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Climbing the Castle
by Dominick Bianco
Join us as we review, rate, and rank all of the Disney movies and find out which is belongs at the top of the castle
Episodes
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S04 Ep26 Tarzan II
This week we return to the jungle and take a deeper look at how Tarzan became who he is. Another sequel that takes place during the first movie. While the story itself may not be the greatest it's filled with fun characters and some dramatic moments that help keep this movie entertaining. While...
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Around the Castle Ep9: Disney Rides
We're back with another discussion this week and we're talking about movies that deserve a ride at Disney parks that don't have one. For so long now there's so many great movies that have been neglected at the theme parks and we're here to pitch ideas in the hopes that these movies can finally…
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S04 Ep25 Mulan II
This week we return to China to follow up on the story of Mulan. While it's very obvious this sequel is not the same caliber of it's predecessor, I think it makes it self very obvious that it's not trying to be, and that level of self-awareness seems to be what we've been missing from some of…
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S04 Ep24 Secret of the Wings
We're back with another Tinker Bell movie again and we've reached another season.. Winter. After the last Tinker Bell movie we were both kind of skeptical of where this franchise was heading and if it had finally run it's course, but after watching this we can gladly say that is not the case.…
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S04 Ep23 Tinker Bell And The Great Fairy Rescue
We're back to the land of the Fairies in another installment in the Tinker Bell series. While this film is the weakest of these movies so far, it still is not actually bad. With some major character improvements and some good visuals we're still able to enjoy what would be an otherwise mediocre...
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S02 Ep29 Hoppers
Sorry it's been so long. It's been a busy couple of weeks. We're finally back with a new episode and it's for a brand new movie!! We're going back to season 2 with this one for Hoppers. Hoppers was a fresh new take for Pixar, a lot of different things than what we're used to seeing from them and…
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Around the Castle Ep 8: Disney Tasting Menu
We have another bonus episode for you guys this week. This one was one of our favorites but i've been sitting on it for a while now. Schedules have been tight lately and we're still trying to record Hoppers which I want to bump to the front of the line so I decided to release this instead of...
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Around the Castle Ep 7: Mickey Shorts
This week Charlie and I are taking a dive into the world of shorts. Disney got its start with short-form animation and it's time we went back and looked at the roots of this company. This week we watched 3 of some of the most iconic Disney shorts, Including the debut of Mickey himself in…
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S04 Ep22 Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
We're back with another random movie we've never heard of before. And much like most of the other movies in that category it shocked us with how good it is. Now while this movie isn't going to win any awards its highly entertaining. It brings back that old school Disney feel which was refreshing…
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S04 Ep21 Atlantis 2:Milo's Return
We're back with one for the ages here. The original Atlantis shocked us with how good it was coming from something we never really hear about too much. Now the same thing has happened with the sequel, except this time it shocked us with how bad it is. This was a really tough watch and quite...
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S01 Ep64 Zootopia 2
It's been quite a while since we've covered something from Season 1 , but we're finally back. And keeping on brand with Season 4 it is a sequel. However this had a theatrical run instead a home release. It's amazing how much better these sequels can be when they put actual effort into them…
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Around the Castle Ep 6: Mandela Effect Quiz
That's right, you asked for it and we're back with another quiz. We've been trying to record our episode for Zootopia 2 for a while now but scheduling has just not been working out for us lately and I wanted to get another episode out since i'm behind on that as well so we figured we'd record a...
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S04 Ep20 The Jungle Book 2
After hearing this has the lowest rating of all Disney movies we were already on edge especially coming out of last weeks movie, however we were pleasantly surprised to find out that was far from the case and it could even be argued this movie might actually be good. The Jungle Book 2 is nothing...
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S04 Ep19 The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
Sorry for the delay, we had some technical difficulties with this one, but we're finally back. This week we're watching what's regarded to by most fans as the worst of the sequels. While that did necessarily come true for the moment it's not as horrible as it's made out to be. Yes it is a bad…
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S04 Ep18 Piglet's Big Movie
After a longer than anticipated break we are finally back!! And we're picking right back up to more DisneyToon Studios movies. This week we have Piglet's Big Movie. Quite honestly this is the worst of the WTP movies we've seen so far. The ongoing tradition of everyone being a villain continues…
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S03 Ep 44 Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
What better way to close out the year than with a little bit of chaos, because what's a Winnie the Pooh episode without chaos. This series has easily become one of my favorites for us to talk about because you never know what's gonna happen and this episode is no different. With all of the same...
