Category: DAPs Magic Reviews
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs The Walt Disney Signature Collection – Mr. DAPs Home Theater Review
Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs is the original Disney animated feature. Not only was this Disney’s first animated feature, it was the world’s first full length animated feature. The story tells of a young princess who is hated by her stepmother because of how fair she is. Her stepmother is so jealous that she…
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The Silly Symphony Collection Review
One of the things that Disney is known for is great music. Since the beginning of his cartoon days, Walt Disney wanted not just great cartoons, but great sounding cartoons. Eventually he married the two in the acclaimed Silly Symphony shorts. These experimental films incorporated music almost like a character itself. There have been 75…
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The Force Has Awoken: Spoiler-Free Musings on the New Film
We did it, everybody. We made it to Episode VII. Around the world, it was as if millions of geeky voices cried out at once, and were suddenly silenced (by the opening crawl, that is). First things first, there are NO SPOILERS in this writing, in keeping with ol’ Uncle Mark’s request. Loose lips sink…
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Once Upon A Time S5E11 – “Swan Song” Review
Once Upon A Time has reached its mid-season finale, and it was a doozy of an episode. Recap The episode begins with a flashback of Killian as a child being abandoned by his father. A haunting question from that time that echoes through the whole episode is “What kind of man will you become?” After…
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Once Upon A Time S5E10 – ‘Broken Heart’ – Review
The stakes are higher with Once Upon a Time this week as the show approaches its mid-season finale. Summary As we’ve seen from the last couple of episodes, Hook is now Captain Dark One, sharing the darkness with Emma. He seems bent on revenge on Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold, but there’s something more that Emma is sure…
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Is ‘The Good Dinosaur’ Worth Seeing?
Pixar’s newest release has premiered for the holiday week. This movie had a delay of release where it was supposed to be released last year. But, so far there has been a lot of good things to say about the film. Sound and Music Let’s dive into a hopefully not to controversial topic to review.…
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The Muppets S1E7: Pigs in a Blackout – Mr. DAPs’ Review
Running a daily television show is a lot of work and it is beginning to take its toll on Kermit the Frog. This week, The Muppets returns to a somewhat familiar story that feels almost like a home coming. Episode Description Kermit is feeling the pressure at work and is forced to go to a…
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The Muppets S1E6: The Ex Factor – Mr. DAPs’ Review
One of the worst things that can happen after a breakup is when your ex crosses paths with your new beau. This is exactly what happens in the first moments of this week’s episode of The Muppets. That’s right, Denise is back…. and it is her birthday. This episode also features Kristin Chenoweth who sings…
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Star Wars Rebels: Always Two There Are (S2E3) – Review
Here comes review two for the week in which we take a look at the Rebels episode Always Two There Are. The title is a lovely throw back to Yoda’s line in Star Wars: Episode I and the introduction to these terrifying new Inquisitors are truly something to get excited about. RECAP Back aboard the…
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Once Upon A Time S5E6 – The Bear And The Bow – Review
The saga of the Dark Swan continues in this week’s episode of Once Upon A Time. Summary The episode begins with Merlin, Hook, Charming, and Belle rescuing Lancelot and Merida back in Camelot. Merida eventually knocks Belle out when they are separated in the escape. Back in Storybrooke, Regina, Mary Margaret, and David want to…
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Inside Out – Mr. DAPs Home Theater Review
Moving is hard, so is growing up. Put the two together with a move from the midwest to San Francisco and Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) finds herself in a bit of a rough time in life. Thankfully she has her emotions Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Fear (Bill Hader), and Disgust (Mindy Kaling)…
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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 4,722 Hours (S3E5) – Review
This weeks episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. did not pull any punches and happily so, 4,722 Hours may be the greatest episode of Shield to ever air. So, lets take a look. Recap The opening of the episode returns us to the Season 2 finale where Jemma goes from making dinner plans with Fitz to…
