Climbing the Castle

This week Charlie and I visit one of the most essential of Essentials and take a trip to Halloween town in The Nightmare before Christmas. With an iconic soundtrack and a classic story and characters we know and love it's hard for us to not get swept away by the nostalgia.

This week Charlie and I get a behind the scenes look at how the Mary Poppins movie came to be in Saving Mr. Banks. This hidden gem of a movie showcases the two eccentric personalities of Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers and Walt Disney in their attempts to work together while offering great insight into the true story of Mary Poppins.

This week Charlie and I go back to the Banks family in Mary Poppins Returns, A sequel 54 years in the making!!!. And for a movie that took so long to get here it does not fail to deliver.

We're finally back for Season 3!!!! It's been a bit of a wait but we are finally here. This season we'll be covering all the essential hits that make you think of Disney. Starting off this week with Mary Poppins. A fantastic imaginative journey where although there is alot of stuff happening that has nothing to do with anything, it's still a lot of fun.

We're finally back with a new episode, and yep we're keeping it with season 2. Just as we were about to start recording for season 3 Disney Plus dropped Elemental, So this week Charlie and I head to Element City to meet Ember and Wade, A couple of elements who prove that sometimes elements do mix

We've finally made it through all the Pixar movies that we can get to so far and we're here to discuss the all of the best's and highlights!! We've got alot to talk about here as there were so many good things to come out of Pixar. Of course it wouldn't be an episode of this podcast without some friendly debating going on and there's plenty of that here. We still have so ma...

This week Charlie and I travel out to the vast reaches of outerspace to learn the origins of Andy's favorite Space Ranger action figure in Lightyear. This movie has a good mix of everything, action, comedy, drama, and it does it all really well. This movie seems to get alot of flack and we can't understand why.

This week Charlie and I take a visit to our neighbors in the north of Canada in Turning Red. We tackle the troubles of being a teen, and going through changes. The movie has a lot of good messages in it but they make it really tough to get on board in the jumbled mess they give us.

This week Charlie and I head out to the shores of Italy to learn about Luca, a friendly sea monster who is curious about the land above. We were both slightly underwhelmed with this movie after the amount of hype it was getting. While it definitely is not a bad movie, it also leaves alot to be desired, Especially after coming off off Soul.

This week Charlie and I take a trip to the Great Before to find out how a person comes to life in Soul. An underrated movie that is an absolute masterpiece. We still don't understand how this movie gets so much hate. It has so many fun ideas and concepts and teaches so many great lessons.

This week Charlie and I go on an epic quest to learn about family, magic, and life in Onward. A movie that neither one of us were really looking forward to revisiting turned out to be one of the most shocking turnarounds in the history of this podcast. While this movie is still lacking some of the fantasy aspects we were looking for it still has alot of great things that really make this movie wor...

We're back in the world of toys yet again and probably the only fourth movie in a series that we'll probably be covering for quite a while with Toy Story 4. As always when it comes to this franchise we're back to the age old question, What determines a toy? and for as many questions that we have we are still pretty impressed by this movie.

It's time for yet another sequel and this week Charlie and I get another glimpse into the lives of super heroes again in Incredibles 2. A movie that just feels somewhat underwhelming, especially for the fact that it was 14 years in the making. It's the longest movie we've covered so far and it definitely felt like it, We get so bogged down in some of the logistics of the story we barel...

This week Charlie and I take a trip to The Land of the Dead and learn the truth about Miguel's family history in Coco. In a very Disney like production from Pixar we get quite a few hit songs here. Lots of discussion about how being dead works, and of course lots of friendly debates as always.

This week Charlie and I reunite with Lightning Mcqueen in Cars 3. There's alot of potential in this movie but it just kinda misses the mark a little bit. As usual we question the biology of Cars in this universe and debate other random things.

This week Charlie and I return under the sea to check back in with Nemo, Marlin, and Dory in Finding Dory. A sequel that turned out a bit better than either of were expecting but still wasn't really enough to blow us away. There's some convoluted hijinks, some dramatic moments, and some more comedy but just doesn't really hit the same mark as Finding Nemo

This week Charlie and I are potentially in a different universe where Dinosaurs and Humans are living together?? Where not really sure because they don't actually show very much as to that aspect of the movie. This week it is The Good Dinosuar, not to be confused with the bad dinosaur movie just known as Dinosaur, although in reality they could've just called this one The Mediocre Dinosaur...

This week Charlie and I travel into our minds and learn all about how emotions work in Inside Out. Possibly the most accurate Disney/Pixar movie to date. Alot of stuff in this movie really just makes alot of sense. And it's a movie about the human experience so finally something we can actually relate to as well. It wouldn't be an episode without us questioning or debating stuff and there&...

This week Charlie and I take a trip to college in Monsters University. This may be our most divisive movie yet in terms of our opinions on it. One of us isn't really a big fan and the other really likes it. Which obviously sparks debates for us as usual. Yet again we find ourselves confused by how monsters work and live.

This week Charlie and I head on over to Scotland to catch a glimpse into the life of Merida, our one and only Princess from Pixar in Brave. Besides the fact that we have a princess there are many other ways this movie has alot more of a Disney feel to it as compared to the other movies we've seen so far. Between some of the music choices, character development and even just storytelling in gen...

It's time for yet another sequel and this time Charlie and I get another glimpse into the Cars universe in Cars 2. Although we both agree this movie doesn't belong in the canonical story of the universe. We spend lots of time complaining about things that don't make sense, discussing the many ways this movie could've been improved, but there were a couple of things we did enjoy so...

This week Charlie and I head back into the world of toys again in Toy Story 3. We learn the horrible truth about toys at daycare, get carried away talking about Mr Tortillaheads antics, and discuss one of the greatest disney villians and one of the darkest scenes.

This week Charlie and I take a wild balloon ride that defies all the laws of physics with Up. Join us as we discuss one of the saddest movie openings in cinema history, discuss logistics of a flying house, and continue our constant trivial debates. 

This week Charlie and I take a trip from a deserted Earth in the future and head into outer space with Wall-E. This is honestly pure cinematic bliss and it's no wonder this is the only Disney movie chosen for the Criterion Collection. We laugh, We cry, we're caught on the edge of our seats. It's a perfect blend of everything you could ask for in a film. 

This week Charlie and I take a trip to Gusteau's restaurant in Paris to get the tell of Remy the cooking rat in Ratatouille. We have a few more friendly debates, discuss the logistics of rats cooking, and have trouble keeping the show on track.