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S03 Ep43 The Muppets Christmas Carol
We're back with another holiday hit for you, This time in my personal opinion (Charlie refuses to agree or disagree) the greatest Christmas movie of all time The Muppets Christmas Carol. It's a story we all know and love, but replaced with Muppets and's everything you'd expect and more. With a...
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S04 Ep17 Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
Welcome back to the start of our annual holiday season episodes. I apologize for running a bit late. You should expect nothing less from me at this point. We're opening with a sequel of a movie we covered last year. Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas. Another compilation of shorts following Mickey…
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S04 Ep16 Cinderella III: A Twist in Time
We're finally back with a new original full length story. Cinderella III: A Twist in Time is regarded as one of the best straight to home video sequels released by Disney. And at the start of this episode Charlie and I were hesitant to agree, However after discussing for a bit we can definitely…
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S04 Ep15 Cinderella II
We're back with another compilation sequel for a yet another tv series that was not picked up. DisneyToons is getting really creative with these ideas. This time it's Cinderella II. This is one that is not good, but also not bad either. It could have been alot worse.
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Around the Castle Ep 5: Disney Merchandising
We're back with another discussion episode. This week we are talking about some of the Disney ad campaigns and some of the Disney products we remember either having or seeing growing up and currently.
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S04 Ep14 Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
We're back with another Tinker Bell movie this week, and yet again we are pleasantly surprised with how good it actually is. Another rare instance where a sequel holds up and is slightly better than the original. Obviously no episode is complete without our dose of tangents and debates and…
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S04 Ep13 Tinker Bell
We've finally gotten to one of the episodes we were looking forward to the least. And we have to say... Tinker Bell completely blew our expectations out of the water. Now I am in no means saying this is a masterpiece of a movie, but after hearing what this movie went through in the process of…
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S02 Ep 28 Elio
It's been quite a while but we're finally back with a brand new Pixar movie. This week Charlie and I explore outer space, the Communinverse, and more in Elio. It's hard to explain our feelings for this movie. For what seems like a very well put together movie, it just doesn't seem to live up to...
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Around the Castle: Episode 4, Disney Games
Another week of tough scheduling for us means it's time for another talk episode. This week we discuss all things Disney games, from video games, card games, to tabletop we go through some of the most popular, and some of our personal favorites.
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S04 Ep12 Peter Pan: Return to Neverland
This week Charlie and I Return to Neverland in the Peter Pan sequel that impressed us alot more than we were expecting it to. With a mix of comedy, action, drama, and a solid score this sequel has everything your looking for and more. It's pretty rare when the sequel is better than the original…
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Around the Castle: Ep 3, Animation Styles
We've finally come up with an official name for our bonus episodes. Around the Castle. This week Charlie and I discuss the rumors of Disney potentially returning to 2d animation, and some of our gripes with their current animation styles.
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S04 Ep11 The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
Well we knew it was bound to happen eventually. We're surprised it took 11 episodes to get to our first stinker of the season. The Little Mermaid: Ariel's beginning is everything you're hoping a franchise doesn't turn into. Lackluster music, unimaginative villains, weak plots. While this is not…
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S04 Ep10 The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Have you ever wanted to watch The Little Mermaid in reverse?Well you're in luck because that's exactly what this sequel is. In The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea we meet Melody, Ariel's daughter who just want's to explore the sea. While this movie does provide some underwhelming follow-ups...
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Castle Talk Episode 2: Stitch Quiz
Were back with another bonus episode. This week were talking about Lilo and Stitch: The Series... Which I know absolutely nothing about. So Charlie decided to put together a short quiz on the series and see how much I can piece together on my own.
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S04 Ep09 The Lion King 1 1/2
Wer'e back to pride rock yet again in an offbeat telling of the Lion King from Timon and Pumba's perspective in Lion King 1 1/2. This was a very interesting concept for a movie that actually paid off. Disney was able to pull off a straight up comedy that did not feel forced. A lot of fun jokes…
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S04 Ep08 The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
This week Charlie and I return to Pride Rock to continue the story of The Lion King. While this isn't necessarily a bad movie it's not really that great either, It mainly leaves us with a lot of questions and alot more to be desired out of it.
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Castle Talk Ep1: Live Action Remakes
We've got a new concept for a bonus episode for ya'll. Every once in a while Charlie and I are just too busy to get a chance to prep for recording an episode, There's alot that goes into it. But we still want to put out content so we decided to come up with the idea of these bonus episodes where...
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S04 Ep07 Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
This week Charlie and I take a trip to England to follow up on the story of Pocahontas. Yet again she's having trouble picking between two guys again and she doesn't know where she wants to go in life. This may be another case where we came in expecting the worst and got something average so it...
