Although generally well thought of today, Hercules met with mixed reactions when it hit theaters in 1997 underperforming at the box office. The film felt some criticism for its animation, its Disney-fication of the Greek myth simplifying and removing the darker elements of Hercules’ story, and irreverent humor in what was partially inspired by classic Hollywood screwball comedies.
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Bringing back the main stars of Descendants, the sequel focuses on Mal (Dove Cameron) struggling with the weight of expectations. Abandoning her new life in an attempt to return to simpler times, Mal heads back to the Isle of the Lost only for her friends Ben (Mitchell Hope), Evie (Sofia Carson), Carlos (Cameron Boyce), and Jay (Booboo Stewart) to follow.
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An attempt to cash in on the success of High School Musical while also incorporating the large catalog of Disney Princess characters. 2015’s made-for-TV movie introduced the world to four children of villains given the chance to leave the island prison where they were raised and join the “good people” and attend Auradon Preparatory High School. However, the foursome have a completely different mission assigned to them by their parents to steal a magic wand and free them all
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Conceived out of Disney’s attempts to crack the popular disaster film genre of the time, while incorporating space elements as well, 1979’s The Black Hole became Disney’s first PG film as it followed the crew of the USS Palomino (Robert Forster, Ernest Borgnine, Yvette Mimieux, and Joseph Bottoms) who encounter the long-lost USS Cygnus anchored in the wake of a gigantic black hole.
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It turns out even the weakest Toy Story film, two films after the franchise came to a natural conclusion, is still pretty good. More of a Jessie (Joan Cusack) and Bonnie (Scarlett Spears) movie than a Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz (Tim Allen) film, the story focuses an imaginative put lonely Bonnie struggling to make friends whose life is changed by the introduction of a new Lilypad (Greta Lee) tablet which draws her away from her toys.
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