The Disney Movie Review

This week on the podcast we geek out to final Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer. We take a look at some of the records the trailer broke and how Disney is using the trailer debut to attract a new old audience to Star Wars. We take a quick look at some of the lingering questions the final trailer answered and how that fictional tie-in to Nazi Germany took on a literal meaning this week. Plus Dis...

This week Director J.J. Abrams says something very stupid about Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The internet starts a rumor about Marvel and then quickly stops it. And Pixar is using Sanjay's Super Team to fight fear. Visit www. TheDisneyMovieReview.com/48 for the show notes this week. There you wil find information about: Disney Channel announces two new movies New International Trailer for  The Go...

This week on the podcast, Disney released the release dates for the next five years of movies and I guarantee there is one thing you won't like. Pixar released a trailer for The Good Dinosaur  and immediately ran into a public relations challenge. What Pixar will have to do to overcome it. And prices on annual passes went up at Disney parks and there is one ultimate test to decide whether Disney i...

This week we catch up on some Marvel news as Avenger: Age of Ultron is released on Blu Ray and DVD and Stan Lee chooses sides in Captain America: Civil War.  A financial analyst says Disney is at risk because they are doing too many sequels, but there are two things he is forgetting. Plus, Disney World has a news-filled week! Visit www. TheDisneyMovieReview.com/46 for the show notes this week. Joi...

This week I interview Disney Biographer Dr. Steven Watts - one of the historians featured in the recent PBS Documentary Walt Disney: American Experience. I ask him what the documentary got right and wrong, whether he was racist against different groups of people, One thing Walt Disney did that made him so successful. Visit www. TheDisneyMovieReview.com/45 for the show notes this week. In this epis...

  This week a new study says audiences are more excited for the Hunger Games than Star Wars. There are probably two reasons why. Disney invests in a virtual reality company to help them sell jeans to miners. It's explained in the podcast. Netflix says they want to be the next Disney and they are going after China to prove it. Visit www. TheDisneyMovieReview.com/44  for the show notes this week.  ...

This week Disney released a new trailer for The Jungle Book, but don't worry. Disney won't screw up the canon this time. PBS puts out a 2-night documentary on Walt Disney to mixed reviews. Why no one really knows whether it's good or bad. Disney announced some Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious news and it's probably too late to stop it. And a VERY special guest stops by to talk about Cinderella's...

This week we interview Josh Kent, an animator who has worked on  Star Wars: The Force Awakens ,  The Avengers , and  The Incredible Hulk . We talk to him about the following: What's changed in the graphics industry in the past 10 years? Is hand drawn art dying? What he thinks of Studio Ghibli? What effect could  Star Wars: The Force Awakens  have on his career? What's the hardest part of being an...

This week, Cameron joins us again to break down the news of the week. Disney and Dreamworks have agreed to sever their distribution agreement, but what does that really mean? And who gets the better side of that deal? Captain America gets into a fight with Steven Spielberg and DC Comics gets in on the fun, potentially starting a war of the words. And even though it has nothing to do with Disney mo...

This week Marvel Studios makes the move to officially become part of Disney, Robert Downey Jr. is apparently on board for Marvel's  Iron Man 4 , Ellen Degeneres makes 'controversial' comments about Pixar's Finding Dory,  and Disney's  The Lion King  falls to Universal's  Minions  in the race for top grossing animated film of all time. That and much, much more. For the week of September 7, this is...

This Week Ken and Cameron sit down and debate what should and should not be included in the Disney canon. Inspired by Tessa Even and dedicated to Mallory Hood, in this episode we try to answer the following: What Disney properties should and should not be included as part of Disney canon? Of those properties included in the Canon, which properties are connected to the other? If not, which properti...

  This week, Alice and her wonderland friends face off against Professor X and the X-Men, Disney is back in the defendants seat, after former animators sue the company for wage fixing and Star Wars is taking over our world with #ForceFriday. That and much much more.   For the week of August 31, this is Episode 38 of The Disney Movie Review.   Rate, Subscribe and Review the podcast at  http://www....

This week we talk to Erik Bauersfield, the voice of Admiral Askbar and Bib Fortuna from Star Wars Episode 6: Return of the Jedi. Bauersfield has worked in radio drama for more than 60 years. Star Wars is a very small part of his life so we ask him: What is the biggest change he's seen in radio since then the 60's. How did he become the voice for Admiral Ackbar Who has been his favorite character t...

