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• Monday Mouse Watch: Marvel acquisition offers significant challenges, huge potential rewards for The Walt Disney Company

  Jim Hill weighs in on this $4 billion deal. In particular the amount of time that will have to pass before Disney can then take full advantage of Marvel’s stable of superheroes Read More... Posted Monday, August 31, 2009 10:00 AM | 15 Comments Filed under: Disney, TV, Pixar, Universal Studios, Muppets, Jim Henson, John Lasseter, Bob Iger, 20th Century Fox, Fox, Magic Kingdom, Pixar Animation Studios, The Magic Kingdom, television, Fozzie Bear, Universal Orlando, film, Mouse, promotional campaign, Spider-Man, The Hulk, Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, 2009, Halloween, Disney / Pixar, film franchise, film franchises, Mickey, Paramount Pictures, Disneyana community , Paramount , Universal Studios Florida , MMOG, Iron Man, television show , Donald Duck, films, MMO, video game, Muppet, Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures classic, Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Marvel, acquisition, The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, Thor, corporate culture, The Jim Henson Company, licensing agreement, film development, film distribution, television production, The Incredible Hulk Coaster, Sony, Universal Studios Japan, Sony Studios, stock, cash transaction, Spidey, pop culture, Howard the Duck, corporate family, shareholders, global reach, X-Men, Bear in the Big Blue House, TV distribution, video gaming, MMORPGs, retail giants, film rights, Marvel Super Hero Island, emerging technology, emerging technologies, retail, superhero, superheroes

• Set phasers on fun: “Star Trek” reboot is really a kick

  Jim Hill reviews this sure-to-be summer blockbuster. Which is a hugely entertaining reimagining of this sci-fi franchise Read More... Posted Friday, May 08, 2009 12:05 AM | 9 Comments Filed under: movies, film, movie, film franchise, Paramount Pictures, Paramount , sci-fi

• 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: Disney, movies, Beauty and the Beast, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty, WDSHE, Blu-ray, DVD, film, movie, 2008, Thanksgiving, 2007, Pinocchio, Hi-Def , President, Paramount , Fantasia 2000, Iron Man, Fantasia, BD-Live, Jon Favreau, social networking, interactivity, Bob Chapek, Paramount Home Entertainment, Blu-ray player, Blu-ray players, Wall Street, Credit Crunch, Big Box, Big Boxes, Black Friday, Thanksgiving sale, Thanksgiving sales, post Thanksgiving sale, post Thanksgiving sales, Movie Chat, Movie Challenge, films, technology, home entertainment system, Platinum Edition, Platinum Editions, PC, iPhone, Blackberry, real-time, networked player, networked user, Disney Movie Rewards Live

• 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

• DreamWorks Animation bets big on digital 3-D

  Jim Hill shares the latest news from ShoWest 2008. Where Jeffrey Katzenberg revealed that, as of March 2010, DA will only be produced digital 3-D films Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:00 AM | 15 Comments Filed under: animation, DreamWorks, CG, Michael Eisner, Dick Cook, Epcot, Robert Zemeckis, Disney's California Adventure, DreamWorks Animation, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Marty Sklar, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Frank Wells, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, DCA, digital projection, 2008, Shrek Goes Fourth, animation industry, CG feature, 3D, Chairman, Tales from the Laughing Place, 1984, 3D film , Warner Bros. , Paramount , TRON: Legacy, Comin' at Ya! , Jaws 3-D, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, 3D film format , red-and-blue lenses, digital 3-D , Ultimate 3-D, Montagues & Capulets, Monsters vs. Aliens, 2010, alien, alien spacecraft, digital 3-D production, big figure, Chicken Little , Malibu Hills, 2D CG film, 3-D releases , Disney Studios , 3D digital motion pictures, 2D movie , Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D , digital 3-D conversion, Toy Story 3, Lee Unkrich, digital 3-D project, Disney Pixar , CG studio , digital 3-D format, Robert Coltrin, Kevin Rafferty, Toy Story characters