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Planning a magical 2025 trip to Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom? Wondering, “How many rides are at Magic Kingdom in Disney World?”

As of August 12, 2025, this iconic park features 22 active rides out of its typical 24, making it the ride capital of the resort. But the questions don’t stop there—fans are eager to know about the most intense rides, whether a one-day visit is feasible, and if fireworks light up every night.

This guide delivers the latest 2025 insights, practical planning tips, and answers to your burning Disney questions. From Tron’s top speed to the best park days, dive into this comprehensive resource to maximize your Magic Kingdom adventure!

Here’s the Tldr…

22 active rides at Magic Kingdom (out of the usual 24), plus the difference between rides and attractions.

Full list of all 24 typical rides, with inactive ones marked, plus notable retired rides for context.

Guardians of the Galaxy:...

Disney has announced that this year’s Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party (Mvmcp) will run from November 7 – December 21 at the Magic Kingdom.

This is an extra ticketed event that allows guests to enter the park starting at 4 Pm. The party runs from 7 Pm until Midnight.

Prices will range from $169 to $229, depending on which night you go. It does seem like a lot, however, if you go in at 4 Pm and ride the attractions, it isn’t much different than a regular ticket price for eight hours of park time.

Here are the available dates:

Nov. 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 30

Dec. 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21

Also included in the ticket price is access to special events like:

-Special character meet and greets

-Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas Parade

-Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks

-Mickey’s Most Merriest Celebration stage show

-Frozen Holiday Surprise stage show

-Meet Santa at Storybook Circus

-Special Merchandise and treats!

Various stations are...

Disney has announced that this year’s Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party (Mvmcp) will run from November 7 – December 21 at the Magic Kingdom.

This is an extra ticketed event that allows guests to enter the park starting at 4 Pm. The party runs from 7 Pm until Midnight.

Prices will range from $169 to $229, depending on which night you go. It does seem like a lot, however, if you go in at 4 Pm and ride the attractions, it isn’t much different than a regular ticket price for eight hours of park time.

Here are the available dates:

Nov. 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 30

Dec. 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21

Also included in the ticket price is access to special events like:

-Special character meet and greets

-Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas Parade

-Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks

-Mickey’s Most Merriest Celebration stage show

-Frozen Holiday Surprise stage show

-Meet Santa at Storybook Circus

-Special Merchandise and treats!

Various stations are...

Daniel Richtman recently shared on his Patreon page that Disney is working on a new Winnie the Pooh project.

Winnie the Pooh has been a favorite character for a long time. The stories come from A. A. Milne’s books and E. H. Shepard’s drawings. Disney brought Pooh to life on screen starting in 1966 with the short film Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. The franchise is known for its soft, simple stories made especially for young kids.

The path to Disney’s version of Pooh started back in 1930 when Stephen Slesinger bought the merchandising and TV rights in the U.S. and Canada. Walt Disney first showed interest in Pooh as early as 1938 but only got the film rights in 1961.

Instead of making a full movie, Disney chose to make a short film and gave Pooh his famous red shirt, which wasn’t part of the original books.

The Magic Kingdom is essentially Disneyland 2.0, as it contains many similar attractions and experiences to its Californian counterpart. However, there have certainly been more than a few changes over the years. As progress marches on, dark secrets are revealed as new experiences take over.

One of the most drastic changes in the park's history was Mr. Toad vacating the premises of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to make room for Pooh and his friends in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. However, as Yesterworld shows below, it might not have been an easy transition.

Pooh takes over, Mr. Toad gets squashed

Veteran Park Hoppers out there already know that Mr. Toad and Pooh are two very different attractions in both layout and theming. Where one is a cute and cuddly romp through the Hundred Acre Wood, the other is a chaotic cartoon chase scene that literally took guests to Hell and back.

Yesterday, Disney announced that Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party will return on select nights from November 8 to December 20, 2024. Guests can expect special entertainment, parades, characters, treats, and attractions during the event.

In the list of attractions, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is listed as being available for guests along with many other attractions. It is unclear if you will need to use a Virtual Queue to ride as they did with Tron Lightcycle Run last year.

Here are the open attractions during Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party:

Special offerings: Space Mountain with holiday music, Tomorrowland Speedway Race Through the Holidays, Mad Tea Party with holiday music, holiday-themed Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor, and the Jingle Cruise.

Frontierland

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Liberty Square

Haunted Mansion

Fantasyland

Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Prince Charming Regal Carrousel “it’s a small...

Richard M. Sherman, the Academy Award-winning songwriter, who along with his late brother Robert, composed music for classic films including Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Jungle Book, and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, has died at the age of 95.

