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Wes Craven Presents Wishmaster
"...Djinn (that's “genie” to you and me and Walt Disney), Wishmaster tells the jumbled tale of an evil demon..."

Sept. 26, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Steel
"...to movies like Steel, Kazaam, (Shaq's '96 flop) and Disney's upcoming, wretched-looking Flubber will give youngsters the idea that..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Cats Don't Dance
"...The dynamic compositions and vivid pastel palette evoke vintage Disney, and the expressiveness of its characters recalls the cartoon..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Leopard Son
"...half-breed offspring of The Lion King. Rather than a Disney cartoon, the film is a G-rated feature-length documentary that..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Celestial Clockwork
"...worthy of the part. Torres' script (recently purchased by Disney for an American remake) pays homage to fairy tales..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Frank and Ollie
"...shared. The two men were pioneering animators for Walt Disney from the Thirties through the Sixties and helped create..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Little Indian, Big City
This inexplicably popular French comedy concerns a stockbroker who discovers that he has a 13-year-old son who was raised in the jungle, whom he now brings to Paris. It was remade in the U.S. with Tim Allen in 1997 as Jungle 2 Jungle. These Americans – quel idiots! Don’t they know that something so funny the first time around can never be improved on?
"...for Little Indian, Big City. Can't you just see Disney's distribution company, Touchstone Pictures, thinking that by releasing this..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Amazing Panda Adventure
"...about The Boring Panda Adventure? Or maybe The Formulaic Disney Ripoff? Either one is a more apt title for..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Kid in King Arthur's Court
"...Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court would be a Disney effort with a kid in the title role. Modern-day..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

While You Were Sleeping
"...Mercurio. From the man who brought us the bizarre Disney hit Cool Runnings and -- ouch! -- 3 Ninjas,..."

April 21, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill
"...outset, its entertainment value soon takes a nose-dive. Indeed, Disney's latest period piece is more yin-yang than yee-hah, juxtaposing..."

March 24, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Rudyard Kipling's the Jungle Book
"...Sam Neill and John Cleese. Fortunately for holiday moviegoers, Disney goes way beyond the bare necessities this season and..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
"...never a good sign. I would expect a rather Disneyfied version of the Squanto legend but, then again, Disney..."

Dec. 16, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Cat
"...Kong museum in order to thwart their nemesis. Imagine Disney's That Darn Cat remade by Tsui Hark and Sam..."

Oct. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Princess and the Goblin
"...see why. It can easily avoid such competition as Disney's upcoming The Lion King and the animated A Troll..."

June 10, 1994 Movie Review by Alvaro Rodriguez

White Fang Two: Myth of the White Wolf
"...muscles -- and we thrill. When this sequel to Disney's recent version of Jack London's novel focuses on its..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Geronimo: An American Legend
"...Tighe. With the same vicious consequences that resulted from Disney bestowing human characteristics on several generations of animals, Hollywood..."

Dec. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

We're Back! a Dinosaur's Story
"...Hitchcock, and turning it into a second-rate rip-off of Disney's The Jungle Book. The animation is also blandly average,..."

Dec. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Fortress
"...Beyond in the mid-Eighties, as well as penning the Disney hit Honey, I Shrunk the Kids), this attempt to..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Neo-Tokyo
"...(for Japanimation, anyway) style, this weird little chunk of Disney on Acid ends up being the best of the..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tom and Jerry -- the Movie
"...character and her interpretation is a composite lift from Disney villainesses (most notably Madame Medusa from The Rescuers, a..."

Aug. 6, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Macross II: Lovers Again
"...I've been exposed to the rich, colorful art of Disney animation and Warner Bros. cartoons for too long. I..."

July 9, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
"...Roy Atwell. “Mirror, mirror, on the wall...” In 1937 Disney animators turned this Brothers Grimm story into a film..."

July 2, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Far Off Place
"...teenagers and a Bushman fleeing across the Kalahari: Walt Disney Pictures, Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, the breathtaking grandeur of the..."

March 19, 1993 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Muppets bring cheer to Ebenezer Scrooge.
"...classic to officially promote holiday season cheeriness? Apparently Walt Disney and Jim Henson Productions thought that we needed one..."

Dec. 11, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Society
In this British thriller, a kid discovers that the members of his wealthy, Beverly Hills family may not be what they seem.
"...directed the moderately entertaining Bride of Re-Animator, and co-produced Disney's Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, has really blown it..."

July 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beethoven
"...role as he did to the romantic leads in Disney classics like That Darn Cat and Monkeys, Go Home!..."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Nick Barbaro

Newsies
"...someone tries to sell the movie moguls over at Disney a Dickensian musical about turn-of-the-century newsboys exploited, striking and..."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Fist of the North Star
"...of over-the-top Japanimation should keep the dear departed Walt Disney spinning in his gravesite for quite a while. Based..."

Jan. 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

1991 Festival of Animation
"...to horrible life. “Simon,” a short piece by current Disney-ite Robert Lance, follows the peculiar trials of a boy..."

Aug. 23, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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