Category: DAPs Magic Reviews
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Small Batch Bourbon by Tim Gill & The Tim Gill All-Stars – Review by Mr. DAPs
Visit Disneyland on a Saturday night, or specifically the Royal Theatre, and you will find a weekly tradition underway as people dance the night away to classic big band jazz. One of the bands that is featured at Disneyland fairly regularly on Saturday nights is Tim Gill & The Tim Gill All-Stars. The style is very…
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Cinderella: A Magical Review
Like many other young girls, I watched my fair share of Disney Princess movies growing up. Even in my adult years, I still go and see these timeless classics. I had been anticipating this movie since they announced it at the 2013 D23 Expo. The trailers leading up to the release of this film were…
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Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast – A Review
Yesterday, I attended a screening of the latest Tinker Bell film, “Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast” at The Walt Disney Studios. Armed with a bucket of popcorn and a bottle of soda, I was ready for another film in a long line of Tinker Bell films, produced by DisneyToon Studios, which has…
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Strange Magic – A Review
Strange Magic is now in theaters and features a story from George Lucas and Lucasfilm. I was able to see it at the El Capitan theater in Hollywood, which is a great experience in of itself. Story The plot is based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. When I first heard that I was a…
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Into The Woods – Review
Into the woods, It’s time to go, It may be all In vain, you/I know. Into the woods- But even so, I have to take the journey. Into The Woods is a musical I remember very well from seeing it the first time. When I learned that Disney was making a movie version of the…
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Review by Mr. DAPs
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies finishes Peter Jackson’s storytelling through Middle Earth. This journey began in 2001 and now ends right back where it started… focusing on a hobbit and his adventures. The wrath of Smaug is bearing down upon Lake-town as The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies begins.…
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Idina Menzel: "Holiday Wishes" Review
It’s finally here! To all those hold outs who resisted until after the turkey had been consumed… you have no excuse now.. its officially CHRISTMAS season! With it, comes all the wonderful decorations, food, holiday smells, shopping, and of course, the part most of you hold out on until after Thanksgiving… the MUSIC! I have to confess,…
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Planes: Fire & Rescue – Blu-Ray Review by Mr. DAPs
Rusty returns in Planes: Fire & Rescue for a whole new adventure that is all about second chances and facing fears. All of this happens when Rusty is damaged and his future is looking bleak. Couple this with an accident at the airport that necessitates the need of a second firefighter and Rusty finds himself…
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Big Hero 6 – Review by Mr. DAPs
Big Hero 6 is about a young robotics geek named Hiro who turns from aimless geek to hero of San Fransokyo. He is joined by some other nerd friends and a robot, built by his brother named, Baymax. When an invention built by Hiro appears to be stolen and used for villainous purposes, this group…
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'Big Hero 6' Brotherly Love
Originally posed on My Mom’s Geeky If the is one thing we love in this Geek Family household it is robots and Disney. So the fact that Disney’s new movie has BOTH is enough for all our Geek hearts to soar. But we have actually known about this movie a little longer than others. In…
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Review of the Big Hero 6 Soundtrack
Big Hero 6 is quickly arriving. Today, Disney has released the soundtrack to the film and it’s available in digital and cd format. The composer is Henry Jackman, of Wreck It Ralph fame. Along with this composer is Fall Out Boy to deliver an original song for the movie called Immortals. Having not seen the…
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Maleficent – Blu-Ray Review by Mr. DAPs
”Let us tell an old story anew and see how well you know it.” Sleeping Beauty is the story of a young girl who is cursed to fall into a sleep like death. With the true love’s kiss from her prince, Aurora awakens and thwarts the curse of the evil Maleficent… or so we believed.…
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Million Dollar Arm – Blu-Ray Review by Mr. DAPs
Necessity is the Mother of Invention. Sometimes the greatest ideas come out of the most desperate of situations. In the beginning of Million Dollar Arm, struggling agent JB Bernstein (Jon Hamm) comes up with a competition (or publicity stunt) to bring cricket players from India to the United States to play baseball. This would then give…
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Sleeping Beauty: Diamond Edition – Blu-Ray Review by Mr. DAPs
In Sleeping Beauty, the powers of love are pitted against those of evil. The birth of Aurora brought the kingdom of King Stefan great joy. As with so many things, evil had to invade happiness and Maleficent places a curse on the young princess. The good fairies Flora, Fauna, and Merriweather attempt to save Aurora’s life…
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Lion King – Walt Disney Records Legacy Collection Review
Though it’s been out for a couple of months now, I’m just getting around to reviewing the first installment of the Walt Disney Records Legacy Collection. The premier album is The Lion King, no doubt to celebrate the anniversary of the landmark film. This two CD collection, also featured on iTunes, is a great album.…
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Disneynature's Bears – Blu-Ray Review by Mr. DAPs
Disneynature continues the tradition of telling nature’s stories. It is a tradition started by Walt Disney himself with the True Life Adventures. Now, with the help of narrator John C. Reilly, Disneynature tells the story of a family of bears. This takes place in the wilds of Alaska through the course of a year with…
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Muppets Most Wanted – Blu-Ray Review by Mr. DAPs
The Muppets just finished up but the lights and the cameras are still there. After a moment of confusion, the Muppets discover that a sequel has been ordered and a song and dance number kicks off Muppets Most Wanted. This sequel has the Muppets going on a world tour, with the aid of their new…
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Is Guardians of the Galaxy Worth Watching?
Marvel has done a war movie. They’ve done a fantasy film. They’ve done a spy movie. Now, in the form of Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel tackles sci-fi. Granted, super hero movies are generally sci-fi, but this film is very sci-fi. Characters Peter Quill, Star Lord, is the main protagonist. He’s a human in space. Armed with…
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Planes: Fire and Rescue – Worth Watching?
Though Planes had its flaws I enjoyed the first film of the franchise. I was looking forward to this sequel, Planes: Fire and Rescue since watching the first. But, how does it stack up? Here’s some things to consider and my conclusion on the film. Story Planes: Fire and Rescue is about overcoming failure and…
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Godzilla (2014) – Review by Wizard Victor
Like most monster kids growing up in the 80s and 90s, my first exposure to the King of Monsters began with the Crestwood House Monster Series books. They were written at a pre-teen level and each book featured a movie monster, describing their film history, significance, and impact, along with incredible pictures from the films. Godzilla was one of my favorites,…
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The Lone Ranger – Blu-Ray Review by Mr. DAPs
Bring up The Lone Ranger and many people think of an old black and white television show with a masked cowboy and sidekick Tonto. This show never really got into the origin of this partnership or the origin of the man in the mask. In this film, Armie Hammer plays The Lone Ranger and Johnny…
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Mary Poppins: 50th Anniversary Edition – Blu-Ray Review by Mr. DAPs
Mary Poppins is one of the crowning achievements of Walt Disney and his team of magic makers. It now is coming home so families can enjoy it on blu-ray disc for the very first time with the Mary Poppins: 50th Anniversary Edition. Mary Poppins is the story of a British family who find out what…
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Spoiler-Free Frozen Review
Frozen is a movie that I have been waiting for ever since they showed us concept art and “Let it Go” was performed at Destination D almost a year and a half ago. You can imagine I was a little excited and obviously had to see this movie the day it came out. Many of…
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Disney’s Planes – Blu-Ray Review by Mr. DAPs
Dusty (Dane Cook) is a crop duster who wants to be more. He wants to be a race plane. He dreams about racing as he daily flies over fields. He practices his race moves by dodging in and out of trees. His dreams of being a racer seem to hit a dead end though when…