Over the course of their prolific career, the Shermans composed over 1,000 songs for more 50 movies, and were responsible for more movie musical songs than any duo in film history, according to Billboard.

Their brothers’ other notable film scores included The Aristocats, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Charlotte’s Web, and The Tigger Movie.

Additionally, the Shermans composed “It’s a Small World (After All),” for the Disney theme park attraction of the same name, and wrote “You’re Sixteen,” which later became a No. 1 hit for Ringo Starr.

The Shermans’s accolades included a total nine Academy Award nominations with two victories; four Grammy nominations with two wins; and 23 gold- or platinum-certified albums.

Richard M. Sherman has passed away at age 95. Along with his brother, the legendary songwriter composed music for classic Disney hits including Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book. Sherman was a multitalented writer who also penned screenplays and stage musicals.

Richard M. Sherman has passed away. The legendary songwriter, who composed music alongside his brother Robert B. Sherman (who pre-deceased him in 2012 at age 86) as The Sherman Brothers, is best known for contributing music to more than a dozen classic Disney properties, both live-action and animated, including Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, The Sword in the Stone, and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Over the years, the duo were nominated for nine Oscars, winning two, for Best Original Score for Mary Poppins and Best Original Song for "Chim Chim Cher-ee."

Per The Walt Disney Company, Richard M. Sherman passed away at the age of 95 due to age-related illness.

If one were to search for "Disney Recycled Animation" on YouTube, one would find several videos showing side-by-side comparisons of 2D animated Disney films recycling the same bits of animation. It's not much of a "gotcha" if you know anything about the painstaking reality of what it takes to complete a traditionally animated feature film, nor is recycling shots something limited to films or television. If anything, animators repeating themselves is as inevitable as writers using their favorite turn of phrase over and over. (That's my cue to wipe away my own flop sweat.)

In the case of Disney's animated "The Jungle Book" and "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh", the two pictures have more in common than suspiciously identical scenes of young boys wandering around in the wild. "The Jungle Book" protagonist Mowgli the Man-Cub was voiced by Bruce Reitherman, who was then fresh off lending his vocals...

With this year being the 100 year anniversary of The Walt Disney Company and the release of their latest animated title, Wish, we wanted to know what animated Disney film has been your favorite over the years? We stuck to films specifically released by Disney, so no Pixar titles are included. What struck me while compiling the list is the progression of their films. From the innocence of their early work to what many consider their heyday in the early 90’s to the emergence of the CGI era. For many of us, Disney films defined our youth, but which is the one that has remained with you all these years? As always, if you don’t see your favorite listed, please click “Other” and let us know what it is in the comments section as well as any fond memories you have of these timeless classics.

What is your favorite Disney Animated Film?...

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Disney fans and physical media collectors, rejoice! This November will see the release of a gargantuan 100-film Blu-ray collection called the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection. The catch? It’ll cost you $1,499.96.

The boxed set officially releases on Nov. 14, but preorders are currently available exclusively at Walmart’s website.

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The collection is packaged as a three-volume set, featuring animated films from Disney, Walt Disney Animation and Pixar. But unlike other behemoth boxed sets, this one isn’t filled with lame direct-to video snoozers but beloved titles that includes classics and recent favorites. For example, the long-running list includes all the “Toy Story” movies, both of “The Incredibles,” “The Black Cauldron,” “Frankenweenie” and “Robin Hood.” It even includes films as recent as this...

If you’re a Disney fan who wants each and every animated movie they’ve ever made in one place, then you’re in luck. The Walt Disney Company announced the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, which features 100 animated movies from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Pixar on Blu-ray. Everything from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Elemental is included, encompassing nearly one hundred years of storytelling.

Related Disney and Pixar’s Elemental comes to Disney+ on September 13th

The Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection is a self-standing, three-volume set that will be available for pre-order on September 19th, but only on Walmart.com. There will be a limited amount of sets available, so each will include a numbered certificate of authenticity. The set will also feature digital codes for each title, along with a collectible lithograph from Disney Animation’s all-new musical comedy Wish, and a collectible...

The Walt Disney Company is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a hefty new Blu-ray box set containing 100 of its best animated films.

Officially titled the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, the box set comes with three volumes that open up to feature the original theatrical artwork for each film. Additionally, the package offers digital codes to all 100 movies, a certificate of authenticity, a lithograph from the upcoming feature Wish, and a collectible set of crystal Mickey Mouse ears engraved with “Disney 100.”

