Welcome to episode 97 of the Movies Past and Present podcast.
In this episode, my good friends Mitch and Lilly from ImagineeringDisney.com join me for a discussion of Walt Disney’s classic musical Mary Poppins (1964).
Subscribe to the Movies Past and Present podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. I hope that watching some great movies will bring you peace and comfort this week. Thanks for listening, be safe out there, and dedicate yourself to the truth.
Subscribe to the Movies Past and Present podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher. I hope that watching some great movies will bring you peace and comfort this week. Thanks for listening, be safe out there, and dedicate yourself to the truth.
For my movie watching project this year, I’ve decided to watch 100 films from The Walt Disney Studios in honor of the 100th anniversary of the formation of the The Walt Disney Company.
I curated a list of 100 of my favorite feature films from the multiple studios and distribution arms of the company, including animated features from Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios and live action films from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Marvel Studios, and Lucasfilm.
The list is still a bit of a work-in-progress. The most up-to-date list is on my Letterboxd page. Here’s the list as it currently stands (in chronological order):
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1937)
Pinocchio (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1940)
Fantasia (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1940)
The Reluctant Dragon (Walt Disney Pictures, 1941)
Bambi (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1942)
Saludos Amigos (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1942)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1949)
Cinderella (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1950)
Treasure Island (Walt Disney Pictures, 1950)
Peter Pan (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1953)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Walt Disney Pictures, 1954)
Lady and the Tramp (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1955)
Sleeping Beauty (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1959)
The Shaggy Dog (Walt Disney Pictures, 1959)
Swiss Family Robinson (Walt Disney Pictures, 1960)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1961)
The Absent-Minded Professor (Walt Disney Pictures, 1961)
The Parent Trap (Walt Disney Pictures, 1961)
Mary Poppins (Walt Disney Pictures, 1964)
The Monkey’s Uncle (Walt Disney Pictures, 1965)
That Darn Cat (Walt Disney Pictures, 1965)
The Jungle Book (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1967)
Blackbeard’s Ghost (Walt Disney Pictures, 1968)
The Love Bug (Walt Disney Pictures, 1968)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (Walt Disney Pictures,1969)
The Aristocats (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1970)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (Walt Disney Pictures, 1971)
Now You See Him, Now You Don’t (Walt Disney Pictures, 1972)
The World’s Greatest Athlete (Walt Disney Pictures,1973)
Charley and the Angel (Walt Disney Pictures, 1973)
Robin Hood (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1973)
The Island at the Top of the World (Walt Disney Pictures, 1974)
Escape to Witch Mountain (Walt Disney Pictures, 1975)
No Deposit, No Return (Walt Disney Pictures, 1976)
Gus (Walt Disney Pictures, 1976)
Freaky Friday (Walt Disney Pictures, 1976)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1977)
The Rescuers (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1977)
Pete’s Dragon (Walt Disney Pictures, 1977)
Candleshoe (Walt Disney Pictures, 1977)
The North Avenue Irregulars (Walt Disney Pictures, 1979)
The Black Hole (Walt Disney Pictures, 1979)
The Devil and Max Devlin (Walt Disney Pictures, 1981)
Tron (Walt Disney Pictures, 1982)
Never Cry Wolf (Walt Disney Pictures, 1983)
Splash (Touchstone Pictures, 1984)
Ruthless People (Touchstone Pictures, 1986)
Three Men and a Baby (Touchstone Pictures, 1987)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Touchstone Pictures, 1988)
Dead Poets Society (Touchstone Pictures, 1989)
Gross Anatomy (Walt Disney Pictures, 1989)
The Little Mermaid (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1989)
Pretty Woman (Touchstone Pictures, 1990)
Dick Tracy (Touchstone Pictures, 1990)
The Rescuers Down Under (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1990)
What About Bob? (Touchstone Pictures, 1991)
The Rocketeer (Walt Disney Pictures, 1991)
Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1991)
Father of the Bride (Touchstone Pictures, 1991)
Newsies (Walt Disney Pictures, 1992)
Sister Act (Touchstone Pictures, 1992)
The Mighty Ducks (Walt Disney Pictures, 1992)
Aladdin (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 1992)
Cool Runnings (Walt Disney Pictures, 1993)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Walt Disney Pictures, 1993)
The Lion King (Walt Disney Animation Studios,1994)
Ed Wood (Touchstone Pictures, 1994)
While You Were Sleeping (Hollywood Pictures, 1995)
Toy Story (Pixar Animation Studios, 1995)
Hercules (Walt Disney Animation Studios,1997)
Mulan (Walt Disney Animation Studios,1998)
Rushmore (Touchstone Pictures, 1998)
Tarzan (Walt Disney Animation Studios,1999)
The Sixth Sense (Hollywood Pictures, 1999)
Remember the Titans (Walt Disney Pictures, 2000)
The Emperor’s New Groove (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 2000)
The Princess Diaries (Walt Disney Pictures, 2001)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Walt Disney Pictures, 2003)
The Incredibles (Pixar Animation Studios, 2004)
Cars (Pixar Animation Studios, 2006)
Ratatouille (Pixar Animation Studios, 2007)
Wall-E (Pixar Animation Studios, 2008)
Up (Pixar Animation Studios, 2009)
Tangled (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 2010)
Saving Mr. Banks (Walt Disney Pictures, 2013)
Frozen (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 2013)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Marvel Studios, 2014)
I launched the Movies Past and Present blog and podcast five years ago today on January 30, 2018.
