Ronnie Del Carmen reports back from the new Pixar exhibit at New York City’s MoMa. There are an estimated four hundred people from Pixar who made the trip to New York to be part of this night. The 22 degree weather, holiday shopping season foot and car traffic didn’t slow any of them down from… Read More »Tirade in New York at the Pixar MoMA exhibit
Signaling the direction Bob Iger wants the Walt Disney Studios to go, Iger has placed the former Chief Financial Officer, Alan Bergman, in charge. To me that’s a bit like placing the child in charge of the cookie jar. He may know good cookies when he sees them and certainly knows that he wants more… Read More »New Studio President a loud signal?
According to Disney and guest feedback I have heard, Disney’s Magical Express, a service that picks up resort guests at the airport and transports them and their luggage separately to their hotel rooms, has been a success. Too big a success if you ask the shuttle drivers and taxi cab owners who are having their… Read More »Disney’s airport shuttle service a success!
DigitalGypsy attended a screening for Narnia that featured a talk by some of the visual effects artists who worked on the film. His review has a unique aspect to it. The visual effects were hit and miss. The most memorable, of course, was Aslan, the lion. In the making-of, they intercut stock footage of their… Read More »Narnia: A look at the VFX
The St. Pete Times has a great article on Expedition Everest, the next roller coaster mountain to open at Disney World. The shrieks ought to be fairly constant when the ride opens April 7: The coaster roars up to 50 miles per hour, mainly inside a nearly 200-foot-high mountain – the tallest designed in Disney’s… Read More »Expedition Everest will Rule
Seth at Mostly Muppet Dot Com answers the critics who think Disney has ruined the Muppets and that they still need saving. Seth thinks that Disney has saved the muppets from the worst fate of all, obscurity. I tend to agree with him. However, I’d like to see some of the creative forces behind the… Read More »Do/Don’t Save The Muppets
The Weinstein brother’s first foray into animation after leaving the Mouse House fold is Hoodwinked. Latino Review has seen the film and thinks it qualifies as good family entertainment. So, four suspects, recipes gone, who done it? You’ll just have to see the film to find out. But I will say, I was extremely impressed… Read More »Hoodwinked: a review
Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is expected to pull in $67.1 million in its opening weekend not quite nudging out Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings: Return of the King for the best December opening (King Kong is expected to beat both, however). Assuming the week two numbers don’t drop off more… Read More »Narnia grabs $67.1 million in opening