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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales was supposed to be the title of a new direct-to-video series of fairy tales with Disney princesses. However, the pilot project was released during internal changes at Disney studios, so we never got to see the announced stories with Cinderella, Belle, or Mulan. Only this miniature with Aurora and Jasmine remained. I can certainly not say that all animated Disney sequels were great, but in retrospect, I wouldn't even claim that the internal reshuffling at the studios was beneficial in any way. Some controversial projects were canceled, but now we are inundated with live-action remakes and preschool series, so it more or less comes out the same. Keys to the Kingdom is a clever play on the topic of what Aurora had to deal with during her reign. It is sweet, funny, and the songs are enjoyable. More Than a Peacock Princess, on the other hand, shows the classic situation in Agrabah, Jasmine is bored with princess duties and therefore gets a new job... at the local school. Again, a funny and charming miniature.

So, this is the famous breakthrough of the original Christian singer? Most importantly, Madonna praised it and the video was shot with fashion dolls. And these weren't any Barbies from Mattel, but Fashion Royalty Erin, Ayumi, and Francisco from Integrity Toys. No wonder IT later also released Katy's doll.

Ghostbusters 5 pleasantly build on Afterlife. In the meantime, the Spengler's have become full-fledged ghostbusters and continue in the New York tradition. The kids have grown up, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Ernie Hudson got a little more space and work alongside the new generation. A straightforward, uncomplicated, and relaxed continuation.

Ghostbusters 4 unfortunately fell victim to covid and even after several years, the film's existence has gone largely unnoticed by those who obsessed over the original films. Which is a shame. Ghostbusters 3 had an advantage in terms of advertising thanks to the all-female team. The new generation revolves around the fact that Harold Ramis passed away, so the story mainly follows the Spengler family. The concept itself is very enjoyable, as the Spenglers have lived outside the realm of ghostbusters and with the exploration of their grandfather's legacy, memories of the adventures in the eighties can be refreshed for the audience. The forefront features the teenagers and their new buddies from the countryside. Everything fits together perfectly and eventually, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Ernie Hudson make an appearance, so everything is exactly as it should be. It's a return to a classic family show that has been missing for a long time.

"Passage" by Karel Pecka is considered one of the classic texts from 68 Publishers, where it was first published in 1974. In Juraj Herz's film adaptation, it became a metaphor for the mid-nineties and immortalized the then appearance of the Lucerna club. Some of the ideas are great, others are dadaistic, and some are controversial, yet the whole brings an unexpected experience. Everything is here that I expect from Czech nineties, including the spicy Martina Adamcova.

This is one of those legendary Disney TV series from the 80s. Disney started focusing on Winnie the Pooh as early as 1977 in the movie The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, but because kids from the nineties mostly only knew the TV production, it was hard to explain to them that old Disney canon. That's why some are still disappointed today when they remember the completely different poetics of Alan Alexander Milne's stories. As far as I remember, there was no disappointment at home, and I remember the series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh with love and I continuously supplement the whole phenomenon. Even if I leave out the puppets and 3D animation, there are still endless things to watch.

One of the many films about the Mayerling affair. And one of the best, because although it's again a family drama from the life of Sissi, it's nowhere near as sweet as the trilogy with Romy Schneider. The German-speaking space knew how to remember the crown prince as a human tragedy, it wasn't necessary to tell a novel for maids each time. Besides the pensive Rudolf played by Prack, there's the excellent Lil Dagover, who reprised her Sissi role years after Elisabeth von Österreich.

An act of kindness. Lalaloopsy are one of many toy lines produced by MGA, promoted by the eponymous series and films. The concept is based on the most classic rag dolls with button eyes, transformed in reality into plastic beauties. The Search for Pillow is their first film. The main heroine is Pillow Featherbed, sister of Blanket Featherbed from the pajama series. Absolutely ideal for preschoolers.

In the Disney television studio, it was decided that Beauty and the Beast would be exploited to the max. The Christmas special The Enchanted Christmas is definitely not enough, so it is necessary to insert additional chapters into the original story. This time, the new direct-to-video "film" is composed of 4 stories of various quality. I stopped looking for logic long ago, and this time I am terrified by the realization that the story Mrs. Potts' Party was inserted into this miracle retroactively. Originally, it was part of the 4th sequel, Belle's Tales of Friendship. If it was about loose sequels about the life of Belle and the prince after their wedding, I won't even say a word. I could even imagine a situation where the prince will not do a good deed and will again be threatened with transformation back, and Belle will have to try to reverse fate again (that could easily be the plot for a whole movie), I would definitely survive the individual stories of the transformed castle inhabitants, or the adventures from the lives of the common children of Belle and the prince (Disney can also do such sequels). But constantly expanding that time when Belle was a prisoner in the castle and inserting cute micro-stories into that drama is too much for me.

This TV transcript of the bestselling detective story by Michaela Klevisová is... weak. Unexpectedly. It's cringe-worthy, slow, illogical, and uninteresting. The individual characters seem to be from five different movies, and they have no chemistry. The humorous storyline at the end seems to suggest that we should expect a series with Luboš Veselý and Veronika Arichteva, but that really shouldn't be necessary.