Category: DAPs Magic Reviews
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Moana – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) is the daughter of a chief on an island in the South Pacific. She comes from a long line of navigators and wayfarers, she finds herself setting off on an adventure to save her island. The adventure has her paired up with Maui (Dwayne Johnson), the demigod as they seek to return Te…
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Marvel’s Doctor Strange – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
In Marvel’s Doctor Strange, Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is about the most arrogant doctor imaginable. During surgery he plays name that tune. With a multitude of fancy watches to wear and a Ferrari to drive, Strange has it made. That is, until he has a car accident that renders his hands unusable and thereby…
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Queen of Katwe – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Phiona (Madina Nalwanga) lives in the slums of Katwe in Uganda. To say life is a struggle is definitely an understatement. However, everything changes when she meets Robert Katende (David Oyelowo), a missionary who teaches her to play chess and also helps her change her life. Queen of Katwe is a heartwarming story about hope and chasing…
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8 Biggest Movie Annoyances
There are two things movie geeks love more than anything else: Movies, and complaining about movies. I myself enjoy/loathe many aspects of the moviegoing, and am more than happy to get in to heated debates over the cinema experience. Still, there are a few common things I find nearly unforgivable, that leave me shaking my…
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Sherlock Series 4 Returns With ‘The Six Thatchers’ – Review
Sherlock Holmes is back and is facing one of his most daunting cases yet in The Six Thatchers. Sherlock is eagerly waiting to see where Moriarty will return. Scotland Yard has another case that is baffling them, however that isn’t what is interesting Sherlock. A seemingly insignificant detail in their case catches his attention. Someone…
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Soundtrack Review
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story continues to make money at the box office and prove that a Star Wars stand alone story can be a success. Rogue One shows the harrowing adventure that a group of Rebel spies went on to obtain the plans to the Death Star that eventually led to the events…
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The BFG – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
In The BFG, ten year old Sophie is an orphanage taken by a giant to the land of the giants. However, her presence attracts unwanted attention from giants who aren’t as friendly as the one who took her. This sets her and BFG (big friendly giant played by Mark Rylance) on a quest to defeat…
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Pete’s Dragon – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Pete’s Dragon is back, but a little bit different than you remembered if you saw the 1977 Disney musical version. In this modern day Pete’s Dragon there is still a young boy named Pete (Oakes Fegley) and a dragon named Elliot. Elliot happens to be green and that’s about where most of the similarities stop. Instead of being…
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Doctor Strange – Review by Mr. DAPs
The Marvel universe, or should I say multiverse, just got quite a bit bigger with the introduction of Doctor Strange. The movie is about Doctor Stephen Strange, an incredibly successful neurosurgeon, who’s life is turned upside-down after a car accident robs him of his ability to use his hands. Following the accident Strange goes on…
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Finding Dory – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Dory, Marlin, and Nemo are back but this time Nemo isn’t the one who is lost. Now Dory is lost in Finding Dory and goes on an adventure to find her way home and also find herself. In Finding Dory Ellen DeGeneres (“The Ellen DeGeneres Show”) and Albert Brooks (“This is 40”) reunite as Dory and…
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Why IMAX 3D Will Be The Way To Watch Doctor Strange
Last night I had the opportunity to see 15 minutes of IMAX 3D footage of the upcoming Doctor Strange. The day before I saw it in a fairly regular 3D screen at Disney California Adventure. I got a little pumped up seeing it at DCA. I was chomping at the bit for tickets after seeing…
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The Lion Guard Unleash the Power – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
The Lion Guard Unleash the Power continues the story of The Lion King with the adventures of Simba and Nala’s son Kion. Kion is charged with protecting the Pride Lands with his team called “The Lion Guard.” This group of friends with individual talents come together to join Kion. This DVD shares six episode of The Lion Guard that…
