Creating Art From Life in The Blue Umbrella #MonstersUEvent

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Disclosure: I was a guest of Disney/Pixar for a media event where travel and accommodations were provided. No compensation was received. All thoughts are 100% my own. Pictures used with permission by Disney Studios. I didn't know what I was in store for when I headed to Monsters University in April and learned I would also be screening "The Blue Umbrella" directed by Saschka Unseld. So walking … [Read more...]

Director Dan Scanlon on Scaring, College and Six Armed Hoodies #MonstersUEvent

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I was a guest of Disney/Pixar for a media event where travel and accommodations were provided. No compensation was received. All thoughts are 100% my own. Pictures used with permission by Disney Studios. If movies were a college football team, with Mike Wazowski and James Sullivan as it's head players, then Dan Scanlon would be their coach. He stands and watches, figures out the next plays for … [Read more...]

Producer Kori Rae Is Ahead Of The Class With Monsters University #MonstersUEvent

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I was a guest of Disney/Pixar for a media event where travel and accommodations were provided. No compensation was received. All thoughts are 100% my own. Pictures used with permission by Disney Studios. I learned a lot of amazing things when I headed to Pixar last month to Monsters University, but I think one of the top 10 things came from Producer Kori Rae: "...we’re telling a different … [Read more...]

Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle Talk Iron Man 3

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Watching Iron Man 3, I was in total amazement at how far the movie has come since the first release. I'm not just talking about the graphics, but the complete arcs of the characters involved really take you for an epic adventure. Take Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), for example. In the first movie, she is just Tony Stark's assistant...the smart, level headed female that not only can handle Tony … [Read more...]

Lessons in Scaring, Storytelling and Creation: The Class Schedule #MonstersUEvent

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Now that you know that I was at Monsters University at the Pixar Campus, I wanted to give you my look into student life there. My classes were incredible and I learned so much! Each class was just what you needed to excel in Scaring and here are a few notes I wanted to share about each. ENGLISH 101: Storytelling We were taken step by step into how a story evolves from it's sketch time, … [Read more...]

Iron Man 3 Movie Review

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When movies are made into trilogies, one of several things happen. One movie is usually better than the other, and the best is not usually the last. Especially when it comes to comic book super heroes. It's usually pretty difficult to start a hero and evolve 3 times successfully, or at least in a way that the audience keeps rooting (and watching) for the hero. Iron Man 3, Disney/Marvel's latest … [Read more...]

The Walt Disney Family Museum: A San Francisco Treasure #MonstersUEvent

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Last month, when I was in San Francisco to experience Monsters University at Pixar, courtesy of Disney, I got a chance to do something I had been longing to do for years. I am a true Disney fan, and I remember the first time I heard about the Walt Disney Family Museum, it became a hot spot on my list of must see's in California. Well, I can cross that off now, and I am taking you on a picture … [Read more...]

The Pixar Experience #MonstersUEvent

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Oh my god you guys. College is AWESOME! Wait wait...let me go back. Earlier this month I showed you when I was presented with my acceptance into Monsters University. Well, I headed up to San Francisco to visit the campus (aka Pixar Studios) and jump right into college life. The second my classmates and I stepped off the bus, we saw the amazing gates that so many before us had walked … [Read more...]

Wings of Life by Disney Nature Blu-Ray/DVD Review

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I remember when I was younger I used to go sit out near one of the man-made (ha!) lakes near my house. Sometimes I would lay on the grass and listen to everything around me. The bees buzzing by searching for a flower, a hummingbird swooping from tree to tree, drinking the nectar from the flowers placed throughout the branches and just feeling the earth at work. It made me happy to know just how … [Read more...]

Coming to a Browser Near You: Google Chrome “Find Your Way To Oz” #DisneyOz

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I am a long time Google user and fan. I mean, come on, who doesn't use Google? They are the ultimate in search engines, and now offer browsers, apps, and tech gear. But now, Google is stepping it up and this time, they will be telling a story. Meet FindYourWayToOz.com This is the first collaboration between Google and Disney, and of course it is all about the story. Oz The Great and … [Read more...]