I had heard that Hong Kong Disneyland had to close its gates for the Chinese New Year. But I hadn’t heard it got this bad. Scores of visitors, many of them mainland Chinese visiting the resort during the Lunar New Year holiday week, scaled the sharp railings of the locked gates to get to rides… Read More »Riot at Hong Kong Disneyland?
What comes after Cars? That was one of the questions investors wanted to know when Disney bought Pixar. This story in Time Magazine claims to have the answer. Pixar may follow its summer vehicle Cars with Ratatouille, a tale about a rat who lives in a fancy French restaurant. Little is known of future projects,… Read More »Future Pixar Projects
It’s not a secret that Disney is working on another live action/animation combined film (think Roger Rabbit) called ‘Enchanted’. It was just announced that Wicked Tony Award winner and recent "Rent" film star Idina Menzel will star in the film, a role that had been occupied by Reese Witherspoon. Nothing against Reese, I love her,… Read More »Enchanted gets its star
Cinematical rifts rhapsodic about the new director hired to helm Dark Crystal 2: The Power of The Dark Crystal. Some plot secrets are exposed, so read with caution if you don’t like spoilers. But the big news is that Genndy Tartakovsky is on board. That makes me go ‘hmmm’ since I recall that Genndy was… Read More »Dark Crystal 2 News
Most NFL games average a viewership of somewhere in the 20-30 million range. But the Super Bowl brings in well over 90 million viewers. Why do those other viewers tune in? Well for the commercials, of course. If that’s your thing, and you don’t want the ‘game’ to be spoiled then read no further. Treehugger… Read More »Super Bowl Spoiler
In the interest of extending Paris Hilton’s 15 minutes of fame here she is at Disneyland riding the Matterhorn. No word on who is hiding behind her wind-swept hair. Reminds me of the time I saw Anna Nicole Smith (pre-trimspa treatment) flirting with her boy at the Grand Californian. I’m still trying to get that… Read More »Paris Hilton invades Disneyland; Bobsleds
Scott Holleran of BoxOfficeMojo.com reviews his recent trip to the Happiest Place on Earth, Disneyland. Disneyland is an idea that goes deep into one’s soul. It transforms adults into children and children into wide-eyed players in a benevolent universe. It stands for competence and optimism and it is part of a proud, middle class American… Read More »Mojo Disneyland!
Oscar nominations for animated features have been announced. And as a sign of how far Disney’s feature animation department has fallen, no Disney film was even nominated this year. Instead we have two stop-motion films, one from an upstart studio in Portland, OR and one from a British master, and one hand-drawn film from the… Read More »Disney Left out of Oscars