And what a ride it’s been. There have been lots of movies, both good and bad, and from the both the past and present. I’ve posted 95 podcasts and am looking forward to posting my 100th podcast this year. Mostly, I’ve loved connecting with friends and family over the wonderful art form that is the motion picture.
Thanks for your love and support! Here’s to many more movies and anniversaries!
Welcome to episode 95 of the Movies Past and Present podcast. My good friends Rachel Wagner and Darin Lundberg join me in a discussion of the feature length films from DreamWorks Animation.
DreamWorks Animation Rankings
Here are our individual rankings of all 43 DreamWorks Animation films.
Great: THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2, KUNG FU PANDA, CHICKEN RUN, PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, THE BAD GUYS, WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT, RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
Good: KUNG FU PANDA 2, SHREK 2, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD, KUNG FU PANDA 3, MEGAMIND, MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED, SINBAD: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS, THE ROAD TO EL DORADO, ABOMINABLE
Fair to Middling: SHREK, PUSS IN BOOTS, MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA, PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR, ANTZ, TURBO, MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN, SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON, OVER THE HEDGE, FLUSHED AWAY, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE, THE CROODS, THE CROODS: A NEW AGE, SPIRIT UNTAMED
Bad: SHREK THE THIRD, BEE MOVIE, SHREK FOREVER AFTER, THE BOSS BABY, THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS, TROLLS, TROLLS: WORLD TOUR, MADAGASCAR, HOME, MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, SHARK TALE
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Welcome to episode 93 of the Movies Past and Present podcast.
Happy Thanksgiving! Here are five films that you might want to consider checking out with your family over the holiday weekend, two in theaters and three on streaming.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Universal, 1962)–60th Anniversary. Part of the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Big Screen Classics series. In theaters Sunday, November 13 and Wednesday, November 16. Check fathomevents.com/tcm for more info.
Three By…
After a bit of an absence, the “Three By…” segment is back. This episode covers three diverse films by director Penny Marshall:Jumpin’ Jack Flash(20th Century Fox, 1986), Awakenings (Columbia, 1990), and A League of Their Own(Columbia, 1992).
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Welcome to episode 91 of the Movies Past and Present podcast!
Classic Cinema Corner
This episode is a deep dive into the one-of-a-kind comic book/strip film Dick Tracy (Touchstone Pictures, 1990). I’m joined by two friends Rachel Wagner from Rachel’s Reviews and Darin Lundquist from the NostagiaCast podcast.
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Make sure to check these out on the big screen! See the Fathom Events website for more information.
Poltergeist (Warner Bros., 1982) playing October 6-12. Part of the TCM Big Screen Classics series.
Universal Monsters double feature! Creature from the Black Lagoon (Universal, 1954) and Phantom of the Opera (Universal, 1943) one day only on October 29.
Reviews
I review both the original Hocus Pocus (Disney, 1993) and its newly released sequel, Hocus Pocus 2 (Disney, 2022). Both films are now streaming on Disney+.
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