*SPOILERS* In “The Eye of Pincosta,” Rapunzel and friends come upon the Hamlet of Pincosta, the next stop on their journey. Eugene doesn’t want to go there and reveals that it’s because he’s wanted in Pincosta. Rapunzel insists that they continue onward, saying that nobody will...
Read More*SPOILERS* “Curses!” begins with Rapunzel and the gang crossing Lombard’s Pass when her telescope, a gift from her father, falls down the mountain. Rapunzel, Eugene, and Hookfoot climb down, and they do find the telescope, but it’s with Vigor the Visionary Monkey and his owner, Madam...
Read MoreBeauty and the Beast is commonly regarded not only as one of the best Disney films ever made, but as a great cinematic achievement in general. Based on the original novel by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, the film changed several key aspects of the story to differentiate itself from another Disn...
Read More*SPOILERS* In “Max and Eugene in Peril on the High Seas,” Rapunzel and her friends are preparing to depart the island after they’ve been shipwrecked there for six weeks. Eugene and Maximus quickly start bumping heads over rules and regulations, all of which Maximus insists they follow. The...
Read MoreFollowing up the cliffhanger ending of last week’s first half of this mid-season two-parter, “Identity, Part 2” is a tense, rousing, immensely satisfying conclusion that wraps up the conflict while setting up new ideas and potential storylines for the show’s future. There’s lots of action,...
Read MoreDisney’s Pocahontas was one of my favorite movies as a kid, but it’s one of those films that doesn’t hold up well at all over time. As I got older, I started recognizing patterns in movies I liked, as opposed to those I didn’t care much for, and got interested in critiquing them. Suffice it ...
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