Drawing films from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, and the now-closed DisneyToon Studios, the collection offers a pretty comprehensive timeline of the company, founded in 1923. The box set features early classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan, 1990s renaissance films like Aladdin, The Lion King, and Toy Story, and more modern offerings — many of which got the direct-to-Disney+ treatment thanks to Covid — including Soul,...

Since the Writers Guild of American and Screen Actors Guild are both still on strike, this year's Destination D23 convention down in Orlando, Florida didn't really have much of anything to showcase. Sure, the studio showed some footage from Disney's upcoming animated movie "Wish," and they announced that "Haunted Mansion" would be hitting Disney+ in October. But there was one other announcement that might be intriguing for anyone who is both a Disney fan and a physical media collector.

This fall, the House of Mouse will be releasing the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, which collects 100 animated films from both Disney and Pixar, reaching as far back as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and up through this summer's "Elemental" from Pixar. All of the movies come in a big three-volume set that unfolds in collectible storybooks. The Disney100 Blu-ray box set also includes the original theatrical poster art for every movie within the storybook,...

Disney is releasing a limited edition box set of 100 animated movies to celebrate their 100th anniversary, priced at $1,500. The box set includes classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, as well as newer films like Encanto and Turning Red. While the price may seem steep, the box set comes with bonus collectibles and is a comprehensive collection that would be difficult and costly to build on one's own.

The price tag for Disney's new DVD collection set that contains 100 animated movies has been set at a hefty $1,500. With Disney's 100th anniversary set on October 16, the renowned company has been celebrating the milestone all through the year. The Disney theme parks began the official celebration by kicking off Disney 100 in January, a series of special events taking place in parks across the globe all year long. However, Disney will soon offer a way to bring part of the celebration into audiences' own homes.

Disney has unveiled the ultimate bundle of animated content, featuring 100 films from Disney and Pixar going from 1937 to 2023.

At the Destination D23 Walt Disney Studio Showcase event, Disney announced on Sunday that they would soon release what's called the "Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection." The massive Blu-ray set contains a hundred films from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Pixar. The set will be releasing officially on Nov. 14, 2023, though a limited number will be made available to pre-order through Walmart.com starting on Sept. 18, 2023. Each of these sets will include a numbered certificate of authenticity. Of course, the set isn't exactly cheap given the content included, as it will be priced at $1,500.

Related: Top 10 Pixar Movies, According to Rotten Tomatoes

The discs will come in a unique, self-standing three-volume set that unfolds like a storybook. Along with a plethora of Blu-ray discs for 100 animated movies, the collection also includes digital codes for each title.

Disney just announced the release of the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, featuring 100 animated films from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar. It’s packaged together as a three-volume set that unfolds into your own storybook.

The set is festooned with original poster designs and comes with digital codes for every movie, alongside a lithograph from Disney’s upcoming feature “Wish,” a certificate of authenticity and crystal Mickey Mouse ears engraved with the “Disney 100” logo. The limited-edition collection will be available on Nov. 14, with pre-orders beginning on Walmart.com on Sept. 18. It has a retail price of $1,500.

What’s fascinating about the set is that it includes a wide array of classic Walt Disney Animation Studios features, along with beloved Pixar favorites and a smattering of films (many of them direct-to-video sequels to earlier masterworks) created by the since-shuttered DisneyToon Studios. That includes “Tinker Bell,” “Return to Neverland,” “The...

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If a curious viewer would like to see Jim Sharman's 1975 cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," it should be stressed in the strongest possible terms that it should be seen in a theater with a live shadowcast. If you live near one of the few theaters that exhibits midnight shows of "Rocky Horror" on a regular basis, by all means, see it there. If it's your first time going, many "Rocky Horror" troupes will still put you through a "virgin sacrifice," the details of which are meant to be kept secret. You are meant to sing along with Richard O'Brien's songs, hoot and holler to the sight of Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick in their charming underclothes, and shout obscenities at the top of your lungs. "Rocky Horror" is an experience, a rite of passage for all good happy mutants.

When cinephiles debate the greatest acting performances, very rarely are voice-acting performances mentioned among live-action roles. Daniel Day-Lewis and Meryl Streep earn cinema's highest accolades for films such as There Will Be Blood and Sophie's Choice, yet Robin Williams' performance in Aladdin or Jeremy Irons' performance in The Lion King garner significantly less prestige.

Actors such as Mel Blanc and Sterling Holloway became foundational members of pop culture as a result of lending their vocal talents to animated movies. Brilliant voice-acting performances have proven to be every bit as memorable as the most distinguished live-action performances.

