Rewatching The Magic: A Disney Fan Podcast

Happy New Year! We kick off 2025 with some old school Disney, 1961's The Absent-Minded Professor. A rare black-and-white Disney movie. Will the power of Flubber raise this film to great hights? Or should this be forgot in days of Auld Lang Syne... Insurance. 

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The hills are alive with 1965's The Sound of Music. One year after Julie Andrews was practically perfect as Mary Poppins, she does it again to tell the story of the Von Trapp Family Singers. A story of love of family and country as the 1938 German occupation of Austria happens around them.

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Merry Christmas! We're dashing through the stores trying to find a Turbo Man toy with 1996's Jingle All The Way. Does this still hold up as a satire of the over-commercialization of Christmas? And what do an unmade Planet of the Apes movie and a plagiarism lawsuit have to do with this?

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As Disney releases their Lion King prequel, Mufasa, we dive back into the direct-to-video movies to look at the first time they attempted it. 2004's The Lion King 1½ shows how Timon and Pumbaa met as well as their adventures alongside those of the events of the original film. 

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There are many Christmas-themed romantic comedies, it's time we discussed one. 1995's While You Were Sleeping features Sandra Bullock at the height of her "girl next door" era. Does this succeed where so many other holiday romcoms fail, or will this leave us in coma?

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We take a look at the writing and directing debut of Tom Hanks, 1996's That Thing You Do! Is this story of one-hit Wonders as lasting as the catchy song that came from it? Or will be left "wondering" what happened to The Oneders?

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For our five year anniversary episode, we look at Deadpool & Wolverine. Was this a suitable tribute to, not only the Fox X-Men universe, but pre-MCU Marvel movies as a whole?

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Before everyone tries "Defying Gravity" at movie theaters, we take a look back at Disney's attempt at a prequel to The Wizard of Oz. 2013's Oz the Great and Powerful tells the story of how the Wizard came to Oz. Was this film as "Popular" as it's "Wicked" counterpart? Or is this simply "Something Bad"?

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We go back to the undersea world of Pixar with 2016's Finding Dory. We talk disability representation, the original sequel concept, how one explains that they were carjacked by an octopus. Just keep swimming and join us.

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WARNING: Strong language. It's our 2024 US Presidential election special! We take a look at Mike Judge's 2006 film, Idiocracy. How well has this cult classic aged? Can this film still be considered satire? Does Brawndo actually have what plants crave? We travel 500 years into the future to find out.

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