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Ariel’s Song: Jeanine Tesori and James Dooley, two fortunate composers under the sea!

…clear what needs to happen. Because of the setup with the story of the mother, I knew what I wanted it to be. That really wasn’t the challenge. The challenge…

Tangled: Illustrator David Gilson’s dream come true!

…design is set…far before the story, whereas you’d better have a story well set to create a world visually from it. That creates production issues because you hire people and…

Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 1

Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment (1990), Warner Home Video (July 29 2008), 4 discs, 767 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital Surround, Not Rated, Retail: $44.98 Storyboard: They’re…

Now Playing: The Lone Ranger and more

…is not cutting the story down. At least a full thirty minutes could have been shaved off the first two hours of the film. As it is, for long stretches…

The story behind the Vietnam episode of Hey Arnold
‘Twas The Night Before Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition

…for Junctionville? The story is as slight as can be, but it is undeniably charming. The plot is somewhat original, and the story’s sentiments are worthwhile (even if I’ve long…

2024 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive

…Gavin Hignight, Look North World founder and CEO Alex Seropian, toys and collectible executive Kotaro Nauchi, and brand development director Antonio Herbst. Serving as moderator would be actor Christopher Sean…

Azur & Asmar: Michel Ocelot’s Quest For Tolerance

…will compete against each other to be the first one to rescue the fairy.” This is the new story animation wizard Michel Ocelot (Princes and Princesses) tells us in his…

The Rescuers / The Rescuers Down Under: 35th Anniversary 2-Movie Collection

…widescreen, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Rated G, Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: Set in the bustling city of New York, as well as the backwater swamps of Devil’s Bayou, The Rescuers introduces…

Margaret Kerry – The Original Tinker Bell

…but the story was lackluster compared to the original. The soundtrack, however, had several decent songs. The movie begins with this number, “The second star to right/ shines in the…

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – A Galaxy Divided

…and planning. The themes are always well integrated into the storylines for each episode. Some of the storylines introduced in the first few episodes include the diplomatic battle between the…

Madagascar 3 directors talk story, stars get interviewed

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted hits theatres in just two days. The San Antonio Express-News has a look at how they came up with the ideas for the sequel with…

Bedtime Stories

…widescreen, DTS-HD 5.1 Surround, Rated PG, Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: Babysitting his sister’s kids, Uncle Skeeter (Adam Sandler) finds the stories he tells them starting to come to life in his…

Mary Poppins: 45th Anniversary Edition

…that is good about Disney films: great characters, wonderful showmanship and a strong story, even if it is episodic by its book-adapted nature. Like Peter Pan, the story opens with…

Disney documentary DVD exclusive offer!

Walt Disney Home Entertainment is offering fans an extremely unique opportunity to take home the highly anticipated documentary feature DVDs Waking Sleeping Beauty, The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story and…

Oliver & Company: 20th Anniversary Edition

Storyboard: Charles Dickens’ classic story of little orphaned Oliver is given a delightfully contemporary Disney twist, swapping the action from ye olde Victorian London town and planting it firmly in…

Rise of an animator: Pierre Perifel reveals secrets of the Guardians

…way of directing. DreamWorks often looks to story artists to direct their animated films. At least, all of the directors I worked with were story artists. Story artists occupy a…

Iron Man Anime

Madhouse (2011), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (April 24, 2012), 2 discs, 287 minutes plus supplements, 1.85:1 ratio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Not Rated, Retail: $19.99 Storyboard: Tony Stark plans retirement as…

Ratatouille

Unlike every other review written for Pixar’s Ratatouille, I promise no cheesy food puns… except for that one. Ratatouille is the story of a rat named Remy who has an…

Disney Historian J.B. Kaufman on the greatest Snow White books of all!

…that Disney brought to animation and storytelling over the Silly Symphony years. Now can you explain the importance of the film in American film history as you say it? J.B….

Kung Fu Panda

…in a lot of their films). But story-wise things just weren’t clicking for me. In the past DreamWorks has competed with Disney by making two different types of movies. There…

The success story of Disney On Ice

…Broadway powerhouse. He and David Schrader, a Disney executive vice president, worked with Feld Entertainment to make the shows more theatrical by improving storytelling and tinkering with components like costumes…

Hanna-Barbera, The Recorded History: From Modern Stone Age To Meddling Kids

…all feels essential to the story he is telling. After all, history is not made up of discrete topics, each topic is related to everything else around it. I loved…

Sherlock: Season One

…series on classic scary movies, A History Of Horror), Sherlock works extremely well as a detective story for the CSI crowd while packing in lots of nods, names and references…

Alfonso Cuarón’s An Almost Christmas Story to premiere on Disney+