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Blog Post: How Pixar's Lee Unkrich went from attending USC to directing "TS3"

Jim Hill

So what's the very best way to break into the biz? Does going to some four year school like Emerson College or CalArts (which specializes in Communications and the performing arts) really give you an advantage? Or would it better in the long run to just hook up with some outfit like pabootcamp and...

on31 Oct 2010
Blog Post: There’s Lotso great stories to be found in “The Art of Toy Story 3”

Jim Hill

If you read my March 16 th non-review of that Showest screening of “ Toy Story 3 ,” then you already know that I’m a huge fan of this Lee Unkrich film. But you know what truly impressed me about this Pixar production? That in the months leading up to the release of this acclaimed animated feature, no...

on30 Jun 2010
Blog Post: Trio of special events tempt Southern California’s Disneyana fans

Jim Hill

This coming Saturday (provided – of course – that the Bay State isn’t still under water ), I’ll be down in Avon, MA. taking part in the 15 th annual Janet McDonald Memorial Walk Against Cancer . This fundraiser is something that my family does every year in order to honor the memory of my late cousin...

on1 Apr 2010
Blog Post: “Toy Story 3” is a triumph, puts exhibitors at ShoWest in tears

Jim Hill

A few days ago, Lee Unkrich tweeted this phone message that he received from someone named Geordi. Who – upon learning that Lee was directing “ Toy Story 3 ” – actually left Unkrich voicemail which said : “Please, please don’t screw (this movie) up … Make it big. Make sure that something very important...

on16 Mar 2010
Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : Never mind "Leggo my Eggo." Check out this LEGO John Lasseter

Jim Hill

With its turn-of-the-century architecture, Gotham Hall has long prided itself on being that spot in New York City “ … where style meets sophistication.” Well, yesterday morning, all of that style & sophistication gave way to silliness. As Disney Consumer Products turned this seven-story-tall gilded...

on15 Feb 2010
Blog Post: Toon Tuesday: Will “Toy Story 3” will be that rare sequel that equals the original?

Jim Hill

According to John Lasseter, the folks at Pixar Animation Studios have been dying to make “Toy Story 3” for years now. But – that said – that doesn’t mean that it’s been all that easy to come up with a storyline that was a worthy follow-up to the much-beloved “Toy Story” & “Toy Story 2.” As John recalled...

on22 Sep 2009

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Blog Post: How Pixar's Lee Unkrich went from attending USC to directing "TS3"

Blog Post: There’s Lotso great stories to be found in “The Art of Toy Story 3”

Blog Post: Trio of special events tempt Southern California’s Disneyana fans

Blog Post: “Toy Story 3” is a triumph, puts exhibitors at ShoWest in tears

Blog Post: Monday Mouse Watch : Never mind "Leggo my Eggo." Check out this LEGO John Lasseter

Blog Post: Toon Tuesday: Will “Toy Story 3” will be that rare sequel that equals the original?