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S04 Ep06 The Tigger Movie
We're back with another Winnie the Pooh movie, however this time it's a bit different because it's actually The Tigger Movie. However this episode still includes just as much chaos if not more as all of our Winnie the Pooh episodes. We go off the rails as usual discussing who the villains are,...
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S04 E05 Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
This week Charlie and I return to the 100 acre woods yet again for another exciting adventure with Winnie the Pooh and friend's in Pooh's Grand Adventure. More characters become villain's but they also get redemption arcs. This movie continues to bring the same wholesome energy we expect from...
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S04 Ep4 Aladdin and the King of Thieves
We're returning to Agrabah one last time in the final installment in the Aladdin series, Aladdin and the King of Thieves. Robin Willams is finally back to return to his role as Genie, and it's a really good thing because without him this movie would've had nothing going for it. With impressions,...
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S04 Ep03 Aladdin: The Return of Jafar
This week we take a trip back to Agrabah and continue the story of Aladdin in The Return of Jafar. I'm not sure if it's because we're coming in with low expectations or these movies are just not that bad but so far another solid production from DisneyToons Studios. Now clearly this movie is not…
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S04 Ep02 Belle's Magical World
After a longer than expected break we are finally back with our new season. Disneytoons Studios. Originally slated for a tv series that was never sold Belle's Magical World is a compilation of three episodes that occur during the events of the original Beauty and the Beast movie. While it might…
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S01 Ep63 Moana 2
It's been a long while but we are finally back to season 1!! And with a sequel none the less. It's very rare that we come across a season one sequel but this one is well deserved. You don't often have a big name sequel that lives up to the first one but Moana 2 delivers on all accounts. We have...
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S03 Ep42 Remember the Titans
Before we jump on in to season 4 we giving you this Super Bowl edition Essentials pick, Remember the Titans. This is a movie that will go down as one of the best sports movies and for good reasons. It's an emotional journey that really knows how to strike a chord.
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S04 Ep01 Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
We're doing things a bit differently by going into a short mid season break by kicking off the beginning of a new season. We'll be getting into all of the straight to home video releases and sequels of DisneyToon Studios. Kicking things off and wrapping up the holiday season is Beauty and the...
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S03 Ep41 Noelle
We're a little late as per usual but do you guy's expect anything less at this point? This week we take a look at one of the first Disney Plus original films, Noelle. Even though this is just a rehashed version of many other Christmas classics, it still finds a way to be fun and festive. It's...
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S03 Ep40 A Christmas Carol
Perhaps on of the most retold stories of all time, with 3 tellings alone from Disney we visit the story of A Christmas Carol. Jim carry lends his many voices to this chilling adaptation of this beloved classic. With such a great story already setup for them it doesn't take much for Disney to…
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S03 Ep39 Newsies
It's been a hot minute since we've covered a musical but we're finally back to good old classic Disney with Newsies. While this movie does leave a lot to be desired still, it's far from the worst movie we've seen. With the king of Disney Music behind the soundtrack Allan Menken manages to keep…
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S03 Ep38 Around the World in 80 Days
This week we travel the globe and get into all kinds of shenanigan's in Around the World in 80 Days. A movie that neither of us has seen before turned into yet another pleasant surprise. With a great mix of action and comedy, plus Jackie Chan, what's there not to love? As usual we struggle to…
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S02 Ep27 Inside Out 2
After over a year we're finally back with another season 2 release. Pixar returns with another hit sequel in Inside Out 2. Our time spent with Riley is just as fun in the second movie as it is in the first. It's very rare that a sequel is able to live up to the original but the writers of Inside...
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S03 Ep37 The Haunted Mansion
What better way to close out the Halloween season than with a movie based on one of the Disney parks biggest attractions. The Haunted Mansion. Even though this movie is still fun, it comes with more than it's fair share of issues. Alot of things just don't make sense, and us sitting here trying…
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S03 Ep36 Hocus Pocus 2
We're continuing our Halloween journey with the sequel that took almost 30 years to come out, Hocus Pocus 2. With one of the longest gaps between movies was this movie really worth the wait? The movie relies heavily on the nostalgia factor but still manages to bring a fun new story to the franchise.
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S03 Ep35 Hocus Pocus
It's the most wonderful time of the year!!! We may be a bit later but it's better than never. This week we're kicking off our spooky season by unintentionally continuing the talk about witches who come back from the past in Hocus Pocus. This beloved Halloween classic still holds up and even…
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