Search results matching tag 'DVD / Video'

A special "Toon Much of a Good Thing" edition of Why For

Jim Hill — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim talks about why Walt Disney Home Entertainment stopped producing 2-disc versions of those new Disney / Pixar DVDs as well as revealing that Walt Disney Animation Studios may already have a second traditionally animated feature in the works...(read more)

Toon Tuesday : The Failure Factor

Floyd Norman — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:00:00 GMT

Disney Legend Floyd Norman returns with an object lesson for all you creative types out there. How falling on your face every now & then can actually play an important part in your growth as an artist and as a person...(read more)

"Walt Disney's Cinderella" is a picture-perfect picture book

Jim Hill — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill reviews this new hardcover from Disney Press. Which features a spectacular selection of Mary Blair's concept art for Walt Disney Productions' 1950 release...(read more)

Toon Tuesday: A tribute to Hurricane Eva

Floyd Norman — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:00:00 GMT

Precious little is known about the early women animators at Walt Disney Studios. Floyd Norman returns with a profile of one female artist you should really know about...(read more)

Monday Mouse Watch : When it comes to Disney's Vanessa Hudgens problem, no new nudes is good news

Jim Hill — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill brings you the latest on the "High School Musical" crisis. To be specific, what the Mouse is now doing to keep this story out of the news...(read more)

Monday Mouse Watch : Will a second set of nude photographs cause Disney to flunk Vanessa Hudgens out of its "High School Musical" franchise?

Jim Hill — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:00:00 GMT

With "People" magazine now reporting that this "HSM2" star may have previously sent naked pictures of herself to a performer on Nickelodeon's "Drake & Josh" show, Jim Hill talks with an unnamed Mouse House official about what Mickey's next move may be...(read more)

Monday Mouse Watch: Is Disney getting ready to send in the "Clones" ?

Jim Hill — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:00:00 GMT

How badly does the Walt Disney Company want to acquire the broadcast rights to George Lucas' new animated "Star Wars" TV series? So much so that it's reportedly willing to let Lucas ride herd on the retheming of much of Disneyland's Tomorrowland section. Jim Hill shares the latest scuttlebutt coming out of WDI...(read more)

Tube Thursday : The "Disney Afternoon" shows that you didn't get to see

Jim Hill — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:15:00 GMT

Jim Hill digs through Disney Television Animation's discard pile and comes across some pretty intriguing concepts for new TV series...(read more)

Monday Mouse Watch : Why all the dough that "The Simpsons Movie" is earning is making Disney & Pixar executives say "D'oh !"

Jim Hill — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:00:00 GMT

Jim Hill shares some interesting comments from this past Wednesday's quarterly earnings conference call. Which suggest that Mouse House officials have finally accepted the fact that "Ratatouille" won't actually do as well domestically as "Cars" did last year...(read more)

17,000 nights at the movies with Leonard Maltin

Jim Hill — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:00:00 GMT

On the eve of the release of the 2008 edition of his best-selling "Movie Guide," Jim Hill talks with this noted author & critic about what actually goes into the creation of this 1600-page paperback. Maltin also reveals what Disneyana fans can expect to find on the upcoming "Disney Treasures" DVD sets...(read more)