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Blog Post: How Disney's two-dimensional "Beast" became a 3D "Beauty"

Jim Hill

New and a bit alarming Who 'd have ever thought that this could be? Well, " Beauty and the Beast " co-director Kirk Wise doesn't seem all that surprised that this Academy Award-winning film (which was the first animated feature to ever be nominated for Best Picture) got selected for...

on5 Sep 2011
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: Oscar Watch '08: Miramax maxes out while the Mouse gets skunked

Jim Hill

"Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day ..." -- lyric from "The Man I Love" by George & Ira Gershwin Well, if you worked on the Miramax Films side of the Mouse House, Tuesday definitely was a "good news day." Disney's art house arm snagged Academy Award nominations for four of its most recent releases...

on22 Jan 2008
Blog Post: Animation fans prematurely shoot off their mouths about "Bolt"

Jim Hill

How many of you know the story of the blind men and the elephant ? I bring up this ancient Indian fable because ... Well ... I have to admit that I was highly amused by what happened last Wednesday. When the on-line animation community went completely bananas over those "Bolt" pre-release images . Copyright...

on1 Jan 2008

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Blog Post: How Disney's two-dimensional "Beast" became a 3D "Beauty"

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

Blog Post: Oscar Watch '08: Miramax maxes out while the Mouse gets skunked

Blog Post: Animation fans prematurely shoot off their mouths about "Bolt"