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• “Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol” book is sure to be a hit with baby boomers

  Jim Hill reviews Darrell Van Citters’ making-of book. Which takes you behind-the-scenes on the production of TV’s first animated holiday special Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Carol, CBS, television, television program, television show , performance capture, ImageMovers, ImageMoversDigital, holiday, holiday classic, holiday season , holiday special, holiday story , holiday treat, holidays, Charles Dickens, book, animated version, animation, 1962 , 1964, 2009, UPA, Christmas, Christmas special, Robert Zemeckis, Disney, NBC

• 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

• The story that Walt didn't want you to hear

  Before hitting the road for Orlando, Jim Hill shares an excerpt from a long forgotten Reader's Digest feature condensation: Richard Collier's "Wish Upon a Star: The Magical Kingdoms of Walt Disney" Read More... Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 12:00 AM | 13 Comments Filed under: Spaceship Earth, celebrities, celebrity, picture, pictures, private, television program, Tennessee, worksite, Yak & Yeti , webmaster, webmasters, website , Walt Disney, Universal Orlando, Universal Orlando Resort, Universal Studios, Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, Universal Studios Orlando, track, train, train ride, The Haunted Mansion, The Breakfast Club, skyline, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, SeaWorld, Richard Collier, publicity, publishing schedule, Rainbow Caverns, Orlando, Orlando Fun Tickets, landscaping , leukemia, hit-and-run, hit-and-run trip, enchantment, Disneyland, Disneyland Railroad , coal car , charity , charity event , camera, cameras, 1971, Tom Sawyer Island, Tom Sawyer's Island, JHM, Van France , Tuesday , Tutto Italia Ristorante, 1955, issue, childhood, locomotive , Main Street U.S.A., Main Street USA, Disney, Aquatica, Epcot, ergonomics, Reader's Digest, October, theme park, weekend , will-o'-the-wisp, Wish Upon a Star: The Magical Kingdoms of Walt Disney, New Hampshire, construction site

• Will the writer's strike force production of "High School Musical 3" & "The Hannah Montana Movie" to be postponed ?

  Jim Hill shares the grim news coming out of Burbank. Which suggests that -- unless the WGA returns to work early in 2008 -- Walt Disney Pictures may have no choice but to push back production of the big screen versions of these two Disney Channel favorites Read More... Posted Thursday, December 20, 2007 12:00 AM | 17 Comments Filed under: television, television program, film, writers' strike, The Hannah Montana Movie, Miley Cyrus, High School Musical 3, High School Musical franchise, Disney Channel, 2008, tween, Burbank, Disney, movie, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Studios, WGA

• Could you please have the Rat whip me up some crow?

  Here (finally) is the JHM column that Pixar fans have been waiting for. Where Jim Hill talks about how well "Ratatouille" has been doing overseas ... as well as other Disney-related matters Read More... Posted Friday, November 23, 2007 12:00 AM | 31 Comments Filed under: The Michael Eisner building, The Nielsen ratings, Gore Verbinski, FX, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Pixar Animation Studios, production costs, television, television program, television programs, Thanksgiving, film, film franchise, film franchises, worldwide box office, WDSHE, Visual Effects, ticket sales, The Hollywood Reporter, The Ivy, The Best Reviewed Film of the Year, seas, release date, promotional costs, Nielsen ratings, movies, long term profit potential, long term profitability, leftovers, Hollywood, floss, franchise, effects, domestic box office numbers, domestic performance, Disney / Pixar, character-based merchandise, box office, Brad Bird, animated feature, 2007, titles, top selling, Variety, TV, TV show, TV shows, initial domestic run, international, stateside, strip-mining, merch, Michael Eisner building, Magic 8 Ball, Disney, DVD, Hollywood Reporter, entertainment industry, evergreen title, exhibitors, movie, The Game Plan, Ratatouille, nuturing, opening weekend, opening weekend grosses, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Wild Hogs, Wild Hogs 2, wild-assed guess