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This year saw the second theatrical release from the relatively new Disneynature banner, Oceans. Directed by two-time Oscar nominee Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud, the follow-up to 2009′s Earth is another picturesque triptych through the wilder realms of our planet. This time, though, the focus is on the underwater realm and its inhabitants. The [...] Seeing as we’ve dedicated this month to Disney artist Herbert Ryman on the occasion of what would have been his 100th birthday, it’s only appropriate that we review at last a book about Mr. Ryman that came out earlier this year. Warp and Weft: Life Canvas of Herbert Ryman is far from a conventional [...] Let’s just cut to the chase – I’m a big fan of The Great Mouse Detective. I’m also a firm believer that this modest 1986 feature is one of the most underrated gems in the Disney animated canon; more than just a solid stepping stone on the way to the later renaissance of feature [...] Waking Sleeping Beauty is a film that, by all rights, shouldn’t exist. After all, at its core it’s the story of massive egos maneuvering for control and credit in the wake of one of the Disney company’s most successful artistic and financial periods since Walt’s death in 1966. Getting any of the parties involved [...] Walt Disney Animation Studios recently released their latest effort, 2009’s The Princess and the Frog, to home video on DVD and Blu-ray disc. The film, highly publicized as Disney’s first traditionally-animated release since 2004 and their first fairy tale since 1991, also received a great deal of attention due to its protagonist – the [...] |
 
Essays about the first forty years of Walt Disney World, including two pieces by yours truly. Available in print and for Kindle. |
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