Related: 10 Worst Disney Movies With The Best Villains

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Mary And Max (2009)

Mary and Max is an Australian stop-motion animated comedy-drama about a man living in New York City who accidentally becomes pen pals with a young girl in Australia. Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as Max, a lonely and overweight man who experiences severe anxiety attacks.

Rhys Frake-Waterfield's new horror film "Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey" takes the toddler-like characters from A.A. Milne's beloved 1926 children's novel, and transforms them into lumbering, human-hating, bloodthirsty serial killers. If you ever wanted to see Christopher Robin's little yellow Pooh bear as Leatherface from "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," then "Blood and Honey" is for you.

The central gag of Frake-Waterfield's film is, of course, the juxtaposition of Milne's childlike innocence with the violent crassness of your average slasher movie. One might ostensibly get a certain lascivious thrill from seeing well-known childhood imagery blended with adult material. A similar approach was used in Danishka Esterhazy's 2019 film "The Banana Splits Movie" which saw the stars of the 1968 children's TV show turned into murderous robots, as well as any number of horror fairy tales.

Because most of the above stories are now in the public domain ("The Banana Splits...

Disney has come out with a lot of movies but is heavily known for its classic princess films. Stories like The Little Mermaid, which is getting a live-action version soon, is just one of the classic love stories Disney loves to tell.

Over the years, especially in the last decade, Disney has done a much better job of breaking away from the usual love story and focusing more on other things like friendship, personal growth, and even discovering a family. These movies provide a wider variety of content for the general audience.

Updated on January 24th, 2023 by Colin McCormick: Among the many Disney movies released in 2022, some of them bucked that old convention of needing a romance at the center of these tales. From Lightyear to Chip n' Dale: Rescue Rangers, there are always Disney movies that can tell their entertaining and satisfying stories without having to rely on...

If you’re a new parent, you know that finding quality movies for your toddler can be a challenge. You want something to keep them entertained, but you also wish to be educational and age-appropriate. Luckily, Disney has a wide selection of great movies for toddlers that will please everyone in the family.

Everything You Need to Know About Disney’s “Baymax!” Series

Disney movies are a cherished part of childhood for many young kids. From classic tales like Cinderella and Snow White to modern-day hits like Frozen, these movies capture kids’ imaginations around the world.

For toddlers, many Disney films can be a fascinating way to learn about the world around them. The vibrant colors and catchy songs help to engage young minds, and the stories often teach kids valuable life lessons.

Whether your toddler is fascinated by animals or loves to dance along with the songs, there will...

After over a year, Disneyland park and Disney California Adventure park will be reopening on April 30 with limited capacity, and Disney has revealed which rides will be open on that day among other new details. The company has said in a statement that the two parks will have enhanced health and safety measures when they reopen, and will "limit capacity through a new theme park reservation system" that requires all guests to reserve their park entry in advance.

To enter either of the two Disney parks, both a theme park reservation and a valid ticket to the park on that day are required for guests 3 and older. These reservations will be limited and subject to availability. Additionally, only California residents are eligible to visit the parks at this time, and only in groups no larger than 3 households to coincide with the state's current guidelines.

On April 12, guests with existing theme...

He's arguably the most famous bear in the world, a tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff. He's Winnie the Pooh! Author A. A. Milne first made this bear known to the world in the early twentieth century when he published the stories he used to tell his young son Christopher Robin about the stuffed toys in his nursery. Walt Disney gave Pooh his big screen debut in the 1960s with three short featurettes that later were brought together in the movie The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

Related: 10 Weirdest Winnie the Pooh Moments in Disney History

Pooh has often been called a bear of very little brain, and we love this about him. In his first film, there were many moments when he and his stuffed buddies were not always aware of their surroundings, and their obliviousness provided us with many laughs and heartwarming moments. Here are ten...

Disney has shared a new trailer for their upcoming Disney+ streaming service and it’s over 3-hours long! I don’t know if you want to spend over three hours seeing what Disney+ has to offer when it launches, but you have the option!

Disney+ also posted all of the films and TV shows coming to the streaming service on a super long Twitter thread, which I included below the trailer. As you’ll see there’s a ton of stuff that will be available that will make Disney fans happy. Gargoyles and several other classic 90s animated series are among them along with a lot of old weird films that have been pulled out of the Disney vault.

If you don’t want to watch the trailer or scroll through the Twitter feed, I shared the full list of titles for you. Check everything out below and let us...

Not every movie can play on the nostalgia factor for every generation, but no matter how old you are, there’s a good chance that you grew up with Winnie the Pooh in some form. The character created by A.A. Milne has endured for over 90 years as a beloved figure of children’s literature and television. And in that time, that silly old bear has been through a lot. Here, we look at the history of Pooh Bear across his many books and cartoons, all the way up to the live action “Christopher Robin.”

