Photographer Tom Bricker has nearly outdone himself with this one. It’s a fast paced time-lapse video of Disneyland and California Adventure all decorated for this year’s Christmas events. Keep in mind he didn’t have any special access or help from the theme park to do… Read More »A Time-Lapse Disneyland Christmas
The out of date and infrequently open House of Innoventions inside EPCOT’s Innoventions exhibit hall is due to receive an extreme makeover and a new set of sponsors. The new version will have a more eco-friendly bent with a focus on helping homeowners reduce their… Read More »EPCOT’s House of Innovention to get new Sponsor, Green Message
It was a banner Thanksgiving holiday for celebrities at Walt Disney World. Emmy Award-winning entertainer Wayne Brady and his daughter, Maile, posed on Nov. 25, 2011 with Disney’s Phineas & Ferb characters in front of the holiday tree at Epcot. Brady currently hosts the game… Read More »Actor Wayne Brady with Phineas & Ferb at EPCOT
Raise your hand if you saw this coming. The Location Based Entertainment project at the Walt Disney Company appears to be on the ropes. The Walt Disney Company just backed out of the National Harbor project near Washington D.C. that was going to be a… Read More »Disney backs out of National Harbor development in Washington D.C.
The linchpin of Walt Disney’s creative genius was that even when faced with the sort of loss that would devastate most people, he never gave up. Walt’s biggest creative loss was when Charles Mintz stole away the rights to Oswald The Lucky Rabbit (and most… Read More »Lost Oswald The Lucky Rabbit film Discovered, Will Be Auctioned
While this isn’t coming from an official Disney representative, there was some interesting news made at the International Academy of Tourism expo in Shanghai. Construction is just underway on Shanghai Disneyland, it won’t open until 2016, but expectations are already pretty high. According to Alastair… Read More »Tourism Official – Shanghai Disneyland Expected to Draw Big
The Muppets, the seventh film bringing Jim Henson’s The Muppets to the silver screen, is receiving tremendous critical and popular acclaim. It currently holds a 97% rating, “Certified Fresh,” on Rotten Tomatoes, gets 4.5 stars out of 5 from the viewing public, and even claimed a very glowing review here on this very blog.
I’m afraid it falls to me to be a dissenting voice. *Warning Spoilers*
We’ve seen this movie before. It’s essentially The Muppet Movie all over again. Another film it shares tremendous similarity with is The Country Bears. Any commonality with Bears is not a good thing as far as the box office goes. Someone pick up the phone and let Disney Studios know that ‘We’re getting the band back together’ has been done… a lot. I’m tired of this silly old plot and it would have been nice to see something else instead.
Are you watching America’s best family comedy, Modern Family? If not, why not start with tonight’s Thanksgiving themed episode –“Punkin Chunkin.” When an old neighborhood kid returns to town as a hugely successful internet billionaire, it gets Phil thinking of what could have been. Jay… Read More »ABC Modern Family – ‘Punpkin Chunkin’ Preview