Disney has released several live action adaptations of their more popular animated movies and characters over the last few years. We saw the secret story of a sorceress in “Maleficent,” and a glamorous retelling of the most magical love story of all time with “Cinderella.” Disney’s new “Beauty and the Beast” is a new chapter in this loose franchise though, being the first to be a direct adaptation of the actual Disney movie. “Jungle Book” drew from the stories by Rudyard Kipl

One of my favorite things to watch are live action adaptations of animated shows or movies. Seeing how the impossible things that were drawn are translated into “reality” is absolutely fascinating to me, even as it’s getting easier and easier these days to make the unbelievable appear plausible on screen or stage. Earlier this year I had the opportunity to see one of my favorite movies brought to life when my then-fiancé/now-husband and I went to Hartford, CT and saw the orig

“Moana,” Disney’s most recent animated movie, came out on November 23rd. I would have been in a theater seeing it that day but Holidays are stressful and always busier than you expect them to be, so after a delicious Wendy’s dinner in a Revere parking lot, I saw “Moana” the following Monday. “Moana” is hands-down the most beautiful 3D Animated movie Disney has made yet. It’s hard not to spoil things, so if you haven’t seen it yet stop reading, but when Moana sings her final s