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New Disney/Marvel Film "Guardians of the Galaxy"

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on September 26, 2012 at 7:40 PM Comments comments (2)

The live-action film Guardians of the Galaxy, based on the comic book and team, is scheduled to be released on August 1, 2014. It will be directed by James Gunn, based on a screenplay written by Nicole Perlman, Chris McCoy, and Gunn. The film was formally announced by its production studio, Marvel Studios, at the July 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International, with concept art portraying (from left to right) Drax the Destroyer, Groot, Star-Lord, Rock...

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New Disney Film "Maleficent"

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on August 8, 2012 at 3:05 PM Comments comments (49)

The new Disney film "Maleficent" will be hitting theaters on March 14th 2014. Can you wait that long? I sure can't. It will be starring Angelina Jolie as Maleficent and Elle Fanning as Princess Aurora.


New Animated Disney film "Frozen"

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on August 8, 2012 at 3:05 PM Comments comments (70)

Did you hear about the new animated Disney feature film? It will be released November 27th 2013. It will be titled “Frozen”. It is based on the story “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen in 1844. He also wrote “The Little Mermaid” (1836), “The Emperor’s New Clothes” (1837) (became the film “The Emperor’s New Groove”), “The Ugly Duckling” (1844) and many more.

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Movie Review: The Secret World Of Arrietty

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on February 6, 2012 at 2:45 AM Comments comments (128)

Opening on theaters this Friday (2/17/12) is “The Secret World Of Arrietty.” It has also gone by the title “Arrietty The Borrowe...

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The Lion King is back

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on September 18, 2011 at 1:40 PM Comments comments (21)


I know I posted about this last month but I just wanted to send out a reminder that The Lion King is back in 3D for 2 weeks only. I went to the midnight release on Thursday night. I met another huge Disney fan like myself and had an intriguing conversation, but didn’t catch her name.

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Another Tangled movie?

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on September 9, 2011 at 11:00 AM Comments comments (1)


Who else out there loved the movie Tangled? I sure did. Well if you didn't get enough of her, you can see more. Releasing Spring of 2012 to the Disney Channel and shortly after that, DVD, is Disney's Tangled Ever After. Watch Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, ...

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Tinker Bell and the Mysterious Winter Woods

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on August 28, 2011 at 8:05 PM Comments comments (198)

As you may know, Tinker Bell and the Mysterious Winter Woods is an upcoming computer animated film. It is based on the Disney Fairies franchise and produced by DisneyToon Studios. It is to...

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The Lion King is back

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on August 11, 2011 at 11:00 AM Comments comments (138)


That’s right. The Lion King is being re-released to the theaters on September 16th 2011 in Disney 3D, but only for 2 weeks. So get there as soon as you can, or you’ll miss it.
Disney is releasing The Lion King to Blu-Ra...

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"Captain America" - Movie Review

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on July 25, 2011 at 9:00 AM Comments comments (1)


Captain America: The First Avenger was released to theaters last week....

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"Winnie The Pooh" is released on Friday

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on July 13, 2011 at 7:00 PM Comments comments (0)

Coming out this Friday the 15th is the newest “Winnie The Pooh” movie. This might be considered to be the last hand drawn animated feature that Disney will produce. Animated features have been changing over to the computer animated style. The last Disney film released that was hand drawn was “The Princess And The Frog”. Since it was such a flop at the box office Disney has been hesitant to continue making hand drawn anim...

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"Gnomeo And Juliet" - Movie Review

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on June 21, 2011 at 12:00 PM Comments comments (0)

New to DVD in May is "Gnomeo And Juliet". I saw it in the theaters and thought it was hilarious. You got to see it.
Get it on DVD

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"TRON: Legacy" - Movie Review

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on June 9, 2011 at 12:00 PM Comments comments (32)

TRON: Legacy is one of the best sci-fi films I have seen in a long time. It is now on Blu-Ray and DVD and I would recommend seeing it even if you haven’t seen or didn’t like TRON from 1982. The special effects and graphics keep you entertained the entire time.

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"Bambi" - Movie Review

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on May 30, 2011 at 11:00 PM Comments comments (68)

Just out last month, “Bambi” is release on Blu-Ray and DVD after spending the last 7 years in the vault. Get this classic Disney cartoon from Amazon before it is put away for another 7 years.
Get It On Blu-Ray
Get It On DVD

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Movie Premier - Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on May 20, 2011 at 3:09 PM Comments comments (86)

Last night I went to the midnight premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides. I saw it in IMAX 3D. I was in full costume dressed as Jack Sparrow. I went with my beautiful fiancee (my book cover designer), my brother and some friends. I highly recommend seeing it before it leaves the theaters. They paid homage to the Disneyland attraction in a few scenes. It was awesome.

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X-Men: First Class Theatrical Release

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on May 19, 2011 at 10:49 PM Comments comments (66)

It's almost here, X-Men: First Class. Like all big title movies, I'm going to be seeing it on the IMAX in 3D (if possible). This movie is going to be so awesome.
In theaters on June 3rd 2011. Or in my case, midnight on June 2nd.
Movie Trailer:
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"Splash" - Movie Review

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on May 14, 2011 at 5:00 PM Comments comments (27)

Did you know that the movie “Splash”, starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah in 1984, was the first movie released under the production company Touchstone Pictures, a company started by Disney to release more adult films than just family films?

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Disney Trivia about Thor?

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on May 3, 2011 at 12:21 AM Comments comments (83)

For those of you who may not know, on August 31st 2009, Marvel Entertainment, Inc. was bought out for $4 billion by The Walt Disney Company. So because of that Disney now owns the rights to about 5,000 comic characters including, The Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Captain America, The X-Men, Iron Man and Thor. With this news I would like to invite you to go to the movies on Friday 5/6/11 to see the new...

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"Tangled" - Movie Review

Posted by Joshua Shaffer on April 28, 2011 at 8:00 PM Comments comments (0)

Released to Blu-Ray and DVD on April 19th is Disney's "Tangled". I personally have seen this movie 7 times and can tell you that it is a great film.

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