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Unique Mickey Mouse Short Turns 25

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Next month marks the 25th anniversary of a unique Walt Disney Animation Studios Mickey Mouse short: “Runaway Brain”. It was released theatrically in August 1995 with the film “A Kid in King Arthur’s Court” (which flat-out bombed). But “RB” was nominated for that year’s Best Animated Short Film Academy Award (losing to “Wallace & Gromit” […]
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‘Hamilton’ Review

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“Hamilton”. The word and the show have defined Broadway for the past five years. But with the lights of the Great White Way dimmed for at least the rest of 2020, Disney and Lin-Manuel Miranda are bringing the stage phenomenon to homes across the nation. Two complete live performances of “Hamilton”, with the original cast, […]
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Movies Helping TV

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So far, CBS and ABC have gone into the vault and dug out some classic Paramount and Disney movies (respectively) to air. The “CBS Sunday Night Movies” series has already done well with “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (5.3 million viewers) and “Forrest Gump” (5.6 million). It will continue throughout the month of May with […]
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TV REVIEW: ‘Prop Culture’ on Disney+

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The new docu-series “Prop Culture” debuts next Friday, May 1st, on Disney+. It’s an 8-episode look at iconic pieces of movie memorabilia from some of the most popular Disney films of all-time, including “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”, “The Chronicles of Narnia”, “TRON” and “Pirates of the Caribbean”. But the first episode of the eight is […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘Mira, Royal Detective’ Q&A

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For AnimationScoop.com, I interview Series Developer Becca Topol and Executive Producer Sascha Paladino of Disney’s new animated series ‘Mira, Royal Detective.’ It premieres Friday March 20th at 11amET on Disney Channel and 7pmET on Disney Junior. —————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the […]
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2003: Disney’s Most Fascinating Film Year

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Some say it’s 2012 because of “Marvel’s The Avengers”. Others think it’s 2015 because of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, among other titles. But if you truly want to break down the most fascinating and pivotal year for Walt Disney Pictures, you have to go back to 2003. Disney had 10 theatrical releases in 2003, […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘Short Circuit’ Preview

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I preview all 14 animated shorts from Disney’s new ‘Short Circuit’ collection, debuting on Disney+ Jan. 24. —————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of new releases. And altogether he has seen more than […]
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