Stargirl, Timmy Failure… our other Disney + love at first sight

Rediscover the cartoons of our childhood from Snow White to Frozen , review the first Star Wars trilogies of George Lucas, relive the first adventures of the Avengers ... The Disney + catalog is full of cult films, but it also has nuggets unpublished. Besides The Mandalorian , here is a selection of what charmed us.

Timmy Failure errors were made , 1 h 39

Tom McCarthy, director of the Oscar-winning Spotlight for journalists on the Boston Globe , adapts the popular novel by Stephan Pastis. 11-year-old Timmy founded his detective agency and has his imaginary friend, a bulky and easygoing polar bear, as a teammate. With much tenderness towards the inventiveness of his hero who sees in bearded hipsters dangerous Russian agents, Tom McCarthy paints a portrait of a lively and sensitive little boy. His mom also breaks with Disney codes. Patty Failure (Ophelia Lovibond) is a tattooed single mother with purple hair. A nice film for the whole family.

Diary of a future president , ten 22-minute episodes

Produced by Jane The Virgin star Gina Rodriguez who plays heroin as an adult, this series follows Elena Canero-Reed. This young woman of Cuban origin has just entered the White House and remembers her childhood, the origins of her engagement as the ups and downs of college life between betrayal of friends, poorly prepared presentation and family reorganization. Intended for preteen, the soap, which promotes tolerance, mixes the funny and the anecdotal with the most serious (mourning) with accuracy.

Stargirl , 1:47 a.m.

Winner of the America's Got Talent telecrochet, singer Grace VanderWaal, 16, known for her pop ballads that she accompanies with her ukulele, landed her first role with this bittersweet tale of adulthood. So far following home school, Susan enrolled in her city's high school. But the eccentric adolescent, initially well received by his comrades, attracts their jibes when his natural generosity makes him support the opposing football team. Encouraging young people to be true to themselves, the film is a rather realistic evocation of this so-called ungrateful age. " Being a teenager remains a struggle whatever the era, " confided to the Figaro the aspiring actress who hopes that her performance will convince young spectators "to be more kind to their peers" .

Once upon a time there were the Imagineers, the Disney visionaries , six episodes

This documentary with fascinating archive images and testimonies will pique the curiosity of the greatest. Granddaughter of the animator who gave life to Mickey Mouse, Leslie Iwerks chronicles the birth of Disneyland parks from the 1950s to the present day and pays tribute to the engineers and artists who created the cult attractions. Find out how "Pirates of the Caribbean" or the heady "A Small World" came into being. Feel the emotion of the descendants of the designer who lent her features to the visionary of the Haunted House whose voice still resounds. Initially conceived as a unit, the passage in series allows Leslie Iwerks to return to the difficulties and sometimes the failures of the park. It is also a call to vocations. Disney always needs minds that dream big and are ready to push the limits of technology.