Category: DAPs Magic Reviews
-
Raya and the Last Dragon – Mr. DAPs Review
Raya is a young girl who lives with her father in a land once known as Kumandra. Many years before, this was a place where humans and dragons lived in harmony. This all changes with the Druun show up and attack Kumandra. To save the humans from the Druun, the dragons sacrifice themselves. 500 years…
-
Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark – Book Review by Mr. DAPs
200 years before the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace occurred was the age of the High Republic. This was an era where the Jedi worked with the Republic to maintain peace and order in the galaxy. The republic was a beacon for good and the helped to shine that light into the darkness. This…
-
The High Republic: Light of the Jedi- Book Review by Mr. DAPs
A new era for Star Wars has been kicked off. This era comes to fans in literary form through a series called Star Wars: The High Republic. The first book in the series is The High Republic: Light of the Jedi. Taking place two centuries before the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Light of the Jedi…
-
Marvel Studios: Legends Gives Primer Ahead of WandaVision
Marvel Studios: Legends arrived on Disney+ today. Currently, with two legends explored, it gives a good primer (or reminder) for fans looking forward to WandaVision. WandaVision arrives on Disney+ next Friday on January 15, 2021. Unsurprisingly, the first two episodes, released today, focus on Wanda and Vision. In the first Marvel legend, the story of…
-
Disney-Pixar’s Soul – Mr. DAPs Review
Disney-Pixar’s Soul is now on Disney+. The story about Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx) explores what it is to really live in a way that is completely unique to Pixar. In the film, Joe is just about to get his big break when he suddenly finds himself in a completely different world than he even realized…
-
The World Premiere Drive-In Screening of Live From the Space Stage: A Haylx Story Hits a Homerun!
On Wednesday, October 28th, The Frida Cinema Drive-In presented Defunctland’s world premiere drive-in screening of Live from the Space Stage: A Halyx Story. This crowdfunded documentary tells the story of a band that was created by Disney Records in 1981 that also performed at the Space Stage at Disneyland for one summer. Along with the world…
-
Actors from Disney’s Aladdin on B’way reunite in All-New Musical The Nice List
Actors from Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway are reuniting for an all-new holiday magical adventure but this time the ride is on Santa’s sleigh instead of a magic carpet. in Tony Award® winner James Monroe Iglehart (Santa Claus), with Telly Leung and Don Darryl Rivera are heading to the North Pole along with additional Broadway actors…
-
Holiday Magic at the Disney Parks: Celebrations Around the World from Fall to Winter – Book Review by Mr. DAPs
Holiday Magic at the Disney Parks: Celebrations Around the World from Fall to Winter is a new book by Graham Allan, Rebecca Cline, and Charlie Price that takes a comprehensive look at the holidays that happen in the autumn and winter at Disney parks around the globe. It includes nearly 1,900 photographs from the parks…
-
Disney’s Live-Action Mulan – Mr. DAPs Review
Disney’s live-action Mulan has arrived on Disney+ for those who choose to purchase premiere access. This comes after its release being delayed more than once due to the COVID-19. The movie tells the story of a young spirited girl who goes off to fight for the Emporer to save her father’s life. She hides her…
-
Earth to Ned Brings Quirky and Fun to Disney+ – Mr. DAPs Review
Earth to Ned arrives on Disney+ on Friday, September 4th. This new improv show from the Jim Henson Company focuses on an alien named Ned that was sent to earth to destroy it. However, upon arriving he finds himself fascinated (or maybe obsessed) with what Ned considered to be Earth’s greatest. The rest of the…
-
Looking Back: Seven Years with the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Please be advised that this article may contain spoilers for the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show, including the final season and recent series finale. The Beginning Seven years ago, in late September, I was told about this new TV series that Marvel was releasing that starred Agent Coulson. To be honest, he was one of…
-
Disney Maps: A Magical Atlas of the Movies We Know and Love – Book Review by Mr. DAPs
Disney Maps: A Magical Atlas of the Movies We Know and Love is a new book that explores the stories told by Disney and Pixar in a different way than most books. It does this through beautifully illustrated maps! Along with the maps in the books, the stories that are explored also include some fun…
