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All posts by Josh Spiegel
“McFarland, USA”
The folksy charm that once glowed like a halo around Kevin Costner has curdled over time into something harsh. Now, both in public and in film, he’s appeared grouchier and more cantankerous. Costner’s cinematic transition into a grump is fully realized in Disn...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 184: “DuckTales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp”
It's time for an episode of Mousterpiece Cinema that's 25 years in the making! That's right: this week, Josh and Gabe are going back to the beginning...of DisneyToon Studios, at least, as they review the 1990 film DuckTales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp...
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“The Last Five Years”
Anyone who watched Anna Kendrick in Pitch Perfect or Into the Woods and wished, “Yes, but I want more singing,” should be quite overjoyed at her new film, The Last Five Years. Based on the Off-Broadway musical of the same name, The Last Five Years depicts a re...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 183: “The Princess and the Frog”
Ladies and gentlemen, we are almost there! Actually, for longtime listeners, scratch that, we ARE there--we're finally able to talk about the 2009 film The Princess and the Frog on today's episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. If you're new to the show, you might no...
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Blu-ray Review: “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is a staple of children’s literature, so perhaps it’s surprising that it took Hollywood more than 40 years to get a movie adaptation off the ground. But in many ways, Alexander is just as unsuccessful...
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Blu-ray Review: “101 Dalmatians”
Here’s a fun fact: adjusted for inflation, the 1961 film 101 Dalmatians is the second-highest-grossing animated film ever. Ever. More than Frozen, more than The Lion King, more than the Shrek movies. Only Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has raked in more cash....
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A Reel Boy: “Pinocchio” at 75
A solitary old man lives in an Italian village, spending his waking hours working on all manner of wooden creations, from cuckoo clocks to marionettes. He is awash in loneliness, maintaining relationships with his pet goldfish and cat, the latter of whom he no...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 182: “Bedknobs and Broomsticks”
This week on Mousterpiece Cinema, Josh and Gabe are getting ready for a trip all the way to London, circa 1940. It's the Age of Not Believing, but they've got open minds, or they're trying to. Yes, it's time for us to have some fun with Bedknobs and Broomstick...
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Blu-ray Review: “Tales from Earthsea”
The avatar for Studio Ghibli is Hayao Miyazaki, as much of an icon as Totoro ever was. He’s a Japanese Walt Disney in terms of being the public face of the company as he is a passionate filmmaker as well as being a pioneering hero in hand-drawn animation. But ...
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Blu-ray Review: “Pom Poko”
The Blu-ray format has been around so long that, depending on the studio, we’re reaching the point where catalog releases from major studios are dwindling. For the Walt Disney Company, we’re soon approaching the end in terms of their animated canon releases; w...
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