Reviews of Classic and Modern Movies in a Flash!
When Ember and Wade meet, they couldn’t be any more different. She’s from a working class family that have come from a far away land to find their dreams. His family is well to do and haven’t had to struggle like Embers’. Also, she’s fire and he’s water, literally. How the two navigate a relationship that by all accounts could never work, is a heartfelt message about love, sacrifice and family.
1hr. 42min.
Miserly Scrooge McDuck is shown the error of his ways in one eventful Christmas Eve. Mickey Mouse and a host of other familiar faces help tell this timeless tale of second chances.
26 min.
In this classic fairytale beautiful young Snow White innocently runs afoul of her vain and jealous stepmother; an evil queen who will stop at nothing to be the “fairest maid in the land”. After fleeing for her life Snow White finds refuge with the kindly seven dwarfs, but it’s not long before the Queen tracks her down with another sinister plan.
Walt Disneys’ original masterpiece paved the way for many more classic films with its groundbreaking animation, memorable characters and timeless music.
1hr. 23min.
This epic mini series follows the fortunes of young Pip, from a simple act of kindness to an escaped convict, then the invitations of a strange old woman to play with her cold and cruel ward, to his sudden windfall of an inheritance that raises him up to a place in society that he only had dreamt of.
The myriad of colorful characters that he meets along the way are a testament to the brilliant story writing of Charles Dickens as well as the screenwriter who adapted this tome of a book.
5hr. 0min.
Hayley Mills stars as determined Mary Grant, whos fathers’ ship was lost at sea some two years ago. Maurice Chevalier also stars as a french professor who finds a note in a bottle, supposedly written by Captain Grant. This note sets in motion a search that spans the globe. Nothing will stop Mary; not earthquakes, flashfloods or a despicable villain played to perfection by George Sanders.
1hr. 38min.
Crocodiles in the conservatory, chocolate cake diets and boxing lessons in the barn are just a few of the common occurrences in the Biddle household. They’re eccentric millionaires led by their father (Fred MacMurry) in his many zany antics, that are only slightly bridled by their mother (Greer Garson).
The last live action film that the late Walt Disney was involved in, this is surprisingly based on a true story and features Lesley Ann Warren in one of her earliest roles.
2hr. 46min.
Set 6 years after the events of Wreck it Ralph (2012), we find Ralph and Vanellope living a carefree if predictable existence at the arcade. So, when Vanellopes game is broken and the two must travel to the strange new world of the internet, to buy the piece to fix it, it’s very exciting for Vanellope. Not so for Ralph, who fears he may lose his best friend to an exciting new racing game.
Featuring the voice talents of Sarah Silverman, John C. Reilly and Gal Gadot.
1hr. 56min.
Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) is now long grown up, with a wife (Hayley Atwell) and a child. He spends all of his time trying to provide for his family, by working long hours at a luggage making company. When he must stay in the city and work the holiday weekend that he and his family were to go to his family home in the country, Christopher Robin is suddenly confronted by his old friend Winnie-the-Pooh. Together they must search for Poohs’ other friends, as well as find the happiness that seems to elude Christopher Robin.
1hr. 44min.
Selfish Emperor Kuzco (David Spade) has it all, but when he fires his advisor Yzma (Eartha Kitt) she takes her revenge. Through a complicated turn of events, instead of being poisoned, Kuzco is turned into a llama and found miles away from his palace by a pesant named Pacha (John Goodman). The two form an unlikely alliance, as they make their way back to the city. Along the way they must overcome the elements and each other.
1hr. 17min.
Young Haakon makes a hard decision, when he takes his fathers place on a ship in order to pay the family’s debt. Almost at the same time that the boat is taken over by a mutiny, the ship is lost in a storm. The boy is shipwrecked on an island that happens to be the hideout for a band of pirates. When he finds their treasure Haakon knows it will only be a matter of time before they return.
1hr. 32min.