This Week Ken and Cameron sit down to talk about all of the movie news from D23. Specifically, they concentrate on Star Wars getting a land, a new director, and a shopping holiday. Plus Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is now slated to star in two upcoming Disney Movies and we break down some of the new movies that were announced at D23. For the week of August 24, this is Episode 36 of The Disney Movie R...

This week Ken misses D23 to go to a baby shower, explains answers whether 20th Century Fox's 'Fantastic Four' is Disney's worst nightmare and tries to fix an international incident between Disney and Japan. Rate, Subscribe and Review the podcast at  http://www. TheDisneyMovieReview.com/itunes . Contact us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisneyMovieReview Twitter: @DSNYMovieReview Instagram: ht...

This week on episode 34 of The Disney Movie Review we get you ready for D23 by looking at all the upcoming Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm movies for the next fiscal year. Disney's fiscal year runs from October to September and includes the following movies: The Good Dinosaur - Nov. 25, 2016 Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Dec. 18, 2016 2016: The Finest Hours - January 29, 2016 Zootopia - Marc...

This Week on episode 33 of The Disney Movie Review Disney Channel's Descendants movie changed two things about Disney Canon. Black Widow is Marvel's most hated Avenger, according to statistics from a research company. Disney makes two more important moves in its quest to take over the world. Rumors about the director for Marvel's Black Panther. Rate, Subscribe and Review the podcast at  http://www...

This week on a brief episode, Ken explains why there is not a news episode this week and how Inside Out helped him communicate after a death in the family. Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast at  http://www. TheDisneyMovieReview.com/itunes . Contact us: Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/DisneyMovieReview Twitter:  @DSNYMovieReview Google+:  https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/117568401234149523...

Ever wonder how Disney is able to take movies and bring them to life? That's the work of Disney Imagineers like Brian Collins. This week we continue part 2 of our interview with Collins, a former Show Writer in Walt Disney Imagineering. He worked on such movie classics as The Great Movie Ride and The Jungle Cruise and many other attractions. On this episode Brian will answer the questions: What sh...

Ever wonder how Disney is able to take movies and bring them to life? That's the work of Disney Imagineers like Brian Collins. This week we interview Collins, a former Show Writer in Walt Disney Imagineering. He worked on such movie classics as The Great Movie Ride and The Jungle Cruise and many other attractions. On this episode Brian will answer the questions: How does Disney keep secrets before...

This week on episode 29 of The Disney Movie Review, Pixar releases its first full-length trailer for The Good Dinosaur, but the trailer has no dialogue. That's not an accident and we'll tell you why. Ant-Man opened with more than $58 Million last weekend beating Universal Pictures' Minions. We look into the formula Marvel used to beat Minions. GQ magazine pranks Lucasfilm and there is nothing they...

This Week on episode 28 of The Disney Movie Review, Marvel's  Ant-Man  hits theaters with mixed reviews. Our panel breaks down how close Ant-Man stuck to the comics. We also break down whether it can cure the problem of super hero fatigue. And we dive into that end credits scene and what it means for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Rate, Subscribe and Review the podcast at  http://www. TheDisneyMov...

This Week on episode 27 of The Disney Movie Review, Marvel's  Ant-Man  hits theaters with mixed reviews. Is it worth your time? We talk about it on this episode. Rate, Subscribe and Review the podcast at  http://www. TheDisneyMovieReview.com/itunes . Contact us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisneyMovieReview Twitter: @DSNYMovieReview Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/1175684012341495230...

This week on Episode 26 of The Disney Movie Review we talk with screenwriters Lauren Hynek and Elizabeth Martin -- the two writers currently working on the live-action version of Mulan. Like what you hear? Rate us on iTunes!  http://www. TheDisneyMovieReview.com/itunes . Here is what we talk about in this episode How Elizabeth and Lauren worked their way from writing plays in high school all the w...

This week on Episode 25 of The Disney Movie Review, special guest Cameron Jones stops by to talk about Lucasfilm announcing a Han Solo origin film. We talk about why Chris Pratt won't be in it. Disney released a trailer for the new movie The Finest Hours. What we know about the new film.  Pixar's Inside Out goes Toe to Toe with Universal's Minions and we get you ready for Marvel's Ant-Man.   Like...