”  It was probably not the movie event of the summer, but it was pretty terrific.  They all were – “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little [...]

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Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
On through 7 February 2010
As a general rule, I don’t really care for children, so attending the opening night of “Mary Poppins” was rather trying. The good news is that the ankle-biters of Los Angeles have learned how to dress for the theatre. I was sitting next to a young [...]

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Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson thrilled young and young-at-heart readers with their “Peter and the Starcatchers” trilogy which detailed Peter Pan’s backstory. The humorist and the suspense writer aren’t stopping there. Their fourth collaboration “Peter and the Sword of Mercy” has just been released, with the story moving ahead a few decades and Wendy making [...]

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Certainly the best part of last nights ‘Family Guy‘ premier.

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Check out the new poster for Disney’s classically animated ‘Princess and the Frog.” While I am happy Disney is introducing their first African-American lead character in a traditional 2D animated film, I can’t stop looking at the other characters in this poster. Specifically, the top left; white hat, glasses. Tell me, WHAT THE HELL IS [...]

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Or at least he is less enthusiastic about it ever since Dick Cook “unwillingly” resigned from Disney after 38 years. Depp described Cook “instantly trustworthy” and always in Depp’s corner when others were skeptical of his perfomance as Jack Sparrow.
From the Los Angeles Times:
As for the fourth planned “Pirates” movie, Depp said while he has [...]

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