Climbing the Castle

It's been a long while but we are finally back to season 1!! And with a sequel none the less. It's very rare that we come across a season one sequel but this one is well deserved. You don't often have a big name sequel that lives up to the first one but Moana 2 delivers on all accounts. We have alot of not so great sequels coming up in our upcoming season after this so cherish this while it lasts.

Before we jump on in to season 4 we giving you this Super Bowl edition Essentials pick, Remember the Titans. This is a movie that will go down as one of the best sports movies and for good reasons. It's an emotional journey that really knows how to strike a chord.

We're doing things a bit differently by going into a short mid season break by kicking off the beginning of a new season. We'll be getting into all of the straight to home video releases and sequels of DisneyToon Studios. Kicking things off and wrapping up the holiday season is Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas. While this movie is far from perfect it's actually alot of fun and had the potential to be so much more. With a great villain, fun new songs, and alot of the charm of the original film this is definitely a much better start to this season than expected.

We're a little late as per usual but do you guy's expect anything less at this point? This week we take a look at one of the first Disney Plus original films, Noelle. Even though this is just a rehashed version of many other Christmas classics, it still finds a way to be fun and festive. It's definitely not going to win any awards but it still has what you need to enjoy some of the holiday spirit.

Perhaps on of the most retold stories of all time, with 3 tellings alone from Disney we visit the story of A Christmas Carol. Jim carry lends his many voices to this chilling adaptation of this beloved classic. With such a great story already setup for them it doesn't take much for Disney to create another standout version of this tale.

It's been a hot minute since we've covered a musical but we're finally back to good old classic Disney with Newsies. While this movie does leave a lot to be desired still, it's far from the worst movie we've seen. With the king of Disney Music behind the soundtrack Allan Menken manages to keep our attention with some great music accompanied by some fun dance numbers.

This week we travel the globe and get into all kinds of shenanigan's in Around the World in 80 Days. A movie that neither of us has seen before turned into yet another pleasant surprise. With a great mix of action and comedy, plus Jackie Chan, what's there not to love? As usual we struggle to stay on course and babble on way to long and many debates ensue yet again.

After over a year we're finally back with another season 2 release. Pixar returns with another hit sequel in Inside Out 2. Our time spent with Riley is just as fun in the second movie as it is in the first. It's very rare that a sequel is able to live up to the original but the writers of Inside Out are able to continue to come up with fun new expressive ways to showcase how our bodies and emotions work.

What better way to close out the Halloween season than with a movie based on one of the Disney parks biggest attractions. The Haunted Mansion. Even though this movie is still fun, it comes with more than it's fair share of issues. Alot of things just don't make sense, and us sitting here trying to work them out didn't help any either, which may have led to our first ever live score change.

We're continuing our Halloween journey with the sequel that took almost 30 years to come out, Hocus Pocus 2. With one of the longest gaps between movies was this movie really worth the wait? The movie relies heavily on the nostalgia factor but still manages to bring a fun new story to the franchise.