The first Winnie the Pooh story written by Alan Alexander Milne first appeared in the London Evening News in 1925 on Christmas Eve. The story, “The Wrong Sort of Bees,” would be the first chapter in the first volume of stories, “Winnie-the-Pooh,” published on October 14, 1926. Milne named the boy in the story after his son, Christopher Robin Milne,...

Disney has released the first trailer for Christopher Robin, the upcoming live-action take on Winnie the Pooh. The honey-loving bear and his friends have been a beloved fixture of the Disney brand for a very long time, but this is truly going to be a different take on the world that Pooh and his pals inhabit. Not only are we going to see Pooh and his adult friend all grown up, but this is a live-action take on the material, which will be a new thing for moviegoers. Now, we have our first taste of what this is going to look like.

Disney's Christopher Robin, which is described as a heartwarming live-action adventure, centers on the man that the movie is named after. That man, however, was once the young boy who loved embarking on adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood with a band of spirited and lovable animals. Unfortunately,...

What's Up, Doc? Our 10 favourite bunnies on filmWhat's Up, Doc? Our 10 favourite bunnies on filmAdriana Floridia4/14/2017 9:00:00 Am

With Easter approaching this weekend, there is no better time to spread some love for our favourite bunnies.

Bunnies have made a major impression on film. Some of the most iconic cartoon characters we know and cherish are fun-loving bunnies. You can usually find them chomping on carrots, being unusually tardy, and a lot of the time they're up to no good.

As adorable as some of our favourite bunnies are, there have also been many instances where bunnies have given us nightmares, but it doesn't mean we have any less love for them.

Whether they're being creepy, sly, or sweet, here are ten of the best bunnies to hop, jump, and skip across the silver screen. Check out the list below!

Judy Hopps, Zootopia (2016)

The most inspirational bunny on this list,...

What's Up, Doc? Our 10 favourite bunnies on filmWhat's Up, Doc? Our 10 favourite bunnies on filmAdriana Floridia4/14/2017 9:00:00 Am

With Easter approaching this weekend, there is no better time to spread some love for our favourite bunnies.

Bunnies have made a major impression on film. Some of the most iconic cartoon characters we know and cherish are fun-loving bunnies. You can usually find them chomping on carrots, being unusually tardy, and a lot of the time they're up to no good.

As adorable as some of our favourite bunnies are, there have also been many instances where bunnies have given us nightmares, but it doesn't mean we have any less love for them.

Whether they're being creepy, sly, or sweet, here are ten of the best bunnies to hop, jump, and skip across the silver screen. Check out the list below!

Judy Hopps, Zootopia (2016)

The most inspirational bunny on this list,...

Burbank, Calif., Oct. 7, 2016 — Beginning Nov. 15, the collector’s edition of Disney’s live-action epic adventure The Jungle Book—Jon Favreau’s stunning reimagining of Walt Disney’s animated classic—will be available to own just in time for the holidays. The Jungle Book Collector’s Edition offers more than just the bare necessities with collectible packaging and a three-disc set containing the original theatrical release on Blu-ray 3D™, Blu-ray™, Digital HD and DVD, along with originally released bonus features and five never-before-seen extras.

The Collector’s Edition provides fans with unprecedented access to The Jungle Book production through exciting new bonus features, including a performance of “The Bare Necessities” by Bill Murray (voice of Baloo) and jazz greats Dr. John and Kermit Ruffins, an inside look at the collaboration between director Jon Favreau and renowned composer Richard Sherman on a new version of the classic song “I Wan’na Be Like You,...

There’s some good news and some bad news when it comes to the October departures from Netflix. We’ll start with the bad news first. Back to the Future (1-3), The Warriors, and The Exorcist are all getting yanked on October 1. The good news is almost everything else is staying. Not to dismiss the cinematic accomplishments of Honey 2 or Congo, but the reality is these and their ilk probably won’t be missed by many. Check out the full list below. And when you’re done, click here to see what's coming. That’s what really matters anyway. October 1 10.0 Earthquake Back to the Future Back to the Future Part II Back to the Future Part III Beverly Hills Cop II Congo Deep Impact Erin Brockovich The Exorcist Heroes: Season 1­-4 Honey Honey 2 Insomnia Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Mr. Deeds My Girl Nick of Time The Phantom...