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Beauty and the Beast 25th Anniversary Edition – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
25 years ago Belle first sang abutter dreams for more. Little did she know how much more different her life would become. Soon she finds herself living in an enchanted castle full of charming characters and a terrifying master. Beauty and the Beast is a musical masterpiece that is still as magical today as it was…
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The Savior – Once Upon A Time S6E1 Review
Once Upon A Time has premiered its sixth season, and it picks up right where it left off. Mr. Hyde has taken over Storybrooke. The Evil Queen has been expunged from Regina. Where things begin to seem calm (because Hyde has not been discovered yet) it all goes south when a dirigible flies in from…
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Quantico: The Complete First Season – Mr. DAPs Home Theater Review
In Quantico, Priyanka Chopra is Alex Parrish. She is one of many recruits to the FBI Quantico Base. She is one of the best and the brightest recruits to the FBI who all have undergone major vetting. One would think that this group of elite recruits would be a completely safe group of New Agents in…
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The Man Trap – Geeks Corner – Back of the Boat
http://traffic.libsyn.com/geekscornerbackoftheboat/001GeeksCornerBackoftheBoat.mp3 Welcome to Geeks Corner – Back of the Boat. This new podcast from DAPs Magic takes a look at Star Trek through the eyes of a long time Trek fan and a brand new Trekkie. Mr. DAPs, who grew up on Star Trek, is joined by Caitie Bear who is watching the show for…
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Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season Two – Mr. DAPs Home Theater Review
The story of the crew of the Ghost and the budding rebellion continues with Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season Two on Blu-Ray. Season Two takes the crew of the Ghost closer to the Star Wars that many fans grew up knowing from the original trilogy and even the original movie, Star Wars: A New Hope.…
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Listen to Disney and Pixar Shorts Music
Disney and Pixar animated films have wonderful soundtracks that are released to the delight of ears everywhere. Many times they grab the spotlight of theater goers who pick out a favorite song and then run home to download it. Sometimes we forget about the animated shorts that precede the film we anticipate. In many of…
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Star Trek Beyond – The Star Trek Movie Fans Have Been Waiting For
Star Trek Beyond warped in to theaters this weekend as Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) and the crew of the Enterprise go on their latest adventure. With the film coming out during the 50th anniversary of the franchise, there are five decades of Star Trek history and hopes riding along with this adventure. Thankfully, it didn’t disappoint.…
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Disneyland and Pokemon GO: How to be the Very Best in the Happiest Place on Earth
For those of you living under a rock on Tom Sawyer’s Island, Pokémon GO came out (finally) a couple of days ago. This augmented reality mobile game has Pokémaniacs all atwitter about the opportunities this game presents. Real-life locations of interest become Pokéstops and Gyms in the game, as you wander the world attempting to…
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Zootopia – Mr. DAPs Home Theater Review
Imagine a world of animals living together in a modern animal metropolis. In Zootopia, this is exactly where we find Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin), a rabbit, following her dream to be a police officer. Obviously being a rabbit trying to join a police force full of larger animals has a few challenges. Things are made more difficult…
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Love is an Open Door for ‘Frozen – Live at the Hyperion’ – Review by Mr. DAPs
Today thousands of fans made the trek to Disney California Adventure to be able to see Frozen – Live at the Hyperion on its opening day. The show, a musical retelling of the Disney animated feature, quickly ran out of Fastpasses in the morning and a standby line formed for those hoping to see the…
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The Finest Hours – Mr. DAPs Home Theater Review
Based on a true story, The Finest Hours tells the story of the greatest small-boat rescue in the history of the United States Coast Guard. After a storm rips a T-2 oil tanker in half, 30 sailers find themselves trapped on half a ship that is sinking off the coast of Cape Cod. Coast Guard…
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Once Upon A Time S5E22-23 – Only You and An Untold Story Review
We’ve reached the end of season 5 of Once Upon A Time! It was quite a doozy, so let’s begin. The Story With everyone mourning Robin Hood and Hook returning to life, Emma is afraid that Regina will return to her evil queen ways. Meanwhile, Mr. Gold is using the crystal from Hades to get…