TheRetroCritic

I talk a bit about the new DuckTales .

Based on the DuckTales TV series and Carl Barks' comics, this feature-length animated adventure was released near the end of the show's run and, although it didn't perform well enough to guarantee further instalments, it was pretty well received overall. TV shows, animated or otherwise, tend to be hit-and-miss when adapted for the big screen so Disney probably shouldn't have banked too much on DuckTales The Movie unless they had something very cinematic to deliver. The film follows Scrooge McDuck, Launchpad, Webby, Huey, Dewey and Louie as they travel to the Middle East in order to recover Collie Baba's treasure. From this synopsis alone, you can probably guess how the rest of the film goes as this 1001 Nights homage sees the kids get a hold of an Aladdin -style lamp before getting its Genie to grant them wishes. Throw in an evil sorcerer (voiced by Christopher Lloyd) who can turn into animals and you've got yourself this movie. The main focus is the kids

With all the many movie versions of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" out there, it's rather difficult to pick one to talk about but, growing up, one of the most stand-out versions for me personally had to be Mickey's Christmas Carol , a 1983 Disney short feature with, obviously, Scrooge McDuck (voiced by Alan Young) taking on the role of the iconic grump Ebeneezer Scrooge. Of course, many other classic Disney characters portray key roles from the story: Mickey is Bob Cratchit, Goofy is Jacob Marley, you've got Donald Duck as Scrooge's nephew, Daisy Duck as Scrooge's old flame (which is weird when you think about it), Minnie Mouse as Cratchit's wife, Jiminy Cricket as one of the ghosts, even Chip and Dale show up for a cameo. Pete pops up near the end as the ghost of Christmas future, mostly to terrify younger viewers. As a kid, that last part, Scrooge falling down a fiery pit inside his own grave as a hooded Pete laughs his butt off, nearl