It appears the 2015 adaptation of "The Little Prince," the classic children's book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, has a bit of a twist: It's about a little girl's interactions with the book itself. Call Sartre, because that is some French meta business. Check out the trailer below. This is the French trailer; look forward to an English version with vocal efforts from Marion Cotillard, James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Jeff Bridges, Paul Giamatti, and Benicio del Toro. We'll get to the stunning animation in a second, but I love the strange connection between the protagonist and the prince in this trailer. Reminds me of how Disney presented "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" as a dive into an A.A. Milne book. Actually, there's a second Pooh Bear parallel here: The Keane song "Somewhere Only We Know" was also used in the trailer for the last Winnie the Pooh movie. Hm! Look...

It's always a good time to revisit our favorite children's movies, whether you're introducing your kids to them for the first time or enjoying a Disney classic yet again. If kids' movies like "Dumbo" and "The Rescuers" aren't already in your library, they're available right now to stream on Netflix, along with a lot of newer movies that will appeal to your kids (and to the kid in you).

(Availability subject to change.)

1. "Anastasia" (1997) G

This winning tale of a girl who might be the lost Romanov princess features the voice talents of Meg Ryan, Christopher Lloyd, John Cusack, and Hank Azaria.

2. "Antz" (1998) PG

Woody Allen voices a neurotic ant who falls in love with a princess (Sharon Stone) and must foil the plans of the power-mad General Mandible (Gene Hackman).

3. "Born Free" (1966) PG

A still-moving classic about the couple who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, then...

The Aristocats

Written by Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth et al.

Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman

USA, 1970

The 1970s and early 1980s represent a curious episode in the history of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ features. The famous studio rarely produces outright poor movies, yet this period is just as rarely mentioned in the same breath as its first decade or so, when classics like Pinocchio, Bambi, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came to be, or the baptized renaissance that began with The Little Mermaid and lasted until Tarzan. It feels as though the aforementioned decade and a half feature a steady stream of decent, generally appreciated outings but nothing most people cite as being their favourite efforts. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Rescuers, The Fox and the Hound, Robin Hood; few if any of these make anyone’s top 5 lists. Neither does the film that opened the 1970s,...

These days, you can watch pretty much any movie online. Yet there's still one thing the magical wonders of instant streaming haven't solved for indecisive movie-lovers: what the heck to watch! Moviefone is here to recommend the best streaming movies from Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Instant and new digital releases from iTunes and Vudu each week in Moviefone's Digital Download.

This week's Digital Download picks range from Disney classics and martial arts legends to haunted houses and revenge-seeking brothers. Check out our suggestions below, and happy streaming!

Comedy: 'The Way, Way Back' (2013)

This coming of age tale follows the shy, 14-year-old Duncan, who slowly comes out of his shell after he is forced to go on summer vacation with his loving mom and her not-so-nice boyfriend. From the Academy Award-winning writers of 'The Descendants,' 'The Way, Way Back' stars Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Sam Rockwell, and others in this...

Growing up with classic Winnie the Pooh cartoons, 2011’s return to that classic take on Pooh Bear was a nostalgic whirlwind I didn’t think Disney was capable of when it came to cartoons of the classic A.A. Milne character. I’d come to accept The Tigger Movie as the new unfortunate standard for Winnie the Pooh movies, and when you compare it to a classic like The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, you can truly understand just how low the bar had fallen in an attempt to sell more toys. Like the 2011 relaunch, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh fully embraces the storybook nature of Pooh’s source material and works it into the movie in often very clever ways. Watching it 35 years later, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh remains the animated epitome of the character.

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Chicago – This week’s What to Watch on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Amazon, On Demand and more is another seemingly random hodge-podge of offerings that you can use to guide your way through the new releases shelf at Best Buy, the On Demand section on Vudu, the store on iTunes, various online DVD retailers and maybe even Netflix and Hulu. Pick your favorites. This is the way we’d rank them if you have a free night or money to burn this week.

Ain’t Them Bodies Saints

Photo credit: IFC Films

“Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”

David Lowery’s beautiful drama was covered more thoroughly in our theatrical review and opens tomorrow at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago (and we’ve already run Matt Fagerholm’s interview with the writer/director) but you can actually watch it now On Demand and so we wanted to included it in What to Watch.

More often than not, people are prone to giving certain films a pass, not because the movies themselves are particularly entertaining, but because they’re “for kids.” If someone criticizes a family movie too harshly, they might be offered the following rebuke: “What do you want? It’s a kids’ movie.” This sentiment is apparently meant as an excuse for some truly forgettable, or terrible, or heinous movies, and winds up sounding like an insult against the target audience. Those eight words seem to presume that children are stupid and will gladly accept whatever is put on TV, loving it automatically because of the combination of moving pictures and colors. This week, Walt Disney Pictures has released two films on Blu-ray, both of which are very explicitly for kids. One is rightly considered a classic. The other will, if we’re lucky, be thrown on the heap of the forgotten within days.

