Which Disney Channel original movies were actually good, and which just make you nostalgic? ralter watched them all to find out
Photo-Illustration: Vulture and Disney Channel Take it from someone who just watched every single Disney Channel Original Movie on Disney+: You think you want to revisit a Disney Channel Original Movie from your youth. You don’t. To paraphrase Matthew Broderick in Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret, which is about teens but very much not a Disney Channel Original Movie:It is Margaret you mourn for.
Of course, there are exceptions. The works of Disney’s greatest living auteur, Kenny Ortega, for one. The works of Raven Symone, for another. Generally, if a DCOM is about learning to express yourself creatively, it plays better than the dead-parent ones, or the sports ones, or the ones about a protagonist learning to respect the differences between them and their bully/crush/townies. The fantasy ones are hit or miss; the science-fiction ones usually slap.
Her terrible secret is that she’s good at math, even though she’s a girl. She ends up befriending and giving a makeover to a mini–Mark Cohen high school documentarian and film geek who wants to shoot a doc “about the revolution of robot voices in the science-fiction genre,” but ends up making a home movie about how even girls can be deep when they’re not busy being so shallow.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
“No Projections” For When Marvel Movies & Other Disney Tentpoles Will Resume Production, Disney CEO Says; Backs Movie Theaters For BlockbustersAs the coronavirus crisis continues to take lives around the world, there is no time table yet for when production on big budget Marvel movies will start up, but blockbuster still belong in cinemas…
Lire la suite »
Disney is evaluating its movie releases on a case by case basis as it navigates coronavirus-related closuresDisney isn't giving up on movie theaters in the wake of the coronvirus pandemic, but it's going to carefully evaluate its options going forward.
Lire la suite »
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Movie 30th Anniversary Pizza Party Announced by Original April O'NeilCast and crew from the 1990 film will take part in the online event via Zoom.
Lire la suite »
Justin & Hailey Bieber's Facebook Watch SeriesWatch the first episode for JustinBieber and HaileyBieber's TheBiebersOnWatch series below!
Lire la suite »
Disney Says More Movie Releases Could Skip Theaters, Vows “Some Changes” To Release Strategy Amid COVID-19 CrisisDisney CEO Bob Chapek praised theatrical moviegoing during the company’s earnings call Tuesday, but said “case by case” decisions on how films roll out will be made during the COV…
Lire la suite »
Disneyland Shanghai Will Partially Reopen May 11The closure of theme parks worldwide has tanked Disney’s revenue in the first quarter of 2020.
Lire la suite »