The last time we saw a Disney movie adapted from a Roald Dahl classic, we were a little dismayed at how the team behind The Nightmare Before Christmas handled the translation of James and the Giant Peach from page to screen. Surely THE BFG will fare better, though. It's decades later and it's Steven Feakin' Spielberg making his first and (to date) only Disney movie. And look, the man is one of the greatest directors of all time, there's a minimum threshold of quality that is always going to be hit. But is this movie an unmitigated, whizzpopper of a success? Wellllllll...

In the original Homeward Bound, Shadow, Sassy and Chance make a harrowing, one might say incredible, journey through the wilderness to be reunited with their owners, braving all manner of natural hazards and dangers. HOMEWARD BOUND II: LOST IN SAN FRANCISCO offers a somewhat different set of obstacles. Wild animals and waterfalls have been replaced by raging house fires and, er, a dog love triangle...hey, what do you expect from a mid-90s Disney sequel? 

It's time to raise the curtain on the Summer of Muppets! Our latest summer series will be a most sensational, celebrational look at the Disney films that feature these beloved Muppet characters, starting with 2011's THE MUPPETS, which was a bit of a relaunch of the brand under the Disney banner. One that our hosts find largely successful in capturing what makes this cast of characters so special, but maybe doesn't hold up quite as well as we remember from the first time we saw it. But that won't stop Vicky, Nolan and Jill from entering this summer with a boundless, perhaps too intense energy!

If you've listened to our last few episodes, or even just take a cursory glance at the movie titles, you'll know we've been spending more than our fair share of time talking about Disney animal movies. Unfortunately, NAPOLEON AND SAMANTHA doesn't break that trend. Fortunately, however, things are a little more...exotic in this movie, and not just because the animal in question is an old, milk-loving lion. There is so, so much more than that going on in this movie that our hosts could never have predicted, and no, we aren't just talking about a teeny-tiny Jodie Foster or a strikingly youthful Michael Douglas.