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• "Defying Gravity" details Stephen Schwartz's sometimes difficult dealings with the Walt Disney Company

  Jim Hill reviews Carol de Gieve's career biography of this Academy Award-winning songwriter, which features some great behind-the-scenes stories about the five Disney projects that Schwartz worked on Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, DreamWorks, Broadway, musical, Michael Eisner, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, DreamWorks Animation, Stephen Schwartz, Los Angeles, Walt Disney Studios, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Broadway musical, September, animated feature, 2007, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Disney Feature Animation, Peter Schneider, London, TV movie, show business , 1996 , 1986, Tony, Aladdin, Pocahontas, Academy Award-winning, world premiere, Walt Disney Company, musical theater, musical theater fan, Broadway credits, trio, long running hits, long running hit, hit, Godspell, Pippin, Wicked, Disneyana fan, resume, lyricist, 1990s, 1978, Working, Radiator Springs, Children of Eden, 1991, graduate school, NYU, therapist, Sir Tim Rice, A Whole New World, Kevin Bannerman, Carol de Giere, Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked, Applause Books, softcover, songwriter, career, lyrics, 1992, Shirley Jones, Colors of the Wind, John Smith, Native Americans, Romeo, Romeo & Juliet, Juliet, West Side Story, Something's Coming, creative process, 1994, The Prince of Egypt, China, Matthew Wilder, David Zippel, Written in Stone, Destiny, Geppetto, Academy Award-nominee, Enchanted, Gregory Maguire, middling reviews, rhyme, reviews

• "Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland" showcases Mary Blair's concept art

  Jim Hill reviews a brand-new picture book which is built around the amazing artwork that this Disney Legend created for that 1951 animated feature Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 17, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, Walt Disney, Disney Press, Peter Pan, Disney Legend, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Mary Blair, concept art, Walt Disney Studios, 2008, 2009, animated feature, 2007, picture book, artists , 1951, bookshelf

• Eoin Colfer gasses up for Comic-Con

  Jim Hill chats up the author of "Artemis Fowl," who'll be rolling into San Diego today aboard the "Fairies, Fiends and Flatulence" bus as part of his U.S. book tour Read More... Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, Hyperion Studios, Walt Disney Studios, 2008, 2006

• "Anything Can Happen If You Let It" chronicles Mary Poppins' journey from page to stage

  Jim Hill reviews Brian Sibley & Michael Lassell's great new making-of book. Which -- through a trio of artfully designed books -- covers the history of this much beloved character Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: book, Broadway, musical, Walt Disney, Disney Theatrical, Disney Editions, Chicago, Disneyana, Walt Disney Archives, Walt Disney Studios, Academy Award, film, movie, stage version, 2008, 2009, show, Thomas Schumacher, Broadway production, Brian Sibley, Michael Lassell, Bert, Cameron Mackintosh , scenic designer , 17 Cherry Tree Lane , Cherry Tree Lane , nursery, touring version , Plymouth , North American tour , Jolly Holiday, Bob Crowley, design folio , Mary Poppins, costume concept, Guardsmen, Busby, Mary Poppins: Anything Can Happen If You Let It, PL Travers, Gregory Wakabayashi , Clark Wakabayashi

• "To Infinity and Beyond!" is an entertaining look back at Pixar's first two decades

  Jim Hill reviews Karen Paik's inspired (more importantly, inspiring) new history of Pixar Animation Studios. Which offers a lot of insight about how John Lasseter became the Big Kahuna of the CG world Read More... Posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, movies, Pixar, computer animation, CG, John Lasseter, John Musker, Cars, Ratatouille, Leslie Iwerks, Brad Bird, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Ron Miller, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, WDAS, featurette, Monsters Inc., The Pixar Story, To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios, Karen Paik, Ed Catmull, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney Studios, film, movie, Mouse, Disney / Pixar, 2007, Tis the season, feature film , Chronicle Books, The Art of Animation, Bob Thomas, cartoons, epiphany, coffee table book, hardcover, church, pew, gourd, sermon, pencil, pencil time, award, The Headless Horseman, The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr Toad, station wagon, Casper the Friendly Ghost, California Institute of the Arts, CalArts, character animation, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Disney Feature Animation, calcified, middle management, The Fox and the Hound, old guard, Tom Wilhite, Maurice Sendak, picture book, Where the Wild Things Are, Thomas M Disch, The Brave Little Toaster, banners, Lucasfilm, The Adventures of Andre & Wally B, SIGGRAPH, animated short, short, character comedy, cutting-edge technology, money pit, Jane Eisner, Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach, human costs, keyboard, repetitive-stress injury, The Art of Ratatouille, aspiring animator, holiday shopping list