Gracie and Aislene review the first Live Action Disney Movie! Swiss Family Robinson!
(I am sorry this is late. Aislene was working 14 hour days for the last week and couldn't edit this episode on time!)
Aislene and Gracie review the movie, Tru Confessions... one of the best movies that we have seen on this podcast!
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Aislene and Gracie review Tuck Everlasting.
Trigger Warning: There is mention of what one of the actors did after this movie involving a child.
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Late Episode but only because we wanted to get Hamilton out to you!
Aislene and Gracie discuss Hamilton: The Musical on Disney+
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Based on a True Story, Double Teamed follows the high school story about twin sisters Heather and Heidi Burge and their journey to becoming stars of the WNBA. Before going on to succeed, they have to must the power of sisterhood and accepting each other and dealing with their Dadager.
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Your average All American Boy is sent back to the days of Camelot by Merlin to save the kingdom from certain disaster.
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Shy student Tara has a secret identity: She is smooth-talking Radio Rebel, a DJ who lends her voice to all kids, popular and unpopular alike.
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This week we're taking a look at Holes. While this was recorded before the death of George Floyd and ongoing protests against police brutality, and while we are not a political podcast, we here at Disney Dives believe BLACK LIVES MATTER. Below are links to petitions that at this point still need signatures, as well as charities directly associated with criminal justice reform and Black advocacy groups. Thanks so much for listening!
Petitions:
https://www.change.org/p/department-of-justice-mandatory-life-sentence-for-police-brutality
https://www.change.org/p/governor-brian-kemp-justice-for-ahmaud-arbery
https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor
Donations:
https://www.naacpldf.org/
https://www.aclu.org/
https://www.knowyourrightscamp.com/legal
https://www.facebook.com/donate/178599203544392/10163528930520655/
Paul Winters is your typical teenaged rock star who needs a break from fame and glory. He 'runs away' from his stardom life for a vacation only to end up on an island called, "Sportsman's Island". There, he meets a famous tiger named Sultan that is being hunted for sport... so, he vows to save the Tiger... All in the span of 45 minutes!
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Smart House is the story about a boy who is determined to stop his father from finding try love again by programming their computerized house to become a surrogate mother... but then it becomes a nightmare at the end?
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I am sorry for the late episode.
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Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college. When the problem- student, Dexter Riley, (Kurt Russell) tries to fix the computer, he gets an electric shock and his brain turns to a computer; now he remembers everything he reads. Unfortunately, he also remembers information which was in the computer's memory, like the illegal business Arno is involved in.
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Mal, Evie, Carlos and Jay return to the Isle of the Lost to bring a new batch of VKs to Auradon Prep... but there's a breech in the barrier, this has Mal rethinking the safety of Auradon and going against all that she is fighting for. She decides to close the barrier... for good! However, there's another dark force threatening Auradon's way of life...
What's the final grade does this ending to the trilogy get? Happily Ever After or Not Worth the Watch?
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George was lost in a plane crash years ago, and has grown up to be the "white ape" of the jungle. When a beautiful woman enters the picture, George falls in love and returns with her to San Francisco after her jealous fiance shoots him, but soon he has to return to the jungle when an Ape named Ape is kidnapped by Lyle's henchmen.
In the end, all is saved and George gets the girl.
The villain kids are back and this time they have to deal with themselves. Mal has a case of Impostor syndrome, Jay is still not getting enough screen time, and Ben ends up kidnapped by Ursula's daughter Uma and Carlos gets a talking dog. All of this and they still have to attend a spring fling!
Annie is the story of a little orphan girl who gets picked to stay with a rich man during the Christmas season. He turns from being a stodgy businessman to one with an empathetic heart and sets out to adopt her. It's a fun musical adventure!
Prince Ben is about to assume his father's throne, but before that, he has a radical idea. Why not allow the children of the worst fairy tale villains to Auradon Prep. So, Maleficent's daughter Mal, Jafar's son Jay, the evil queen's daughter Evie and Cruella's son Carlos, come to Auradon, with a plan on stealing the fairy godmother's wand and turning this perfect world into a world of chaos run by evil.
It's a tale as old as time, and at Disney there is always time for a remake. This week we're looking at the live action adaption of Beauty and the Beast. Was it necessary? Was it good? Was Gaston really the villain in all this? You'll just have to listen and find out.
Cocker Spaniel Lady is the apple of her owner's eyes, but when a new baby enters into the family, she starts to feel neglected. It doesn't help that a street dog with no name, tells her that when the baby moves in, the dog moves out. When her owners go on a trip out of town with the little one, leaving Aunt Sarah to watch her, she ends up running away and into the company of the nameless street dog.
She learns how to live on the streets but decides she much prefers life at home. Things begin to settle down, and she finds her place, but a rat threatens the life of the baby. With the street dog's help, she manages to save the baby and then she races to save the street dog from his inevitable death.
HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY! Early Episode! Guess you are lucky!
Kyle is an ordinary junior high schooler. He's popular, he's great at basketball and he always seems to have the best luck. After visiting an Irish festival, his luck turns upside down, he starts getting shorter, his ears start getting longer and he finds out that he's half a leprechaun. Now he, his family and his friends have to retrieve his family's luck back, or risk being stuck like that forever!
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Freaky Friday is the story of a mom and a daughter who just don't understand one another. After wishing to trade places, just for a day, 13 year old Annabelle is now in the body of her mother, while her mother Ellen is in hers. Through high jinks and misadventures, the two learn that the life of the other isn't all that it's cracked up to be.