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All posts by Josh Spiegel
Blu-Ray Review: “Hercules”
Hercules has become, inexplicably, something of a forgotten film in the Disney Renaissance (along with the other 90s-era Blu-ray release from Disney this week, Tarzan). This take on Greek mythology performed decently in the summer of 1997, but aside from the e...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 125: “Toy Story”
Happy new year, friends! We're kicking things off in 2014 right by going back to the old bedroom and playing with some of our toys. That sounded a little weird, right? Well, the non-weird thing said in a weird way may be the secret theme of the first new Moust...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 126: “Sleeping Beauty”
Did you know that a dream is a wish your heart makes? And we knew you, once upon such a very dream. OK, OK, we're not actually confusing the topic of this week's Mousterpiece Cinema, the 1959 Disney classic Sleeping Beauty, with the 1950 Disney classic, Cinder...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 127: “The Great Muppet Caper”
It's time, again, to play the music and light the lights. OK, fine, we're not actually talking about The Muppet Show on this week's Mousterpiece Cinema, but one of the Jim Henson-era Muppet movies is close enough, right? With only a couple of months away from ...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 128: “Snow Dogs”
Yes, friends, as you can see from the title of this episode, it's time for a good old-fashioned "Pull off the bandage" episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. Gabe and Josh, first-timers to the 2002 comedy Snow Dogs went in as open-minded as possible, but this dumb, g...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 129: “Toy Story 2”
Get the Roundup gang together and put on the record player, because it's time for a new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema! (We're not making any promises about whether or not you can hear the episode on a record player.) Yes, it's time for Gabe and Josh to move o...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 130: “Howl’s Moving Castle”
As we quickly approach the American release of Hayao Miyazaki's latest film, The Wind Rises, it's time once more for Mousterpiece Cinema to wade into the past of Studio Ghibli. This week, Gabe and Josh focus their sights on Howl's Moving Castle, with two speci...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 131: “Return to Never Land”
Who's ready to go back to Never Land? Well, if this new episode is any indication, the answer may not be your intrepid co-hosts Gabe and Josh. While they still believe in faith and trust and pixie dust, they're not totally on board with Return to Never Land, t...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 132: “The Absent-Minded Professor”
Well, friends, it's about that time again: time for the sexism talk. Not the sex talk, mind you. That's...well, we're not going to have that talk with you ever. You're on your own. But the sexism talk, specifically sexism in Disney movies, is something we're a...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Lucasfilm Bonus Episode Two: “Willow,” “Ewoks: The Battle for Endor,” and “Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure”
Well, friends, as you can tell from the title, this episode's a mouthful. We hit the 350-Like threshold on Facebook a few weeks ago, and you know what that means: time for another b-b-b-b-b-b-b-bonus episode! This time, per Gabe's suggestion, your intrepid co-...
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