My oldest niece will be going into high school when the next school year begins in August. It is a strange thought. Over the years, I have tried to… Read more “Mean Girls (2024), by Albert W. Vogt III”
Category: Musicals
The Color Purple (2023), by Albert W. Vogt III
When it came time to decide what to watch this weekend, the only new release I noticed was Night Swim. It is a horror film, and if you have… Read more “The Color Purple (2023), by Albert W. Vogt III”
Wonka, by Albert W. Vogt III
What has kept the character of Willy Wonka alive are memes. This is incredible when you consider his first appearance was in the 1964 Roald Dahl novel Charlie and… Read more “Wonka, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Holiday Inn, by Albert W. Vogt III
Everything was going well until we got to Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. Sure, Holiday Inn (1942) has some of the regressive gender roles you would expect from a film of this… Read more “Holiday Inn, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Wish, by Albert W. Vogt III
The way I am sure Disney would like you to think of Wish is as an origin story for pretty much every fairytale it has ever bothered to put… Read more “Wish, by Albert W. Vogt III”
White Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III
Upon punching “Christmas” into the Netflix search bar, I noticed that there was one classic title I had yet to address. In hindsight, I am not sure this… Read more “White Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Nightmare Before Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III
There has been increasing pressure on me from family and friends to finally watch The Nightmare Before Christmas(1993). There has been nothing about it that has interested me, but… Read more “The Nightmare Before Christmas, by Albert W. Vogt III”
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, by Cameron J. Czaja, with Emma Czaja
You don’t have to be a big music fan to know that Taylor Swift is one of the biggest musical artists of the early twenty-first century, so… Read more “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, by Cameron J. Czaja, with Emma Czaja”
Aladdin (1992), by Albert W. Vogt III
For a notorious Disney curmudgeon like myself, I was surprised to enjoy one small aspect of Aladdin (1992). I cannot emphasize enough how limited is what I liked about it,… Read more “Aladdin (1992), by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Great Muppet Caper, by Albert W. Vogt III
With some exceptions, I would take any Muppet movie over a Disney animated feature. The comparisons are inviting. The characters created by Jim Henson were among the first to… Read more “The Great Muppet Caper, by Albert W. Vogt III”
The Legionnaire 