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Hercules *** (1997, voices of Tate Donovan, Danny DeVito, Susan Egan, James Woods) – Classic Movie Review 8182

Directors Ron Clements and John Musker’s prestigious and classy 1997 animated musical fantasy comedy Hercules is the 35th Disney animated feature film, loosely based on the legendary hero Hercules, the son of Zeus, in Greek […]

Feb, 28

Mary Poppins Returns ** (2018, Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters) – Movie Review

So it turns out that Mary Poppins can turn back time, and that’s what Disney can do too in this out-of-its-time sequel to Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins Returns is, as the title implies, supposed to […]

Jan, 10

Treasure Planet *** (2002, voices of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, Martin Short, Patrick McGoohan) – Classic Movie Review 7942

Writer/ producer/ directors Ron Clements and John Musker’s 2002 animated feature Treasure Planet brings the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island freshly up to date in the space age in Walt Disney Pictures’ gleaming and […]

Dec, 24

The Fighting Prince of Donegal *** (1966, Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire, Tom Adams, Gordon Jackson, Andrew Keir) – Classic Movie Review 7560

Director Michael O’Herlihy’s 1966 The Fighting Prince of Donegal stars Peter McEnery as the peace-loving but brash young rebel Irishman Hugh O’Donnell, who inherits the title of Prince of Donegal. He is kidnapped and jailed by […]

Sep, 12

Darby O’Gill and the Little People **** (1959, Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O’Dea, Kieron Moore, Estelle Winwood, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis O’Dea) – Classic Movie Review 6916

Disney’s superlative 1959 children’s film Darby O’Gill and the Little People is an often inspired mix of warm Irish charm and sly Gaelic hokum. Cubby Broccoli saw and liked Sean Connery in this movie and […]

Apr, 13

Dr Syn, Alias the Scarecrow **** (1962, Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton, Geoffrey Keen, Kay Walsh, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern, Eric Pohlmann) – Classic Movie Review 6625

Director James Neilson’s rousing 1962 adventure movie stars Patrick McGoohan, who has great fun as the innocent-looking minister Dr Christopher Syn, the 18th-century vicar of Dymchurch, Kent, by day who turns by night into the notorious […]

Jan, 30

Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier *** (1955, Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Basil Ruysdael) – Classic Movie Review 6485

How many ears has Davy Crockett? Three. Two at the side and a wild frontier! Director Norman Foster’s 1955 Western is the first of two Walt Disney cinema features successfully stitched together for cinema audiences […]

Dec, 29

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