Rolling towards the finish line! The most recent Pixar movies. Finding Dory, 2016 Dory remembers that she has a family, and crosses the ocean to find them in California. Marlin…
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Cars 2, 2011. An international spy movie. This world of vehicles is so confusing.I have so many questions. Do they reproduce, or do they build each other? Lemon cars mention…
Winnie the Pooh, 2011. I wanted to like this, especially when I saw it was going with the same idea of being inside a book and interacting with the words…
From the 2000’s on, I am splitting my movie challenge so that the Pixar films are separate. Monsters Inc, 2001 I was trying to parse out what made this movie…
Meet the Robinsons, 2007 This was a cute, weird little movie. Little genius Lewis, despite being adorable, smart, blonde and blue-eyed, hasn’t been adopted in 12 years because he is…
I am going to start putting the Pixar films in their own post. Fantasia 2000 Ok, so it came out in 1999, but it has 2000 in the title. It…
Whew, I got through the 80’s, now I am entering into the Disney Renaissance. I have seen the majority of these many times, as I think most parents of college…
The Disney studio struggled in the 80s. Only one movie rose above, becoming a classic with fans and merchandising and recognition. Looking back on my childhood, I think part of…
While at the NY Library Association conference, I slipped away for a brief visit to the Syracuse zoo, officially named the Rosamond Gifford Zoo A chilly day in November is…
The Aristocats, 1970. This movie was the last that Walt Disney had oversight on. It seems to be an original story, not based on a book or fairytale, but a…