Browse by Tags

• 1969
• 1970s
• 1984
• 1985
• 1986
• 1990s
• 2009
• A Charlie Brown Christmas
• A Tin Toy Christmas
• AA figure
• AA figures
• ABC
• Aladdin
• album
• Alvy Ray Smith
• America Sings
• animated feature
• animated features
• animation
• attraction
• attractions
• Audio Animatronic
• Audio Animatronics
• August
• authorized history
• backstage
• Beauty and the Beast
• Best Picture nominee
• big fig
• big figure
• book
• Brad Bird
• CG
• Comic-Con International
• cookie
• Cranium Command
• Critter Country
• D23
• D23 EXPO
• dated
• David A Price
• David Mumford
• Disney
• Disney Feature Animation
• Disney in-joke
• Disney Mix
• Disney Photo Library
• Disney twenty-three
• Disney twenty-three magazine
• Disneyland
• Disneyland the Nickel Tour: A Postcard Journey Through 40 Years of the Happiest Place on Earth
• documentary
• Don Hahn
• Donkey
• DreamWorks
• DreamWorks Animation
• DreamWorks campus
• E Ticket
• Ed Squair
• Eddie Murphy
• Emeryville
• Epcot
• fairytale
• Fantasyland
• feature film
• film
• film franchise
• film parody
• Frank Wells
• Future World
• gags
• Gary Trousdale
• George Lucas
• gingerbread man
• Gingy
• Glendale
• Godzilla
• goons
• Hallmark
• Happy Holidays
• Hatbox Ghost
• Haunted Mansion O-Pin House
• holiday perennial
• holiday season
• holiday special
• holiday story
• Hollywood gossip
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas
• Howard Ashman
• Imagineer
• Imagineering
• Imagineers
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• in-joke
• It's the most wonderful time of the year
• John Lasseter
• Kirk Wise
• television
• Walt Disney Animation Studios

• Tube Tuesday: "V" is a very entertaining update of a dated sci-fi franchise

  Jim Hill reviews ABC's new sci-fi series. Which goes the "Battlestar Galactica" route by taking a cheesy TV show from the 1980s and then reimagining it as smart entertainment for today's audiences Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: ABC, television, 2009, TV show, 1980s, 1984, Warner Bros. , 1985, television show , TV series, Warner Bros. Television

• “Waking Sleeping Beauty” takes a candid look at the Second Golden Age of Disney Feature Animation

  Jim Hill talks up Don Hahn & Peter Schneider’s new documentary. Which will hold its world premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival Read More... Posted Friday, August 21, 2009 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney, John Lasseter, Michael Eisner, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, John Musker, Howard Ashman, Brad Bird, Roy E. Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Frank Wells, Ron Miller, Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Tim Burton, Glendale, the boys: the sherman brothers' story, South of the Border with Walt: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program 1941 - 1948, D23, 1970s , animated feature, 1980s, Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale, Disney Feature Animation, The Fox and the Hound, Peter Schneider, animated features, Laurence Juber, Mouse Factory, Theodore Thomas, Poppin' Guitars: A Tuneful of Sherman, The Black Cauldron , Ted Thomas , Walt & El Grupo, Waking Sleeping Beauty, Robert B Sherman, Sherman Brothers , J B Kaufman, South American , Saludos Amigos, Don Hahn , Second Golden Age of Disney Feature Animation, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, D23 EXPO, 1990s, documentary, TIFF

• Keep an eagle eye out for The Haunted Mansion’s Hatbox Ghost

  Ever wonder what became of this infamous AA figure? Jim Hill shares what he knows about the alleged final resting place of Ol’ Hatbox Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: Disney, attraction, Imagineering, WED, Disneyland, Marc Davis, America Sings, Critter Country, Splash Mountain, Bruce Gordon, Audio Animatronic, The Haunted Mansion, Sleeping Beauty Castle, big fig, Shelly Smith, Sleeping Beauty, WDI, Imagineer, Fantasyland, Walt Disney Imagineering, Madame Leota, The Séance Circle , AA figure, Audio Animatronics, Hatbox Ghost, album, Ed Squair, D23, 1970s , attractions, 1980s, backstage, Security, Haunted Mansion O-Pin House, magazine article, pin, Disney twenty-three magazine , Imagineers, August, magazine , Disneyland the Nickel Tour: A Postcard Journey Through 40 Years of the Happiest Place on Earth, big figure, goons, AA figures, The Story and Song from the Haunted Mansion, pins, O-Pin House, Security Host, 1969, Tony Baxter , Comic-Con , Comic-Con International, poster , Maleficent, posters, Tomorrowland, E Ticket, David Mumford, Disney Photo Library, Sleeping Beauty Castle Walk-thru, Disney twenty-three

• Are you Jonesing for a good time at the movies? Then go see “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”

  Jim Hill shares his thoughts on the new Indiana Jones film. WARNING ! This review does contain some spoilers Read More... Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 12:00 AM | 9 Comments Filed under: George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, film, film franchise, 1980s, A Tin Toy Christmas, Paramount Pictures, Paramount , Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

• "The Pixar Touch" shares seldom-told tales about the early days of this animation studio

  Jim Hill talks with author David A. Price about how he went about writing this unauthorized history of Pixar Animation Studios Read More... Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: book, movies, Pixar, John Lasseter, Leslie Iwerks, Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, The Pixar Story, To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios, Karen Paik, Steve Jobs, movie, animated feature, 1980s, Chronicle Books, coffee table book, Lucasfilm, short, Tin Toy, shorts, David A Price, SEC, The Pixar Touch : The Making of a Company, Microsoft, Hallmark, Knopf, authorized history, Alvy Ray Smith, revisionist history, 1985, 1986, Shogakukan, Pixar archives, Pixar saga, Japanese legend, browser, Hollywood gossip

• Tube Tuesday: Gary Trousdale tries to "Shrek the Halls" without first wrecking DreamWorks Animation's most important franchise

  Jim Hill chats with this WDAS vet about many of the ogre-sized challenges he faced while directing this new holiday special. Which airs tomorrow night on ABC Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DreamWorks, ABC, CG, Epcot, Beauty and the Beast, Shrek the Third, DreamWorks Animation, Walt Disney Animation Studios, television, WDAS, Future World , Christmas, film, gags , film franchise, Happy Holidays, Tis the season, feature film , Shrek Goes Fourth, ratings, color coordinated , Godzilla, midnight snack, chimney, Disney Mix, cookie, It's the most wonderful time of the year, holiday season , gingerbread man, Twas The Night Before Christmas, Gingy, holiday perennial, dated , timeless , film parody, in-joke, Disney in-joke, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers , recording session, DreamWorks campus, character bits , TV special, holiday story , How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Best Picture nominee, Richard Purdum , 1980s, Cranium Command, Kirk Wise, holiday special, Christmas special, Gary Trousdale, fairytale, Santa's workshop, The North Pole, Puss in Boots, Donkey, Saint Nick, Saint Nicholas, naughty list, Santa Claus, ogre, Shrek, Shrek's First Christmas, Shrek the Halls