Yes, Disney got hurt by the last year’s “The Princess and the Frog” flop. I didn’t like it either. And yes, it probably wasn’t smart to do ANOTHER fairy tale/princess film again, right away. Everybody knows that, which is why “Rapunzel” got changed to “Tangled” , and why the studio is desperately trying to market […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the list of the 15 movies eligible for this year’s Best Documentary Feature Oscar. Among those on the list (no surprise) is “Waiting for Superman”, a film I liked very much. It’s what isn’t on the list really surprised me. “Joan Rivers: A Piece of […]

I was worried that there wouldn’t be enough animated movies released this year to have a full five nominees in the Academy Award Best Animated Feature category this year. And now it’s official. The Academy has released the list of qualifying films and only 15 movies have been submitted and deemed eligible. That means that […]

Both of my parents are big fans of Pee Wee Herman and “Pee Wee’s Playhouse”, the Saturday morning TV show from the late 80’s and early 90’s. I had seen one of Pee Wee’s movies – “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure” – on TV, but it was a few years ago and I’m not really sure […]

Every first weekend in November for the last six years an animated movie has been released, with “Megamind” continuing the tradition in 2010. Here’s a look back at those films. One interesting note: Even though they all helped kick-off the holiday movie season, only the first one won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. November […]

It looks like we may be seeing the next Spider-Man movie before we ever get to see Spider-Man on Broadway. The official opening of “Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark” has been delayed again, this time for 3 weeks, because of continued problems with the show. The plan now is for the $60-million production – the […]

It’s not every day that the #1 animated movie of all-time comes out on DVD, so the release of “Toy Story 3” is a HUGE deal. It’s my favorite movie of the year (see my review below) and is a definite contender for the Best Picture Oscar. However, there’s another DVD out this week that […]

Happy Halloween to all! Saturday night, NBC aired two DreamWorks animated Halloween specials. First was the new “Scared Shrekless”, which featured the whole gang, and a few surprises. There’s some nice tributes to the original “Shrek”, and it’s overall very entertaining. Following that was last year’s “Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space”, which […]

I guess we all knew this was coming, but it’s still pretty scary now that it’s actually true: James Cameron has announced that he will be doing both an “Avatar 2” and an “Avatar 3” as his next two films. They are scheduled for release in 2014 and 2015. And I was hoping that sequels […]

The Hit 2009 Disney Christmas TV Special “Prep and Landing”, will be airing again this holiday season on ABC, along with a new 7-minute short “Operation: Secret Santa” starring Betty White as the voice of Mrs.Claus. But that’s not all, a sequel (“Prep and Landing: Naughty vs. Nice”) will air in 2011. I hope the […]