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• "Walt's People -- Volume 5" is an entertaining addition to this ongoing Disney history series

  Jim Hill reviews Didier Ghez's latest book, which features a fascinating collection of interviews with various Disney Legends Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, movies, other, theme park, Walt Disney, Visual Effects, Imagineering, traditional animation, Walt Disney Pictures, WED, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Ron Clements, John Musker, Ward Kimball, Marc Davis

• "Droidmaker" takes an entertaining & informative look back at the development of computer animation

  Jim Hill reviews Michael Rubin's delightful history of the digital revolution, which includes many entertaining tales about John Lasseter's initial efforts to get WDFA to embrace CG Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:00 AM | 9 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, DVD / Video, Pixar, Visual Effects, traditional animation, computer animation, CG, John Lasseter

• Toon Tuesday : Why Cundo Rabaudi is the model DreamWorks Animation employee

  JHM profiles a PDI / DreamWorks Animation visual development artist who creates these incredibly elaborate models which are then used for reference on that animation studio's features. WARNING ! This story contains some mild spoilers for "Shrek the Third" Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:00 AM | 14 Comments Filed under: animation, DVD / Video, TV, DreamWorks, Visual Effects, ABC, CG, Walt Disney Pictures

• Walt Disney Pictures plans cheesy promotional stunt for "Ratatouille"

  Jim Hill shares the Gouda news about how the Mouse is going to get the word out about Pixar's next release. Would you believe a 25-foot-tall wedge of cheese that you can actually walk through? Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, DVD / Video, TV, Pixar, Visual Effects, Pirates of the Caribbean