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Aladdin Reunion rundown and photos
…arrangement. Linda Woolverton wrote more of a Baghdad type. Jeffrey Katzenberg met about what to do after Little Mermaid. The projects Ron and John had to pick from were Swan… |
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Beauty and the Beast: Belle’s Magical World
…that brought the wavering studios from its 1980s slump (for your trivia buffs out there, the other film was The Little Mermaid). The animation was spectacular, there was true love,… |
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Let's end the week with a game of Cartoon Catch-up…!
…Jeremie kicked us off this week with his latest exclusive series of Little Mermaid interviews, timed to coincide with the release of the Ariel’s Beginning prequel but also touching on… |
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Is Ariel's Beginning worth going back for…?
…And that’s where, basically, The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning flounders: without going down the sequel path, characters can’t be expanded upon, so the prequel solution seems to have locked the… |
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Animation visionary Glen Keane talks about Nephtali
…yourself.” I was a little nervous to take something so personal as my own spiritual life, my own faith and my own love for Psalm 42, and put that out… |
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The Wild
…provide adequate, if not too skimped over, coverage. Being a Disney FastPlay disc, it kick starts with previews for The Little Mermaid’s Platinum Edition and Meet The Robinsons theatrical release,… |
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The Pirates of Dark Water: The Complete Series
…on Justice League, Frank Welker (the renowned voice actor best known for his work on multiple Scooby-Doo series), Jodi Benson (of Little Mermaid fame), Hector Elizondo (famous television and film… |
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Composer Mark Watters on Disney’s Silly Symphonies music
…many Disney scores, including the Aladdin, Little Mermaid and Goof Troop TV series, Aladdin And The King of Thieves, and Kronk’s New Groove, Mark is a six-time Emmy award-winning composer… |
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Ponyo, or Hayao Miyazaki’s Inner Child
…his word. Ponyo is a love story between two young children and it’s at the same time a wonderful adventure: an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid in… |
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Disney's Enchanted on DVD and Blu-Ray today!
…work on such contemporary classics as The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Aladdin and Pocahontas among many other achievements, including a personal fave, Broadway’s Little Shop Of Horrors. His… |
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Legends Of The Superheroes
…hit Batman show, looking a little pudgier and a little sillier in the tights. And Ward is even less convincing at this point in playing a teenage boy! Their casting… |
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Great songs never die: how director Dan Lund is giving a new life to Aria For A Cow
…Broadway history in creating The Little Shop Of Horrors, and film history in creating The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast and Aladdin. But our story starts before that time…. |
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The Jungle Book 2: Special Edition
…Peeks galore, of course— The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody, The Secret Of The Magic Gourd (a Japanese film that Disney is distributing), Phineas And Ferb, The Little Mermaid:… |
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The Sword In The Stone: 50th Anniversary Edition
…The Little Mermaid, Planes, The Lion King musical on stage, The Muppet Movie, Return To Never-Land and The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh among others. Best of all, it… |
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2021 Quick Review Recaps
…DISCUSSION HEADLINE: The Little Mermaid meets Cars meets Ratatouille? OK, not exactly, but weirdly close! STORY: The plot is fairly simple, but crafted extremely well. Luca is a sea creature… |
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Cars
…of classic era films, from Pedro the mailplane in Saludos Amigos, the tugboat family of Little Toot, Tex Avery’s spoofs One Cab’s Family and Little Johnny Jet and, of course,… |
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Enrico Casarosa’s The Venice Chronicles
…leaving the little mistakes, accepting the little mistakes and going forth. Joann Sfar, a talented comic book artist from France (of Rabbi’s Cat fame) visited us a few years ago… |
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Beetle Bailey: The Complete Collection
…of Paramount cartoon history, this is a neat little collectible. As entertainment, it serves little more value than research material for those desperately interested in anything surrounding the Beetle Bailey… |
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From Johan to Jordan: Peyo’s daughter tells the Smurfs’ story
…creator of the little blue men, Peyo! The story of how Peyo created the Smurfs is a fascinating one indeed, as detailed by the artist’s official bio from publisher Dupuis:… |
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Chicken Little soundtrack cover and track listing
…Little cast’s presentation of “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”; and the Barenaked Ladies’ original song for the film, “One Little Slip”. The Chicken Little soundtrack will be released November 1st…. |
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LA SIGGRAPH presents The Making of \\Chicken Little\\
{{link http://www.la.siggraph.org The Los Angeles Professional Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH}} is holding a special screening of \\Chicken Little\\ in Disney Digital 3-D, followed by speakers from Walt Disney Feature Animation… |
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Watershipped Rabbits And Plagued Dogs: The Animated World Of Richard Adams
…movie in what the sleeve notes is “remastered 1.85:1”, but is in actual fact a 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. Compared to Warners’ 1.66:1 LaserDisc of old, it crops a little… |
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Phil Nibbelink talks Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss
…little warehouse in Glendale. We did Oliver & Company. I must say we also did The Great Mouse Detective. I had the great fortune to work with the computers, doing… |
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Dumbo: 70th Anniversary Edition
…DTS-HD 7.1 Master Audio and Original Restored Soundtrack, Rated G, Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: Brought to a thriving circus by a mailman-style delivery stork, a little elephant finds his home with… |
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Prep & Landing: Totally Tinsel Collection
…a little over the top and just a little bit inaccurate. Walt’s very first television excursion, of course, was a Christmas show: One Hour In Wonderland was designed to promote… |
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Rex Steele – Nazi Smasher: Limited Edition
…in a little, and he sounds a little nervous, but for the most part he comes across well and tries to talk with authority beyond his years, slipping into more… |
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Tinker Bell
…most other CGI features too. There are only occasional instances, and always quite brief, where a character should have had a little more care taken in the animation of a… |
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Dalmatians 101: “Spotting” fun facts with Andreas Deja
…One Hundred and One Dalmatians. They went a little tighter, a little cleaner with it. I’ve seen in the archives several versions of the jungle backdrop. Initially, they would have… |
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Jonatha Brooke and Joel McNeely: the Pixie-Powered Music of Return To Neverland!
…away a little bit from the original concept, just like a little girl pulls away from a family, and then, like we all do, I guess, as we grow up,… |
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Fred Grandinetti: Talking With Popeye’s No. 1 Fan
…call me up and ask my opinion for Popeye products, the people who run these companies, are my age or a little bit younger or a little bit older. They’re… |
