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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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White Fang (1991)

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When I was younger, I read the Great Illustrated Classics version of Jack London’s White Fang. While I don’t remember what it was about other than something to do with a wolfdog, I do remember enjoying it along with The Call of the Wild.

So when I discovered that Disney had made a film adaptation of the novel, I figured that would be my reintroduction to the story. Did I like the film or would this turn out to be just another animal-centric live-action Disney film? Read on to find out!

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