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The Muppets S1E5: Walk the Swine – Mr. DAPs’ Review
Things are busy at the studio this week and Up Late With Miss Piggy is hosting Reece Witherspoon… for better or for worse (obviously for worse). Scooter deals with a car crash… with Rizzo. And Fozzie struggles to balance a relationship with his girlfriend with efforts to become a better comic. This week has three main…
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Once Upon A Time S5E5 – Dreamcatchers – Review
“Dreamcatcher” was a big episode for Once Upon A Time. Let’s get started to see how big it was…. Summary Emma gets a glimpse of how Merlin became a tree. The wizard encountered the Dark One to try to kill him because the Dark One killed his love. But, he couldn’t do it, and shed…
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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Devils You Know (S3E4) – Review
They say that the devil you know is better than the one you don’t… but is that true in this week’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? As things kick off it seems like deals are being made with the devils right and left. At the same time, other devils are being fought. To say there is a…
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Once Upon A Time – S5E4 – The Broken Kingdom Review
It’s time for another episode look at Once Upon A Time. Sunday’s episode, The Broken Kingdom, shed a little more light on Arthur and his spiral into villainous ways. Summary The episode tale begins with a young Arthur who explains to Guinevere Merlin’s prophecy about his becoming a king by pulling Excalibur out of a…
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Star Wars Rebels: The Lost Commander (S2E1) – Review
Star War Rebels is back and so are some old faces. Star Wars Rebels 2nd season premiered on Wednesday and once again the crew finds themselves in danger. Recap The Rebel Alliance is still less of an alliance and more of a rag tag band of renegades in desperate need of more boots to fill…
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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: A Wanted (Inhu)man (S3E3) – Review
Just when we thought that things were looking up for our Agents of SHIELD (after all we managed to get Simmons back) things once again take a dire turn for our band of merry spies. The ATCU are back in hot pursuit of all Inhumans including Lincoln and Daisy may become a casualty of their…
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The Muppets S1Ep4: Pig Out – Mr. DAPs’ Review
What happens when you mix Karaoke and the Muppets? A lot of laughter. However, it isn’t all laughs in this episode as Fozzie shoots Statler with a t-shirt gun, and the Muppets find out what happens when they show up late for work. The Muppets seem to edge towards stronger episodes with Pig Out but…
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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Purpose in the Machine (S3E2) – Review
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. picked right up where it left off with the first episode of the season. There is a lot going on as Fitz continues to look for Simmons, Ward is streamlining Hydra, and Agent Mae is searching for herself. With that, let’s take a look at the episode and then I’ll share…
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The Muppets S1Ep3: Bear Left Then Bear Write – Mr. DAPs’ Review
This week on The Muppets its all about relationships, friendships and romantic. The one that perhaps one would most expect to be addressed, Kermit and Miss Piggy, is the only one that isn’t. Instead Miss Piggy’s friendship with Christina Applegate, Kermit’s friendship with Miss Piggy, and Gonzo’s dating life are explored in the third episode…
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Once Upon A Time S5Ep2: The Price – Review
Last week OUAT got to a huge start with Emma Swan turning into the Dark One and the group going to Camelot to try to save her by finding Merlin. Then it ended with a return to Storybrooke with missing memories…again. This week the story continues as everyone tries to find out what happened to…
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Aladdin Diamond Edition – Mr. DAPs Home Theater Review
Aladdin is the story of a street rat who falls in love with a princess. Unfortunately, since Aladdin (Scott Weingler) isn’t a prince he isn’t eligible to marry Princess Jasmine (Linda Larkin)… until he meets the Genie (Robin Williams) who grants him three wishes that could change his life forever. Of course things are never that…
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Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise Sunrise Safari Breakfast – More Than Just Breakfast in the Jungle
The Jungle Cruise Sunrise Safari Breakfast is a premiere experience that is currently being offered at the Disneyland Resort through December 21. The event offers guests the chance to have breakfast amidst the animals in the African Veldt following which, a crash course in being a Jungle Cruise Skipper. An Early Morning Breakfast in the…