In Disney’s 36th animated feature Mulan the title character arrives quietly in the story, taking everyone by surprise, at a time when no one expects it. The film Mulan did the same thing. Following on the heels of Disney’s “event” films, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules, Mulan was a complete original in […]

“Ten thousand yeeeeears will give you such a crick in the neck!” So said the Genie in the character’s now iconic first appearance on screen in Disney’s animated blockbuster “Aladdin.” With that character’s appearance, animated films changed forever- all of them from all studios wanted to copy “Aladdin’s” knowing, whiz-bang, pop-culture humor and sensibility. Few, […]