Category: DAPs Magic Reviews
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Frozen 2 Review w/ Spoilers – DISNEY Reporter
Frozen 2 is now in theaters everywhere. After seeing the premiere, Mr. DAPs and Caitie spent some time doing a review with the thoughts they had right after walking out of the theater. This review is full of spoilers so if you haven’t seen the movie yet and/or don’t want spoilers, do not watch this…
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REVIEW- Frozen 2 Matures From the Original and is Full of Heart
6 years in the making, we finally get to return to Arendelle. I’ll be the first to admit, it took me a long time to get on the Frozen bandwagon. If I am going to be honest, it was Olaf’s Frozen Adventure that finally won me over. While I acknowledge there are good moments in…
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The Mandalorian Successfully Brings New And Old Star Wars Together – Spoiler Free Review
Disney+ is now live and with it so is the newest Star Wars program, The Mandalorian. This new Star Wars show takes place after the fall of the Empire. It follows the adventures of a “lone gunfighter” as he makes his way through the galaxy. The Mandalorian begins by establishing the life of the title…
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The Muppet Christmas Carol: The Illustrated Holiday Classic – Mr. DAPs Review
The Muppet Christmas Carol: The Illustrated Holiday Classic is a beautiful book that retells the classic Charles Dickens story as retold in The Muppet Christmas Carol movie. This beautifully illustrated book reminds the reader what Christmas is all about as Scrooge visits the past, future, and present. The book is written by Brooke Vitale with…
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The Lion King – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
The Lion King has returned and this time it is taking a lifelike approach to storytelling. With Jon Favreau helming this movie, this animated classic is getting a similar but different retelling of Simba’s journey to become king. This version of The Lion King utilizes technology to create a feature that looks photorealistic. Once again,…
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 4DX Theater Experience – Mr. DAPs Review
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, starring Angelina Jolie, is now in theaters. This movie takes place several years after the original. As Prince Phillip and Aurora prepare to wed, there one thing that must be done: meeting the parents! Aurora and Maleficent join Prince Phillip and his parents for a dinner to celebrate the union. It…
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The Art and Making of The Lion King – Book Review by Mr. DAPs
Jon Favreau and the Walt Disney Studios this summer re-imaged The Lion King and released it to the delight of a whole new generation of Disney fans. The Lion King was one of the biggest animated films of all time when it was originally released in 1994. Now the new CGI version that looks life-like…
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The Art of Disney Costuming: Heroes, Villains, and Spaces Between by Jeff Kurtti – Book Review by Mr. DAPs
The Art of Disney Costuming: Heroes, Villains, and Spaces Between is a fascinating coffee table book that digs into many costumes from across The Walt Disney Company. These costumes come from movies, television, attractions, and more. They are a part of the history of The Walt Disney Company and have been a part of its…
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Disney’s Aladdin Disney Signature Collection – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
What is the difference between a street rat and a prince? In Disney’s 1992 animated feature Aladdin, the difference is discovered as the title character goes on a musical journey and discovers who he really is. The movie opens up with a young street rat who is down on his luck and just scraping by,…
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Disney’s Live-Action Aladdin – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Disney continues the trend of remaking animated classics into live-action movies. One of the more recent films to get this treatment is Aladdin. Originally released in 1992 as an animated feature film, in 2019 it returned to the big screen with Mena Massoud in the title role, Will Smith as the Genie, and Naomi Scott…
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D23 Expo Day One – A Legendary Disney Day! – DISNEY Reporter
The first day of the D23 Expo was as legendary as one could imagine. Before the crack of dawn, thousands of Disney fans had descended into Anaheim and the Anaheim Convention Center for the start of this “ultimate Disney fan event.” The day began for many fans with the Disney Legends ceremony. A class of…
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Magic Journey My Fantastical Walt Disney Imagineering Career – Book Review by Mr. DAPs
In Magic Journey My Fantastical Walt Disney Imagineering Career, Kevin Rafferty shares the stories from his four decades at The Walt Disney Company. Rafferty shares how he got started, some of the challenges he has faced, and also the magic he has been able to make and experience throughout his career. Kevin Rafferty isn’t just…
