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• Monday Mouse Watch: Meet Alan Bergman, Disney’s leader of the brand

  Jim Hill talks about some of the management changes that Rich Ross made last week. In particular how Disney Studios' new chairman is looking to update the way the Mouse House markets its movies Read More... Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: Disney, Save Disney, Pixar, Pirates of the Caribbean, High School Musical, Disney Channel, Bob Iger, Gore Verbinski, Disney Fairies, Roy E. Disney, marketing, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Disney Parks & Resorts, 2009, Disney / Pixar, franchise, Disney Feature Animation, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Pirates 4, Hannah Montana , 2011, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Disney franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean films, 2010, Disney brand, Pirates of the Caribbean franchise , 2004, brand loyalty, Disney CEO, Universal Pictures, Disney Channels Worldwide

• “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

• Want the full picture when it comes to Disney's "Morning Light" ? Then see the movie AND pick up its companion book

  Jim Hill reviews this new true-life documentary from Walt Disney Pictures. Which -- to be honest -- could have used some of the stories that Jeff Kurtti included in "What the Sea Teaches Us: The Crew of the Morning Star" Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, Walt Disney Pictures, Roy E. Disney, Long Beach, Jeff Kurtti, Disney Editions, Hawaii, film, movie, 2008, 2007, New England, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, motion picture, the real world, Morning Light, What the Sea Teaches Us: The Crew of the Morning Light, documentary, buoy, Diamond Head, yacht, Transpac, Transpacific Yacht Race, Real World Hawaii, MTV, Leslie DeMeuse, companion book, Hingham, MA, South Shore, limited release, true-life documentary, 1954, catamaran, off-shore, the Cheyenne, Cheyenne, The Morning Light, Jeremy Wilmot, open ocean, ocean, sea, Kay, The New Avengers

• Disney rarities to be screened tonight at Newport Beach Film Festival

  Jim Hill gives animation fans a "heads up" about an extra-special event that's being held this evening at the Lido Theater. Where some seldom-seen shorts will be hauled out of the Disney vault for a one-time-only screening Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Leslie Iwerks, Roy E. Disney, Richard M. Sherman, Redux Riding Hood, The Pixar Story, How to Hook-Up Your Home Theater, animated feature, Disney Feature Animation, animated short, animators , animation industry, animation fan, Richard M Sherman, Newport Beach Film Festival, Don Hahn , Oilspot & Lipstick, Destino, Lorenzo, The Little Match Girl, Fantasia 2000, Oscar nominee, Newport Beach, Lido Theater, A Spoonful of Sugar and Song with Richard Sherman , Disney animation rarities, film festival

• Toon Tuesday: The story behind "The Pixar Story"

  Jim Hill chats with acclaimed filmmaker Leslie Iwerks about her new documentary. Which will be screening this evening at Hollywood's Egyptian Theater and will be followed by a panel discussion with Roy E. Disney Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 11, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Pixar, computer animation, CG, John Lasseter, Michael Eisner, Leslie Iwerks, Roy E. Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, The Walt Disney Company, Toy Story, Animation Research Library, Hollywood, The Pixar Story, Ed Catmull, Steve Jobs, film, Pixar campus, Disney / Pixar, animated feature, holiday special, Walt Disney Feature Animation