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Disney Channel Holiday Specials

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Last year I went through some Cartoon Christmas specials for nostalgic enjoyment. However, My mom is a Disney mom, and raised me to be a Disney stan. So I just had to go back to Disney Channel Classics for their Holiday specials this season! Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street Shout out to the "undeserving European savages" line from the Thanksgiving flashback. Anyways, this "movie" special isn't like the epic Power Puff Girls one. It's just a collection of 3 episodes, including the Christmas special from season 2, "Yes, Mikey, Santa does shave." Now that Christmas special is what you'd really want from a Recess Holiday episode. Mikey is on a quest to prove that Santa exists. And in Recess fashion , Christmas magic is here! Lizzie McGuire: Xtreme Xmas One of the most nostalgic shows on this list, Lizzie McGuire spends this episode re-learning what Christmas really means. She learns that the holiday season is all about "good will tow

Strange World (2022) - First Impressions

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"The legendary Clades are a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest and most crucial mission." - IMDB There are a lot of negative reviews and I just gotta say none of y’all better say this movie is the worst when Cars & Planes exists. The 1st was okay, but after that, it became a franchise geared toward 4-year-old boys with car obsessions. Be critical, but not overdramatic. Geez Louise.  That being said. I dd enjoy this movie, though it does rank a little low for me compared to, like, 60+ other Disney films. At its surface, it's one of those “I don’t wanna be my parent but ended up like them anyway” story with Jaeger and Searcher, which we’ve seen before. But the real moral of the story, and the real heart and soul of this film, is actually a message about protecting the environment, with Grandson, Ethan, at the helm.  When I saw the first trailer, I thought it was Rick & Morty meets Treasure Planet. Then I started watching and I was