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Travels with Figment On the Road in Search of Disney Dreams – Book Review by Mr. DAPs
In Travels with Figment On the Road in Search of Disney Dreams, Marty Sklar recounts stories and memories from his 54 years working for The Walt Disney Company. The first ten of those were alongside Walt Disney himself before he went on to become a leader in Imagineering and eventually a Disney Legend. The stories in this…
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Avengers: Endgame – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
After the events of Avengers: Infinity War, the Avengers find themselves in a desperate situation. Thanos has wreaked havoc on the universe leaving the Earth and everywhere else decimated. Tony Stark is lost in space. The Avengers are scattered and doing their best to be heroic. However, the cloud of what has happened hangs over…
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Disney’s THE LION KING 2019 Review
“Remember who you are. Remember.” Ever since the 1994 Disney animated classic The Lion King hit theaters, storytelling and animation were never the same again. The award-winning film was and still is dearly beloved by many fans. From the plot to the music score, five stars all the way. Back in 2016, Disney announced a live-action…
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Dumbo – Home Entertainment Review by Mr. DAPs
It’s a rough time for the circus owned by Max Medici (Danny DeVito). When a baby elephant is born, he enlists his former horse-riding star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) and his children Milly (Nico Parker) and Joe (Finley Hobbins) to care for him. Dumbo builds upon the story first told by Disney animation in 1941.…
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Captain Marvel – Home Entertainment Review by Mr. DAPs
By now we all know the Avengers who Nick Fury pulled together to protect humanity from threats they couldn’t fight on their own. What hasn’t been known is where that idea came from. In Captain Marvel, the story behind where Captain Marvel is told… along with how Nick Fury came up with the Avengers. Captain…
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The True Magic of Aladdin Shines Through the Fun it Has! – DAPS MAGIC Review (SPOILERS)
Disney’s live-action retelling of Aladdin has now arrived in theaters. This movie draws from the Disney animated feature of the same name from 1992. This time though it has a new cast and a new take on the story. With lots of elements that are the same, there are some changes as well. In this…
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Live-Action Aladdin Delivers Fun, Magic, and a Bit of Heart (A Spoiler Free Review)
Over the past several years Disney has been recreating its classic animated films in a live-action format. The latest movie to get this treatment is Aladdin. There has been a lot of discussions about this movie. Specifically, if anyone could give a performance that would even come close to Robin Williams’ Genie. I recently attended…
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AVENGERS: ENDGAME – Spoiler Filled Review
AVENGERS: ENDGAME is taking the world by storm. This newest movie in the MCU has the Avengers trying to save the world they love from Thanos. As is always the case, nothing is as simple or as easy as it should be. AVENGERS: ENDGAME is a film that will be watched and re-watched, analyzed and…
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The Art and Making of Dumbo: Foreword by Tim Burton – Book Review by Mr. DAPs
In Dumbo Disney magic returns as an elephant flies onto the big screen. This is thanks to the imagination of Tim Burton who brought this animated Disney classic in the live-action realm. While the movie itself is charming (read my review here), there is also a book about the making of it. The Art and…
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Disneynature’s Penguins – A Heartwarming Story of Adele Penguin and Family – A Review by Mr. DAPs
Since 1948’s Seal Island, Disney has been telling the stories of different animals in their natural habitat. Originally Disney told the stories of nature through the True-Life Adventures. Today, the stories found in nature continue on through the Disneynature films. This year on Earth Day, Disneynature released a story about Steve, an Adélie penguin. Disneynature’s Penguins…
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Dumbo Soars Into Theaters and Tugs at Heartstrings – A Review by Mr. DAPs
In 1941 the world was introduced by Walt Disney to what would become an animated classic. Dumbo showed the world that “the very things that held you down are gonna carry you up and up and up.” Now nearly eight decades later, Disney returns to the story of Dumbo. Under the direction of Tim Burton,…
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Mary Poppins Returns – Home Entertainment Review by Mr. DAPs
Mary Poppins Returns brings back the magic first experienced by audience 54 years ago when Mary Poppins appeared above the skies of London. Since then, generations of kids have grown up with a spoonful of sugar helping the medicine go down. Now, Rob Marshall takes guests back into the world of Mary Poppins in this…