Animated Films, Ranked
The studio animation canon ranked end to end, from the 1941 Disney features to the DreamWorks era. A complete ranking instead of a greatest list, because the bottom of it matters as much as the top.
Tag: Disney+
Disney+ put a century of storytelling behind one subscription and started adding to it weekly. This tag collects reviews of Disney+ productions and essays on what the platform’s scale does to the stories inside it.
2020sSnow White (2025) Review
Snow White (2025) rates 2 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. The remake that ended the remake program. It cost somewhere around two hundred and seventy million dollars, spent two years being argued about before anybody saw it, and…
2000sPirates of the Caribbean (2003) Review
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A film adapted from a theme park queue that had no business being good. Depp built a character the studio…
2020sThe Marvels (2023)
The Marvels is the Captain Marvel sequel that teams up Brie Larson with two female MCU successors. Megan McDonnell, Elissa Karasik and Nia DaCosta wrote it.
Disney+Bats Day: The Afternoon a Crowded Street Parted
Bats Day has brought the goth community to Anaheim since 1999. I went in 2006, dressed after a fashion, and watched Main Street part for a friend who had decided completely what she was doing.
1990sThe Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Michael Caine plays Scrooge opposite Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the Muppet ensemble in a sincere adaptation of Dickens. The Muppet Christmas Carol is Brian Henson's 1992 American adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella, with Michael Caine playing Ebenezer Scrooge among…
1990sThe Santa Clause (1994)
A divorced father inadvertently kills Santa Claus and discovers a contractual clause requiring him to take over the role permanently. The Santa Clause is John Pasquin's 1994 American Christmas comedy about Scott Calvin, a divorced toy company executive who inadvertently…
2020sArtemis Fowl (2020)
Kenneth Branagh's 2020 Disney+ Eoin Colfer adaptation. Substantial production failure where multiple compounding decisions destroyed the source material.
2020sLightyear (2022)
Lightyear is the Pixar feature framed as the in-universe movie that made Andy from Toy Story want a Buzz Lightyear action figure. MacLane and Jason Headley wrote.
2020sMulan (2020)
Mulan (2020) is the live-action remake of the 1998 Walt Disney Animation Studios musical. Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Lauren Hynek, and Elizabeth Martin wrote.
2010sFrozen 2 (2019)
Frozen 2 is the sequel to the 2013 Walt Disney Animation Studios film that became the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee co-directed.
2010sStar Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the middle entry of the Disney-era sequel trilogy. Rian Johnson wrote and directed.