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• Monday Mouse Watch: Beyond the Blu-ray Horizon

  As DVD sales levels continue to fall and Hi-Def struggles to deliver on initial expectations, could an online subscription service that delivers top quality Disney content be waiting in the wings? Jim Hill shares what he’s heard Read More... Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: Song of the South, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, content, 2008, 2009, Disney, DVD, DVD sales, Blu-ray, Bob Iger, online, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

• Tube Thursday: "Castle" fans storm SoHo's Apple Store

  Jim Hill reports in from NYC. Where Nathan Fillion recently made an appearance to help promote the second season on this ABC series Read More... Posted Thursday, October 01, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: ABC, Castle, feature film , feature film project, Firefly, first season, tie-in, The Grove, The Grove at Farmers Market, September, Serenity, Serenity sequel, romantic dramedy, Nova Scotia, novel, Joss Whedon, iTunes, Hyperion, Hollywood, Fox, Farmers Market, Emmys, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Captain Hammer, Captain Malcolm Reynolds, book, ABC Studios, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, TV, TV series, TV show, Mal, dramedy, DVD, Barnes & Noble, Barnes and Noble, Apple Store, hotel, Heat Wave, shooting schedule, October, One Life to Live, Nathan Fillion, never say never, New York, New York City

• Will the Credit Crunch & tech troubles trip up Disney's new Blu-ray push ?

  As the Hi-Def version of "Sleeping Beauty" hits store shelves today, Jim Hill talks about some of the issues that Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has been dealing with lately Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 07, 2008 12:00 AM | 23 Comments Filed under: social networking, Pinocchio, Platinum Edition, Platinum Editions, President, technology, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving sale, Thanksgiving sales, Paramount , Paramount Home Entertainment, PC, film, films, WDSHE, Wall Street, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, post Thanksgiving sale, post Thanksgiving sales, movies, Jon Favreau, Fantasia, Fantasia 2000, Credit Crunch, Beauty and the Beast, Big Box, Big Boxes, 2007, 2008, interactivity, iPhone, Iron Man, Disney, DVD, BD-Live, home entertainment system, Black Friday, Blackberry, Blu-ray, Blu-ray player, Blu-ray players, Bob Chapek, Hi-Def , movie, Movie Challenge, Movie Chat, real-time, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Disney Movie Rewards Live, networked player, networked user

• Will "Senior Year" re-energize Disney's "High School Musical" franchise ?

  Jim Hill talks about the many ways that the Mouse's marketing department is now getting the word out about HSM3. He also shares what he knows about "High School Musical 4" 's proposed plotline Read More... Posted Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:00 AM | 19 Comments Filed under: CD, film, Zac Efron, promotion, marketing, High School Musical 2: Extended Edition, High School Musical 2: School's Out! , High School Musical 3, High School Musical 4, High School Musical franchise, High School Musical: Get in the Picture, franchise, Disney Channel, Disney franchise, Ashley Tisdale , 2008, 2010, Jemma McKenzie-Brown, Vanessa Hudgens, Disney, DVD, East High, High School Musical, High School Musical 2, movie, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, motion picture

• The Towers live on ... in movies & television, that is

  On the seventh anniversary of 9/11, Jim Hill looks at some cinematic depictions of the World Trade Center from the past 30+ years Read More... Posted Thursday, September 11, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: 9/11, 911, A.I., Sosuke, King Kong , piece of entertainment , principal location, television, television program, television programs, television show , Woody Allen , World Trade Center, Towers, the real world, the test of time, The Towers, standing tall, Snake Plissken, Ronald Neame, sacrilege, remake, next Ice Age, movies, Jay Sherman, imposing structure, glider, Deep Impact, animated feature, action sequence, 1976, 1981, 1988, 2001, 2008, Tommy Emmanuel, John Carpenter, tsunami , TV, Twin Towers, Steven Spielberg, still standing, still standing tall, media maven , Meteor, Manhattan, Dino De Laurentiis, Disney, DVD, Escape from New York, movie, The Critic, reality intrudes, NYC, old New York, Oliver & Company, The World Trade Center , national tragedy, natural lives, New Hampshire, New York, New York City, New York skyline, montage , motion picture

• "Character Animation Crash Course !" is a terrific how-to-toon book

  Jim Hill reviews Eric Goldberg's 25-years-in-the-making instructional manual, which shares this animation master's secrets on how to do great character animation Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: daughter, son, key franchise, Pink Panther, Aladdin, preproduction art, professionals, teacher, paperback, pencil, pencils, fledgling, Woodbury University, would-be animator, Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Princess and the Frog, supervisor of animation, squash, squash & stretch, Silman-James Press, September, Ricardo Mestres, Pocahontas, Phil, nuts-and-bolts, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, lessons, Hollywood, hand-drawn animation, hardcover, Genie, foreword, Donald Duck, craft, classic cartoon character, co-director, character , character animation, Character Animation Crash Course !, CalArts, California Institute of the Arts, Care package, book, bookshelf, Brad Bird, break down a scene, beginners, ASUS, August, animation, animation industry, 2008, timing, industry vet, instructional book, instructions, stretch, satyr, SCAD, school, school supplies, medium, RISD, lined paper, Disney, DVD, East High Wildcats, Barnes & Noble, animation student, art of books, how to, hardcovers, Hercules, high profile project, erasers, Eric Goldberg, Comic-Con , Comic-Con International, conceptual paintings