SNAPSHOTInstead of going South with his family and other duck friends, Donald stays behind with Mickey and the rest of his non-bird/duck friends to spend his first ever Christmas. During his stay, however, Donald soon starts to get sick from the cold weather while trying to enjoy the snow and Continue Reading
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Weekend pop art: Disney characters go whimsically dark in Tim Burton-esque illustrations
Gifted, idiosyncratic director and creative visionary Tim Burton is no stranger to Disney. He has after all, in the last few years alone, directed or produced Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) for the home of Mickey Mouse so it makes perfect sense that artist Continue Reading
Goofy gets his motoring Jekyll and Hyde on in the 1950 animated short Motor Mania
Goofy has always been my favourite Disney character. There’s something incredibly appealing about his innate, well, goofiness, an innocent, fun likeability that makes him somehow more relatable for me than say Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck. First appearing in Mickey’s revue in 1932, Goofy, described by the good folks Continue Reading
You know we can’t Let It Go: new short Frozen Fever gets a trailer worth holding on to
As you may have noticed if you haven’t been trapped under an ice floe for the past 15 months or so (and possibly still even then), Frozen, Disney’s music-filled, visually-stunning, heartwarming take on Hans Christian Anderson’s fairytale “The Snow Queen”, is a BIG DEAL. I mean, grossed $1.2bn [insert Dr. Continue Reading
Get Frozen … and Get a Horse! (New Mickey Mouse short)
Mickey Mouse is back where he belongs – cheeky, impetuous and with a nice retro 1920s sheen, thanks to a wonderful new short Get a Horse! that will accompany Disney’s new animated film, Frozen. With more than a tilt of the hat to cartoons like Steamboat Willie – try Continue Reading
Ooh la la mes amis! Mickey Mouse’s new short Croissant de Triomphe
Mickey Mouse is back in the house my friends and I couldn’t be happier! After spending much of my childhood glued to the Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights way back in them thar olden days – otherwise known as the 1970s – and relishing the myriad of Continue Reading
Disney’s “Paperman” charms its way online
It is both a symptom of growing older and the saturation of pop culture delights that our burgeoning digital age provides us, that very little truly surprises anymore. It is not that the quality is questionable – although like anything in life, much of what is produced is of Continue Reading