When you wish upon a star...“Pinocchio” turns 85 today! The 1940 animated Walt Disney classic opened in theaters on this day in 1940.

Walt Disney's 1940 Pinocchio is an animation classic for over 80 years. Now, in the vein such as contemporary remakes like Guy Richie's Aladdin and the megablockbuster The Lion King from Jon Favreau, ...

Among the long-term relationships wearing out their welcome in Disney’s new “Pinocchio” is that of director Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks, who plays the dithering Geppetto in this live-action remake ...

Around 50 Pinocchio movies have been released since the classic 1940 Disney film, including, no lie, 1965’s “Pinocchio in Outer Space.” Filmmakers’ unflagging fascination with the wooden boy’s tale ...

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Pinocchio is structured similarly to one of Aesop's Fables in that its has an overt thesis tied to its tale: Don't behave badly, or bad things will happen to you. It's not a particularly objectionable ...

Back when he was building Disneyland — and transforming American entertainment in the process — Walt Disney famously espoused the idea of “plussing” things. When his Imagineers came to him with a good ...

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Regretfully and inexplicably, animal excrement also prominently features in Disney’s latest bit of self-cannibalization, Robert Zemeckis’ remake of the 1940 classic Pinocchio. Like the animated ...