Here’s a look at this week’s new Blu-ray releases: The Walking Dead: The Complete Third Season [Blu-ray] - $29.99 (63% off) The Walking Dead Season 3 Limited Edition [Blu-ray] - $94.99 (37% off) The Great Gatsby (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + UltraViolet Combo Pack)- $29.99 (33% off) The Great Gatsby (Blu-ray+DVD+UltraViolet Combo Pack) - $22.99 (36% off) Pain & Gain (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) - $17.99 (55% off) Sons of Anarchy: Season Five [Blu-ray] - $44.96 (36% off) Kon-Tiki (Blu-ray + DVD) - $24.99 (17% off) At Any Price [Blu-ray] - $22.99 (36% off) The Reluctant Fundamentalist [Blu-ray] - $12.93 (57% off) The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Blu-ray / DVD + Digital Copy) - $24.96 (33% off) Note: Collider earns a small referral fee when our readers purchase something on Amazon through one of our links. The money generated helps pay our staff and keep the site running. Thank you for reading and supporting Collider.

The Great Gatsby I remember having some pretty big problems with The Great Gatsby, but at the same time I think I've blocked it out of my mind mostly outside of a few of the songs and Elizabeth Debicki's performance as well as Leonardo DiCaprio, whom I tend to almost always enjoy. You can read my full theatrical review right here.

Pain & Gain Ugh, terrible film. Maybe on DVD/Blu-ray a first viewing of Pain & Gain would be a little more enjoyable, but I won't be giving it a second chance unless I flip past it on HBO one day and in that case, I'd probably keep flipping. You can read my theatrical review here.

Kon-Tiki Kon-Tiki was nominated for Best Foreign Language film at last year's Oscars and centers on the story of explorer Thor Heyerdal's 4,300 miles crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947. I've heard it was good,...

Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week

"The Great Gatsby"

What's It About? Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's reinterpretation of the famous F. Scott Fitzgerald Depression-era novel is a glamorous and audacious one. The film follows the original story of the Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), mysterious millionaire who throws the most epic parties New York City has ever seen. His new neighbor Nick Caraway (Tobey Maguire) writes about the love and deceit surrounding Gatsby and his old love Daisy Buchanan (Carrie Mulligan) that spins out of control into tragedy.

Watch: Baz Luhrmann takes you behind the scenes of "Gatsby" (Video)

Why We're In: Blending the modern with the classic, Luhrmann's "Gatsby" both showcases the glitter and glamour of the 1920s alongside a modern pop music score. With extravagant CGI and music from Jay-z to Lana Del Ray, "The Great Gatsby" is unlike any of the film adaptations before it. While Luhramann's...

I feel like I’m starting to sound like a broken record when reviewing new Disney Blu-rays. (Please allow me to maintain the foolhardy hope that I’m only just now sounding repetitive.) I commend the Walt Disney Company’s dedication to releasing, apparently, the entirety of its animated-feature canon on Blu-ray, updating decades-old films via a high-definition transfer. This month alone, four of their animated features will get the HD treatment for the first time; on August 27, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh comes out on Blu-ray. Today, though, Disney has a trio of animated features on Blu-ray, all celebrating anniversaries of some kind: The Sword in the Stone, Robin Hood, and Oliver & Company. And all of them are for completists or truly dedicated fans only.

I’ve brought this topic up before, but with this threesome of HD releases, ask yourself how much of a fan you are.

The Rescuers Down Under

Directed by Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel

Written by Jim Cox, Karey Kirkpatrick, Byron Simpson, Joe Ranft

Starring Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, George C. Scott

The level of faith the Walt Disney Company places in its own products never ceases to be amazing if inexplicable. Each era at this massive corporation is so categorically different from what came before, well back into when Disney was still a struggling film studio desperately trying to pay the bills with its shorts or, at the time, a handful of massively ambitious feature-length animated films. Thus, the faith placed in the product has always shifted. However, the Mouse House’s modern era, beginning in 1984, when Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and the late Frank Wells began their tenure in various high-level positions, has been concurrently maddening and glorious to behold. Whether we like it or not, Disney fans are something of...

It's inevitable that as time goes by, we will lose some of our favorite stars. And yet, year after year, it never gets any easier to look back on the great entertainers who had died over the previous 12 months.

Still, it's important to remember the legacies of the people who enhanced our own lives over the years with their talent, style and love of cinema. Here's a look at some of the many wonderful Hollywood talents who passed away in 2012.

