I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July. The video of the WDW Naturalization ceremony was moving at times and wet at others. A Big thanks to the Walt Disney World Resort for webcasting that. I humbly request more webcasts please. City Officials in Buena Park California are buying up some of… Read More »Morning Roundup – July 5th
Movie Gallery is having trouble paying its bills, online services like Amazon continue to expand their downloadable offerings. Blockbuster, which is competing head to head against mail-delivery service Netflix and recently announced plans to close hundreds of brick-and-mortar stores, has benefitted, at least temporarily, from gaining a new CEO. With people able to buy physical… Read More »Tough Times For Movie Rental Houses
As part of its Year Of A Million Dreams promotion, Disney will be Naturalizing over 1000 new citizens this morning. They’re even webcasting the July 4th Naturalization Ceremony live from the Magic Kingdom this morning. The webcam is live now and they’ve moved the ceremony up to beat the rain. So it’s going on right… Read More »Disney World Naturalization Ceremony on webcam LIVE now
On this celebration of our nation’s birth, I urge you to go out and do something patriotic. Go see a movie about a French rat who becomes a Parisian Chef. Yep, nothing more American than that. Feature animation the way Pixar practices it is a distinctly American art form, plus you’ll be helping shore up… Read More »Ratatouille Roundup
Disney has updated the patriotic finale of the American Adventure attraction at Walt Disney World’s Epcot. This latest update includes moments from the last 14 years of US history. Among the touching and memorable moments added are Muhammad Ali carrying a torch at the 1996 Olympics, scenes from the destroyed World Trade Center, and former… Read More »Epcot adds last 14 years of history to American Adventure finale
More details have emerged concerning the recent small explosion in a trash can in a parking lot area of Walt Disney World Resort’s Downtown Disney shopping and entertainment district. Looks like it’s nothing to worry about for now. What does worry me is the safety of Disney Employees, especially the custodial workers who would be… Read More »Downtown Disney ‘bomb’ likely just a prank
Enforcement of Downtown Disney’s ‘no-loitering’ rules resulted in very few arrests this weekend. Either the ‘hoodlums’ stayed away or Disney backed off a bit on their heavy handed tactics. I think it was the latter since the Academy Award winning gangsta-rap group "Three 6 Mafia" was performing at the House of Blues this weekend. Linda… Read More »Roundup (late, I know)
I saw Ratatouille this weekend and everything you’ve read about how good a film they’ve animated is true. It’s the highest rated film of the year (see Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes) with good reason. The team at Pixar has created a world that is rich, lush, and heavily detailed. They told a story that, while… Read More »Ratatouille