BeyondTheMouse – The Front Row Movie Reviews

Download the episode. It’s episode 17 of BEYOND THE MOUSE. This is a very special episode of Beyond The Mouse! A few weeks ago a very divisive bracket was making its way around social media. After much debate and a tweak from our resident Bracketologist Lou Hare, we have assembled the ultimate Beyond the Mouse … Continue reading Disney/Pixar Bracket →

Download the episode. It’s episode 16 of BEYOND THE MOUSE. We got some listener mail asking us for our advice on Disney dining options. So we decided to do a whole show on it! Call this the first bonus ep of BTM where you ask us what you’d like to know! Featuring: Craig McFarland, Vanessa Ferguson … Continue reading Disney Foods! →

Download the episode. It’s episode 15 of BEYOND THE MOUSE. The entire crew is joined by Front Row regular Kevin Kulavic. Normally we do a movie spotlight but with the incredible amount of news that has hit the waves in the last few weeks, we just have to give you our first NEWS EXTRAVAGANZA! We … Continue reading News Extravaganza! →

Download the episode. It’s episode 14 of BEYOND THE MOUSE. Brett is busy being a stage star so Craig and Vanessa enlist the help of our good friend from the great Disney Dads Podcast, Justin Odegard. We chat with him about all the parks news including the highly anticipated Toy Story Land and then take … Continue reading Cool Runnings (w/ Disney Dads Podcast) →

Download the episode. It’s episode 13 of BEYOND THE MOUSE. This marks the first episode with our new official hosts Brett and Vanessa! There is a ton of news to talk about from the Parks world and then the crew breaks down the 1997 animated classics “Hercules” with insight from Brett’s visit to D23 and … Continue reading Hercules →

Download the episode. It’s episode 12 of BEYOND THE MOUSE and we’ve got a full house to talk about a big slate of news and two, COUNT ‘EM TWO, movie reviews. In addition to the news of John Laseter’s misconduct allegations, we answer your fan mail, give a non-spoiler review of “Coco” and break down … Continue reading The Santa Clause →

Download this episode! The Front Row was honored to able to cover the 2017 Lincoln Film Festival. Featured in this episode are our interviews with a few amazing directors that made up the headline panel of the Festival. Among them are Academy Award-winning director Brenda Chapman (Brave, The Prince of Egypt, The Lion King), Kevin … Continue reading Lincoln Film Festival →

Download the episode. It’s episode 11 of BEYOND THE MOUSE and with Halloween quickly approaching, the Mouse crew decides to brave the haunted halls of the Hollywood Tower hotel and break down the 1997 Disney Classic Tower of Terror. Staring Steve Guttenberg and a young Kirsten Dunst, this is the story of a disgraced reporter … Continue reading Tower of Terror →

Download this episode! The mouse crew talk about all the big news from D23 concerning film and the parks. What were the biggest takeaways? What are we most excited about… and what are we not excited about? We also have Bret (who actually was lucky enough to be at D23) to join the conversation. Be … Continue reading D23 Expo →

Download this episode! The 9th Episode of “Beyond The Mouse” features the Front Row debut of our good friends Owen Beans and Courtney Wick. Owen and Courtney join us from the cast of the Legacy Theatre in Springfield, Illinois’ regional debut production of the stage musical NEWSIES. So we thought we’d just have a nice little … Continue reading Newsies (w/ Legacy Theatre Cast) →

Download this episode! The 8th Episode of “Beyond The Mouse” features the Front Row debut of our good friend Mary Kate Smith. Mary Kate will be playing the lead role of Mary Poppins in the Springfield Municipal Opera’s 2017 production of the stage musical. As such we couldn’t think of a better person to have on … Continue reading Beyond the Mouse – Mary Poppins →

Download this episode! The 7th Episode of “Beyond The Mouse” features the Front Row debut of one of the biggest Disney-fans we know, Ms. Bailee Brinkman! Bailee practically lives in Orlando and has been to Disney more times than Mickey. She joins us for a round of Park news and then dives head-first with Craig and … Continue reading Beyond the Mouse – Frozen →

Download this episode! The 6th Episode of “Beyond The Mouse” features Craig and Anna McFarland taking the show on the road… err to Sea! They give us two reports live from their vacation aboard the Disney Dream Cruise Ship and give us all the details of the fun activities. In the second half of the … Continue reading Beyond the Mouse – Beauty and the Beast →

Download this episode! The 5th Episode of “Beyond The Mouse” features Craig and Kevin being joined by the podcast debut of two our very good friends and fellow Disney freaks: Brett Rutherford, who runs the Disfan Central Facebook Page, and Vanessa Ferguson from the Hoogland Center For The Arts in Springfield Illinois. In addition to … Continue reading Beyond the Mouse – Moana →