Disney Movies on Home Release This Spring

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Angela Shambeda

Disney fans take note: the company has released the list of movies due out on home release this spring. It’s a combination of films out of the vault, first time home releases, and TV on DVD. First up, coming out last week, is “Peter Pan.” In honor of the film’s 60th anniversary, this is Disney’s first Diamond Edition and Blu-Ray release of the classic. Another famous Peter also hit the shelves this week: Peter Parker, in “Ultimate Spider-Man: Avenging Spider-Man.” It’s one of the Marvel cartoons Disney’s currently producing. This week, in anticipation of its prequel’s June release, “Monster’s Inc.” … Continue reading →

A Study in Princesses: Pocahontas and Mulan

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Angela Shambeda

For the past two weeks I’ve been looking at the Disney Princesses: how they’re presented, how they change with time, and what they say about a woman’s role in society. For all of the princesses up until the mid-1990s, meeting and winning a man (or for Aladdin, a woman) was the fulfillment of their life’s journey. We start to see real change with 1995’s “Pocahontas,” a movie with which I admit I’m not as familiar. But it’s important for several reasons. Pocahontas continues with the recent trend of heroines yearning after lives of adventure, as opposed to waiting for men … Continue reading →