Whitney Houston

One of the most successful, beloved and influential pop stars of the last quarter century, Whitney Houston also became a Hollywood power in the '90s thanks to her roles in blockbusters like "The Bodyguard" and "The Preacher's Wife." Though she had her very public ups and downs over the past decade, Houston was in the process of making a career comeback on the big screen with the musical "Sparkle.

I've already talked about intentional thrills in Tuesday's Best Movie Ever? subject Halloween, so to celebrate All Hallow's Eve, we're inspecting the flipside: nine unintentionally scary movie moments. I couldn't handle these as a kid, and I still can't handle them now. They're scrumdiddylumptiously traumatizing!

1. Willy Wonka's climactic freakout in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Plenty of Willy Wonka moments qualify as frightening -- the perilous ferry ride, Violet Beauregarde's blueberry explosion, the austere presence of Slugworth -- but angry Gene Wilder is a scary thing. His freakout at the chocolate factory's sole survivor Charlie has been turned into an ever-present internet meme, but I still can't shake the chills of his screamy "You Lose! Good Day, sir!" Trivia note: Did you know that Gene Wilder was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1968 for The Producers but lost to The Subject Was Roses' Jack Albertson, who...

The Aristocats

Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman

Written by Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons, Eric Cleworth, Vance Garry, Tom McGowan, Tom Rowe, Julius Svendsen, Frank Thomas, and Ralph Wright

Starring Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Scatman Crothers

Complacency is always a dangerous tone to strike in filmmaking. Combined with cheapness, it can be a killer. Those two concepts are what stand out most of all from the Wolfgang Reitherman era of Walt Disney Pictures. For various reasons, most of which were beyond Reitherman’s control, most of the films from Walt Disney Pictures between 1959’s Sleeping Beauty and 1989’s The Little Mermaid felt cheap and lazy. (Being fair, Reitherman’s time at the company ended, for the most part, with 1977’s The Rescuers, but the four films between that and Mermaid have varying aspects of laziness on display, I think.) And make no mistake: the word “cheap” does not need to be a criticism.

Disney is planning on bringing one of its longest running theme park attractions, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride to the big screen.

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride is based on Disney's adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, one of the two segments of the film The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.

Commercial/music video director Pete Candeland will be directing the project. The studio is still searching for a writer to draft the script for the film.

The ride was once an attraction at the Magic Kingdom park in Walt Disney World, but despite a long protest against its closure, Mr. Toad's journey to nowhere was put to an end in 1998 and the ride was replaced the following year with The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

This project is still in early development.

There are several things I remember about going to Disney World as a small child — one of those being the sheer terror that ensued after going on Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. Yes, I can admit that. Being one of their longest-running theme park rides — which originated in Disneyland in 1955 — it was only a matter of time before Disney made the attracting into a live-action feature film.

However, those who remember all the way back to 1996 can’t forget the Steve Coogan and Eric Idle-voiced animated version, which was based onn Kenneth Grahame’s novel The Wind in the Willows. This time, Deadline reports that Disney is taking a more Pirates route and creating a live-action/CGI hybird, with iconic commercial and video director Pete Candeland developing. However, unlike the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, Mr. Toad was unfortunately replaced by The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh back...

Exclusive: Disney has feature film plans for Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, one of its longest-running theme park rides. The studio has set iconic commercials and video director Pete Candeland to develop a live-action/CGI mix feature that will bring to life a theme park ride that originated in Disneyland on its opening in 1955. The twisting, turning ride was also popular at Walt Disney World in Florida, but the geniuses at the park closed the ride in 1998 and replaced it with The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh, which by comparison is a 10-minute nap for parents. Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride is based on Disney’s adaptation of The Wind In The Willows. Tron: Legacy producer Justin Springer will produce Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, and the studio is looking for a writer to draft the plot into a film. Disney, which turned its Pirates Of The Caribbean attraction into a billion-dollar feature franchise,...

When I came in from work today, Jubbers told me I'd better sit down. She knows I don't deal well with celebrity deaths, and she knows I take the deaths of the ones who meant the most to me especially hard. I've never been all that emotional when it comes to real life stuff, but music and movies can really set me off.

Robert B. Sherman was music and movies. I've been obsessed with the music he and his brother made for most of my life. "Mother Earth and Father Time," from 1973's Charlotte's Web, is the first song that ever made me cry. A kid doesn't forget a thing like that.

Many kids aren't likely to forget the songs of the Sherman Brothers--even if they don't know the Sherman Brothers by name. Consider some of the movies that featured their music: Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Snoopy Come Home,...