Jette Kernion at Cinematical reviews Disney’s Step Up. Jette says it’s better than Take The Lead (starring Antonio Banderas), which might be faint praise. But the two films share a very similar storyline. Step Up follows the journey of Tyler (Channing Tatum) and Nora (Jenna Dewan) as they meet from opposite sides of the tracks… Read More »Step Up to the Step Up Reviews
Usually when there is a price war it is to see who can be the first to get to the bottom of a price range. Think airline fare wars. Orlando theme parks, on the other hand, race to see who can get their ticket prices the highest first. The idea being that the public sees… Read More »Universal Matches Disney in Price Wars
Disney to distribute Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto despite rumors to the contrary. See full story at Movieland.
Disney has waived off the rumors that they were shopping around the distribution rights for Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto and confirms that they will release it as scheduled on December 8th. Gibson has been in some hot water since uttering racist slurs during an arrest for DUI last month. Gibson has since apologized and entered a… Read More »Disney stands behind Gibson’s Apocalypto, will distribute
The Masked Blogger at Metroblog Orlando wonders about why a company that just reproted a $1.13 billion dollar profit for the third quarter would need to raise prices to its themeparks?
Apparently Hayao Miyazaki, creator of Studio Ghibli and the academy award winning animated feature Howl’s Moving Castle, was asked to join AMPAS, those folks who hand out the Oscars and then resigned a few weeks later. His reason, he wanted to spend more time on films and less time on academy business. Fair enough. Gedo… Read More »Hayao Miyazaki AMPAS Visit
WeAreTheWeb.org is an organization fighting to maintain net neutrality (meaning no internet highway tolls or tiers of service). It’s what allows mom and pop websites to operate with the same packet priority as AOL or Disney’s. It’s a good thing and if you haven’t written… Read More »My Eyes, My Eyes… but it’s for a good cause
Orlando Sentinel Columnist Mike Thomas thinks Disney is putting the squeeze on its rival parks with its new pricing structure. He’s right. Until travel costs and economic worries are quashed don’t expect the numbers of visitors to Orlando to grow much (50 million plus a year is the current number, which is still a significant… Read More »Disney Corners the Competition