The Incredibles: A Second Look

(Originally posted on May 8, 2018) I adore the movie The Incredibles.  It just pushes all the right buttons and throws all the right levers.  With two exceptions. With the imminent arrival of The Incredibles 2, I thought I should revisit the first one and examine its two flaws.  Mind you, I still love the […]

Dragonslayer: A Forgotten Fantasy Movie

(Originally posted on February 15, 2017) Disney released Dragonslayer in the year 1981.  The movie came out only a couple of years after the less-than-stellar The Black Hole in 1979.  It is Disney’s next attempt at a more adult-themed movie.  For the most part, it succeeded. Coming out of the dismal decade of the 70s, […]

Moments of Coolness #4: The Incredibles Family Reunion & Dash

(Originally posted on October 26, 2016) I absolutely adore Pixar’s The Incredibles.  This is (as has been noted by others) how The Fantastic Four should have been.  Almost everything clicks in this movie.  The animation is great, the soundtrack is stellar and the voice actors are terrific.  This, however, is not the gist of my […]

The Black Hole: (1979) A Very Weird Disney Movie

(Originally posted on October 19, 2016) Okay, let’s roll the clock back to 1979 to take a look at Disney’s first PG rated film: The Black Hole. Star Wars had come out two years earlier and every studio was scrambling to find their niche in the science fiction boom.  Science fiction adventure films were, for […]