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King Magnifico (hammy Chris Pine) asks his subjects to trade their “wishes” for “security.” A spunky teen named Asha (earnest Ariana DeBose) demands the wishes be returned. Disney’s Wish features a malleable premise. The concept of surrendering your “wishes” can … Continue reading Movie Review: Wish (2023)
Please note you may vote for your two favorites out of the final four. IMPORTANT ADDENDUM: If you’ve somehow blocked me but are still posting in this thread, your nominations will not be counted. (Consider this an opportunity to mend … Continue reading Best Disney Song Tournament: Final Four
Gosh it disturbs me… IMPORTANT ADDENDUM: If you’ve somehow blocked me but are still posting in this thread, your nominations will not be counted. (Consider this an opportunity to mend fences, if you want to vote!) Voting ends 7th October, … Continue reading Best Disney Song Tournament: Semi-Finals
Tale as old as time… IMPORTANT ADDENDUM: If you’ve somehow blocked me but are still posting in this thread, your nominations will not be counted. (Consider this an opportunity to mend fences, if you want to vote!) Voting ends 5th … Continue reading Best Disney Song Tournament: Quarter-Finals (Round of 8)
Boys and girls of every age… IMPORTANT ADDENDUM: If you’ve somehow blocked me but are still posting in this thread, your nominations will not be counted. (Consider this an opportunity to mend fences, if you want to vote!) Voting ends … Continue reading Best Disney Song Tournament – Regionals (Round of 32)
Let’s get down to business… IMPORTANT ADDENDUM: If you’ve somehow blocked me but are still posting in this thread, your nominations will not be counted. (Consider this an opportunity to mend fences, if you want to vote!) Voting ends 1st … Continue reading Best Disney Song Tournament: Sectionals
A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you’re fast asleep… IMPORTANT ADDENDUM: If you’ve somehow blocked me but are still posting in this thread, your nominations will not be counted. (Consider this an opportunity to mend fences, if … Continue reading Best Disney Song Tournament: Qualifiers (round of 128)
When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are… IMPORTANT ADDENDUM: If you’ve somehow blocked me but are still posting in this thread, your nominations will not be counted. (Consider this an opportunity to mend fences, if you want to … Continue reading Best Disney Song Tournament: Nominations
In which we interrogate a Ghoul-fus and Gallant situation. Continue reading The Monthly(ish) Theme Park Thread May or May Not Have Understood the Assignment
What the Mouse giveth, the Mouse can taketh away. Continue reading Ad Space – The Disney Vault
Wherein Donald tries to win a song contest despite his terrible singing voice Continue reading Tales from Euro Disney: The Call of C’Russo
It’s fine. Really. Rob Marshall’s The Little Mermaid tells the tale of Ariel, a miserable princess trapped in a humorless underwater kingdom. She’s surrounded by bossy relatives and ugly CGI. On top of that someone keeps turning out the lights. … Continue reading Movie Review: The Little Mermaid (2023)
You’re going to Disneyland! That’s right, it’s vacation time! You’ve submitted your PTO request, found a petsitter, booked the hotel, got your plane tickets, and now you’re getting ready to purchase your park passes as well. Except that, halfway through … Continue reading The Monthly Theme Park Thread Is All Full (Or Is It?)
Happy Holidays, everyone, and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is a somewhat irregular column in which I, your humble LibraryLass, look at restaurant, hotel, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes things will … Continue reading Let’s Read An Old Menu, Featuring Bullocks Wilshire Tea Room, Los Angeles, CA, 1938
Well, so much for working through that news backlog, eh? On the evening of Sunday, November 20th, an announcement came down the wire stating that Bob Chapek, the unpopular and perpetually embattled CEO of the Walt Disney Company since February … Continue reading The Monthly Theme Park Thread Meets the New Boss (Same as the Old Boss)
Ethan Clade, a gay biracial teen, is tongue tied when he meets his handsome crush. His supportive father, Searcher, plays wing man by talking up his son’s good qualities. Ethan is mortified. I braced myself for angry families to storm … Continue reading Movie Review: Strange World (2022)
In which Donald Ducks Batman-parody alter ego experiences a very Spider-Man story Continue reading Tales From Euro Disney: Donald Duck No More
Bob Iger stepped down as Disney’s CEO in 2020. Bob Chapek took the position and made a series of controversial and costly decisions. Tonight Disney announced Iger’s return. “I am extremely optimistic for the future of this great company and … Continue reading Disney CEO Discussion Thread
Theme parks are back, baby! Okay, fine, theme parks have been back for a while. For some, they weren’t even away for that long. But I, personally, have made two trips to Disneyland in the last six months — the … Continue reading The Biannual — er, Monthly — Theme Park Thread SWEARS It Will Finish This Roller Coaster Soon
Today was the main day for a lot of properties to be talked about as we had the Star Wars track, some time with Indiana Jones and Willow, and then on to Marvel. Let’s talk about all the new announcements … Continue reading D23 Expo 2022 Discussion
Todays story: “Blotman and Rodent”, story by Carol and Pat McGreal, art by Joaquin Sanchez, first published 2004 in Denmark After being pointed in the direction of a comprehensive Disney Comic compendium by commenter Lancashire Crab, I’ve spent the last … Continue reading Tales from Euro Disney: Beware the Blotman
