Many of Walt Disney Pictures’ animated fairy tales have come to be seen as definitive versions of the story they tell simply because they’ve been enjoyed by generation after generation. Yet it isn’t only longevity that gives them such classic status. As Cinderella reveals, Disney and his closest team of animators – dubbed by him

Tim Allen pretty much defined his career with this first starring role, an occasionally funny but often idiotic Christmas farce that was gobbled up by audiences like a candy cane. The premise – a cynical, divorced dad has to fill Santa’s boots after the jolly old soul falls off his roof – has promise, but

Though not an improvement on – or even an equal to -the 1947 original, this still offers one of the most endearing Christmas stories in an updated, colorful new way. Richard Attenborough is Santa as he should be, full of jolly, chuckling charm as he attempts to crack the hardened hearts of a mother (Elizabeth

I’ve never seen the Nickelodeon animated series on which this is based, so I was hoping it would help explain the show’s appeal. But aside from some visual wit – including the way Arnold’s mouth is always placed in the far corner of his football-shaped face – there’s little imagination on display, especially in the

Like Mike may have a silly premise – it’s about a 14-year-old orphan who gains NBA-level skills after donning a pair of Michael Jordan’s old sneakers – but the movie also displays something that’s more important for this kind of lightweight kids’ flick: a giddy, infectious spirit. It also helps that Lil’ Bow Wow, the

Lazy product-pushing, in which Disney treats its treasured characters like pop-culture commodities. The movie reprises “Bare Necessities” not once but twice, betting on John Goodman to channel the jazzy growl of Phil Harris as Baloo the bear (he can’t). By the time all of the original’s characters are trotted out – from Mowgli the “boy