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The Watcher in the Woods ** (1980, Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker, David McCallum, Benedict Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 6180

John Hough directs this intriguing and harmless but flaccid, predictable and listless 1980 Walt Disney Productions chiller, a family horror mystery, nicely shot in Technicolor. With Brian Clemens, Rosemary Anne Sisson and Harry Spalding’s screenplay based […]

Nov, 02

Song of the South **** (1946, Bobby Driscoll, Ruth Warrick, Lucile Watson, James Basket) – Classic Movie Review 3692

Walt Disney’s 1946 tale of a boy called Johnny (Bobby Driscoll) coming to live on a plantation with his Mother (Ruth Warrick) and Grandmother (Lucile Watson) makes for a lovely children’s movie, though perhaps it just […]

May, 10

The Parent Trap ** (1998, Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 2861

Director Nancy Meyers’s 1998 remake for Walt Disney of its own 1961 Hayley Mills hit The Parent Trap stars a pre-troubled era young Lindsay Lohan. It is based on the 1949 novel Das Doppelte Löttchen […]

Aug, 29

National Lampoon’s Vacation **** (1983, Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Imogene Coca, Eddie Bracken) – Classic Movie Review 2763

Director Harold Ramis’s 1983 comedy stars Chevy Chase as inventor Clark Griswold, who takes a vacation across America from the family home in Chicago to California’s famous ‘Walley World’ theme park, named after Eddie Bracken’s thin m0ustached […]

Aug, 01

The Jungle Book ***** (1967, voices of Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, George Sanders, Louis Prima, Sterling Holloway, J Pat O’Malley, Verna Felton, Bruce Reitherman) – Classic Movie Review 2405

Director Wolfgang Reitherman’s tremendous 1967 Walt Disney Productions animated film, inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s children’s classic book of Mowgli stories, is nothing short of a magical experience. It is the 19th animated feature in the Walt Disney […]

Apr, 18

102 Dalmatians *** (2000, Glenn Close, Gérard Depardieu, Ioan Gruffudd) – Classic Movie Review 2225

Director Kevin Lima’s 2000 slapstick Disney live-action comedy is a quite cute and reasonably funny sequel to the 1996 hit, a remake of the 1961 classic animated feature, based on the novel by Dodie Smith. Unfortunately, […]

Feb, 28

101 Dalmatians **** (1996, Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Hugh Laurie) – Classic Movie Review 2224

Director Stephen Herek’s sprightly 1996 live-action version of the 1961 Walt Disney animation classic spot-lights comedy, fantasy and fun-filled adventure, in an adorable, irresistible story based on the 1956 novel by Dodie Smith. It sits up […]

Feb, 28

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