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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip (2025)

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Of all the live-action Disney films from the 2010s, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day was the last that I thought would ever get a sequel. Granted it was a hit at the box office, but I hadn’t heard anyone even mention the film in recent years, so I considered it to be forgotten.

How wrong I was as a sequel was planned in 2020 with Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip finally debuting on Disney+ in 2025! Directed by Marvis Lemus and written by Matt Lopez, the film serves as a stand-alone sequel to the original with a Latino family instead of a white family. For all practical purposes, you could call it a reboot and nobody would consider you wrong.

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Return to Snowy River (1988)

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I really struggled with deciding whether or not I should review this film because by all accounts, it doesn’t seem that Disney had anything to do with the production of the film. A sequel to the successful Australian film, The Man from Snowy River, this sequel was released in the US via Disney’s Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. Yet many lists include this as one of Disney’s official live-action films, so I dunno. Just to be safe, I decided to watch and review it.

And I dunno if it’s because I never saw the first film, but I had no idea what was going on. References and characters from the first film were called back, but I couldn’t for the life of me keep focused with what the plot was; it was just way too thin! Something about a cowboy-type fella and horse stealing? I dunno. There was also a romance, but I couldn’t get into it either.

The acting was nothing special either, with Brian Dennehy (replacing Kirk Douglas from the first film) giving hands-down the best performance. I suppose the best praise I can give the film is some of the nice background music that played throughout. But all in all, this film just wasn’t it.

So, my final score for this film is 14/35 = 40% (F) !

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Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)

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It’s no surprise that Disney decided to make a sequel to their “live-action” remake of The Lion King. After all, the film made over a billion dollars at the worldwide box-office! However, the sequel would not be based on Disneytoon Studios’ The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride; instead it turned out to be an original film detailing Mufasa’s backstory. Was it any good? Read on to find out!

(And like I said when I reviewed The Lion King, yes, I know this is an animated film and not a “live-action” one, but Disney is treating it as such and it’s my blog, so I can do what I want, hence I choose to review it on this blog rather than my animation blog.)

And remember, SPOILERS AHEAD!

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The Wild Country (1970)

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I apologize for the delays in reviews. My work schedule has been incredibly busy in the past few months, but hopefully things have settled down now and I can get back to a regular posting schedule.

Speaking of “settling”, today we’re gonna take a look at a little-known Disney film starring Ron Howard that he himself wishes was more well-known. Here’s my review of The Wild Country!

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Cool Runnings (1993)

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This is a film that I’ve never seen before, much to the shock of my friends as we’re all Caribbean/West Indian people and this was considered a ’90s classic! Well, I’ve finally righted that wrong! Here’s my review of Cool Runnings!

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The Littlest Outlaw (1955)

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Interestingly enough, this film was apparently filmed in both English and Spanish with a bilingual cast! I’ve not seen a copy of the Spanish version, but let’s take a look at the English version of the live-action Disney film, The Littlest Outlaw!

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The Young Black Stallion (2003)

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Today’s film is an interesting one. It barely suffices the “feature-length” requirement of my blog, clocking in at only 50 minutes. And it barely suffices the “theatrically-released or Disney+-released” requirement of my blog, having been theatrically-released, but only to IMAX cinemas. Nevertheless, it qualifies, so there.

Directed by Simon Wencer, The Young Black Stallion (or Young Black Stallion) serves as a prequel to the non-Disney film, The Black Stallion, which was based on the novel of the same name by Walter Farley.

How does it fare? Read on to find out!

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Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953)

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They might as well have called this one, The Sword and the Rose II since Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice, and Michael Gough were all in it again!

Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue tells the story (albeit a more fictionalized and legendary version) of the Scottish outlaw and folk hero, Rob Roy MacGregor. I’ll be honest, I had no idea who Rob Roy was and assumed him to be a completely fictional character. I feel his legend hasn’t entered mainstream culture as much as the English Robin Hood has.

Whatever the reason, let’s take a look at the Harold French-directed Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue!

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The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)

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And to think I thought Something Wicked This Way Comes was the darkest Disney film ever! Boy, was I wrong!

I had known that Disney made a film adaptation of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but never saw it before nor heard anyone ever mention it before, so I didn’t know what to expect. Let’s just say it was quite the ride! Sit back as I review The Adventures of Huck Finn!

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Dragonslayer (1981)

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We’ve covered Popeye already, one of the co-productions between Walt Disney Studios and Paramount Pictures. Now it’s time to tackle the other, lesser-known one, Dragonslayer! Hey, a movie with a dragon in it can’t be bad, right? Right? Oh well, let’s find out!

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