-
Howard – A Beautiful Documentary About a Beautiful Life – Review by Mr. DAPs
There are some people in life that you just wish you could have met… just once. You know that they are special because of what they’ve done or what they’ve created. Then you learn more about them and are glad your paths never crossed. Other people, you meet and realize that what you found to…
-
Disney+ Does Not Throw Away Its Shot With Hamilton – Review by Mr. DAPs
Hamilton, the hit Broadway musical that was both written and starred Lin-Manuel Miranda, is now streaming on Disney+. Since the first premier at the Public Theater in February 2015, it has been incredibly popular. This musical telling of the story of the American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton is described as “America then, as told by America…
-
The Magic of Props Comes to Life in Prop Culture on Disney+
Prop Culture is now streaming on Disney+. In this docuseries, host and prop collector Dan Lanigan explores movie props behind some classic Disney films. This is a journey that isn’t just about props, but also the magic that they were a part of in the movies they were in. Lanigan is joined by filmmakers, cast,…
-
ABC News Live and ABC Owned Television Stations Launch New Apps on Streaming Platforms
America’s #1 streaming news service, launches on Fire TV and Android TV Platforms; Update coming to the Roku platform, Apple TV apps ABC Owned Television Stations also debuting market-specific apps on Fire TV, Android TV, the Roku platform and Apple TV ABC News Live, America’s #1 streaming news service from ABC News, has launched new…
-
Disneynature’s Elephant – A Beautiful Family Trek – Mr. DAPs Review
April is Earth Month and this year Disneynature has released two new films on Disney+. Elephant and Dolphin Reef both tell new stories found in nature of families of animals. Elephant, narrated by Meghan Markle, tells the story of an African elephant Shani and her spirited son Jomo. Together, with their herd, they make an…
-
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
He has been there all along, almost always in the shadows. Emperor Palpatine has always been the puppet master of the Dark Side of the Force, manipulating things to achieve his end goal of ultimate power. Thought dead after the events of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Rey, Finn, and Poe find themselves facing…
-
Pixar Does it Again With Onward and 4DX Just Adds to the Emotion (Mr. DAPs Movie Review)
Disclosure: DAPS MAGIC was given complimentary admittance to see Disney and Pixar’s Onward, the thoughts and opinions in this review belong solely to Mr. DAPs. Disney and Pixar’s Onward is now out in theaters. It is about two boys who seek to have one day with their departed father when the younger one, Ian, has…
-
Frozen 2 – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Disclosure: DAPS MAGIC received a review copy of the film complimentary, but all thoughts and opinions are my own. Frozen 2 continues on the story of Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, and Sven in the next chapter of the story that originated in 2013’s Oscar-Award winning animated feature film Frozen. While things seem to be going great…
-
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil continues the story of Maleficent and Aurora. The movie takes place several years after Maleficent as Aurora and Prince Phillip are preparing to wed. As so often happens, the parents must meet each other. With the meeting comes complications and conflict. As the conflict grows both Aurora and Maleficent find themselves…
-
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – A Thoughtful Review by Mr. DAPs
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is now in theaters around the globe. This final chapter in the Skywalker Saga wraps up a story that has been 42 years in the making. Through the course of the 42 to years, this story has been built on by first George Lucas and team and then later…
-
SPOILERS – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Review
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has exploded into theaters. The final movie in the nine-movie Skywalker Saga wraps up the story that was started over four decades ago. The DAPS MAGIC team was on hand to watch the film on its opening night. In the following video, Mr. DAPs is joined by the team…
-
Mr. DAPs’ Favorite Five – Disney Books – December 15, 2019
I really enjoy reading. If you were to see either of my offices you would see that there are books crammed on shelves everywhere! There are quite a few different types of books to be found that range from history, leadership, fiction, food, and of course Disney as well! For this week’s Favorite Five I…