As I just typed out the title of this post, I had to stop and pinch myself, because I did indeed get to attend the Star-Studded Red Carpet Premiere of Disney's 'Zootopia' at the Disney El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. (I know. Shut up.)DISCLAIMER: Prepare yourselves for a ton of over-sharing and lots of photos - both pro and personal. Also, ...
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She Just Kept Swimming…
It's been 13 years since Disney/Pixar released the animated classic, "Finding Nemo." I remember watching it along with my kids and being delighted with the story (as always) and falling in love with the characters, particularly Dory, the friendly, but forgetful regal blue tang fish voiced by the funny and talented Ellen DeGeneres. ...
Win Tickets To Zootopia at AMC Prime Century City 15 – Giveaway
This is a sponsored post by Disney Pictures and AMC Prime. The opinions are my own.Is there anything more fun than seeing a movie? Actually I can think of at least TWO things: Seeing a movie that happens to be Disney's 'Zootopia.'Seeing Disney's 'Zootopia' in Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime Century City 15.Do you know what else ...
Welcome to The Jungle – Disney’s Jungle Book Comes to Life
The invitation read something like this:Come to a super secret, double-probation, if-you-tell-you're-in-trouble location at this time, on this day. You will get to hear Director Jon Favreau (!) and Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Legato as they talk about the making of their latest film, Disney's The Jungle Book. Also we will give you a sneak preview ...
Disney’s ‘The Finest Hours’ Review
As I sat down to write this review for the new Disney Pictures film, 'The Finest Hours,' I found myself struggling. I didn't want to write another boilerplate "the film is like this and you should see it for reasons" review. Nonetheless, here are my Big Thoughts about 'The Finest Hours.'The film tells the true story of the most ...
The Finest Hours Press Day
"Seen any good movies lately?" As a matter of fact...I recently went to a screening of the latest Disney film, 'The Finest Hours' which chronicles the true story of the most courageous small boat rescue in Coast Guard history. In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the ...
My Visit to Zootopia
I love a good 'making of' story. (This post may or may not be one of those, but that's not important right now.) And when it involves the Disney studios, I always begin by wondering, "would this production make Walt Disney himself proud?" This post attempts to answer that question.A few months ago, as I wrote about here, I had the privilege of ...
A Peek Into the World of Zootopia
Last month I had the opportunity to visit the Walt Disney Animation Studios in their temporary home on the Tujunga Campus in Burbank. (I know. Shut up.) A group of us bloggers were treated to an entire day of being completely immersed in the creation of the upcoming Disney Animated feature film, 'Zootopia.' The booming metropolis of Zootopia ...
What’s Important Right Now – October
I often get distracted as I'm in the middle of telling a story and my go to disclaimer is, "but that's not important right now." But my life is in session and there are lots of things that are important. So I keep a list of 'present participles' or Things That Are Important Right Now. Loving my new website. Lucy has done an amazing job of ...
‘Inside Out’ Review: Pixar Touches All the Emotions
I didn't know how they were going to pull it off. I'm talking about Disney•Pixar here.I had seen the cute trailers and even watched the first 20 minutes of the new Disney•Pixar film, 'Inside Out,' and I was still unconvinced that they could pull off what they were attempting. In this brilliant animated feature, Pixar ...
