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.Despite initial appearances, Prom is a touch more realistic (and a whole lot less obnoxious) than your average Disney Channel movie. That is, if you can overlook the fact that, a la Grease, half the cast looks well past their high school years. And, hewing closely to its Disney pedigree, such real world teen hijinks as smoking, drinking, cursing and “getting to third base” are nowhere in sight. Which, let’s face it, is hardly true to life but hardly unexpected in a wholesome family friendly enterprise such as what we have here. Furthermore, one is not likely to expect Prom to remake the high school movie wheel, and it is more then safe to say that it doesn’t...
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, the Academy Award-winning adventure still ranks as one of the best of its genre, even with such newer entrants as The Dark Knight and 
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debuts this week.
) to his Academy Award winning masterpiece 
). As would be expected, the younger Miyazaki has big shoes to fill, and while it is not entirely fair to hold his work up to the standards of his obviously more accomplished father, Tales from Earthsea is so steeped in the studio style that it is unavoidable...
of Bambi marks the high definition debut of the beloved Disney classic. A true masterpiece in the art of animation, the film ranks high on many a cinephile’s list of the best of the medium, and has often been cited as an influence on other filmmakers to this day. Its simple story of a boy growing up in the harsh realities of the world is as timeless now as it ever has been, and it remains a “must see” for every generation.
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from Amazon.com.
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) is definitely a family friendly one, you’re likely to feel that you’ve seen this race before… even if you haven’t seen Seabiscuit.
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from Amazon.com.
for the first time. And, as a bonus, we finally get the “lost” Dalí/Disney short Destino as well. And while, as would be expected, the two Fantasias look amazing / stunning / breath taking (pick your superlative) in high def, the new “4-Disc Special Edition” is, overall, a disappointment ...
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— were produced by Disney, but don’t expect any studio whitewashing of the facts. Offering refreshingly candid accounts of the events they cover, each focuses on a different era of Disney history, revealing some surprising truths and shocking secrets from behind the scenes at the house the mouse built...
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). Yet, despite that family friendly stamp of approval, this Carol is not for the little ones with visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads ...
