5 Reasons to Love ‘Lava’
A lonely volcano searches for someone to lava in Pixar’s latest animated short.
Continue ReadingA lonely volcano searches for someone to lava in Pixar’s latest animated short.
Continue ReadingSpreading some Aloha with a playlist of YouTube “Lava” covers.
Continue ReadingWith the release of Inside Out giving Kleenex stock a boost, a discussion began to brew behind the scenes here at GeekDad HQ. What’s your favorite Pixar film? What’s your least favorite? What’s your thirteenth favorite?
Continue ReadingSeventeen GeekMoms rate Twelve Pixar movies on a one through twelve scale, the results are in!
Continue ReadingPixar’s newest film is getting rave reviews. Find out what you should know before taking your kids to see it!
Continue ReadingWalt Disney Animation Studios is releasing its own shorts collection, bringing twelve of the short films the company produced between 2000 and 2015, including ‘Frozen Fever,’ to Blu-ray and Digital HD for the first time.
Continue ReadingPete Docter and Jonas Rivera, the Director and Producer of Pixar’s ‘Inside Out,’ met with members of the press at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday, June 7 to talk about the making of the film.
Continue ReadingThe actors who brought the characters in Pixar’s Inside Out to life assembled for a press conference on Sunday, June 7 and had a funny and freewheeling discussion about the film which opens Friday. Amy Poehler (Joy), Bill Hader (Fear), Mindy Kaling (Disgust), Lewis Black (Anger) and Phyllis Smith (Sadness) answered questions, talked over each other, engaged in comedic banter and even sang at one point.
Continue ReadingWe’ve all heard the saying “don’t play with my emotions,” but with Disney/Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ set to hit theaters in a little over a week (June 19th), TOMY is releasing a new line of figures, plush toys and playsets created to do just that. In celebration of its release, we’re giving away two ‘Inside Out’ prize-packs, each featuring three plush characters and one Console!
Continue ReadingWe’re only a few weeks out from the release of Pixar’s newest film, ‘Inside Out,’ but that’s not stopping them from teasing us with their next film. The first teaser for ‘The Good Dinosaur,’ which is scheduled for a November 25 release, dropped today.
Continue Reading‘Ellie’ is one of the rare picture books where your gaze lingers after you’ve read the words on the page to admire the art.
Continue ReadingYoung Sherlock Holmes recently became available via Netflix “Instant Watch.” I was both excited and apprehensive because I remember really enjoying this movie, and, well, I’ve been badly burned by nostalgic revisits before. (I’m looking at you, Krull. I’m. Looking. …
Continue ReadingPixar is hard at work on its next film, ‘Inside Out,’ opening June 19. A short time ago, I visited Pixar’s Emoryville campus to interview Director Pete Docter and Producer Jonas Rivera.
Continue ReadingDisney/Pixar just released the second US trailer for ‘Inside Out,’ but has the tone of the new trailer improved over the tone of the first?
Continue ReadingThe next wave of LEGO Ideas sets has been announced, and it’s great news for geeks everywhere.
Continue ReadingI have been invited to represent GeekDad on a press junket to meet the makers of some upcoming films from two branches of the Disney family of studios. On Monday, January 12, I and another couple dozen bloggers will pay a visit to Pixar for a reception and presentation about Inside Out, which opens June […]
Continue ReadingTake a look within during the first full trailer for Pixar’s latest, Inside Out.
Continue ReadingA new trailer was released today for Pixar’s upcoming film, Inside Out. There’s still a long wait before the movie comes out next June, but it’s the first public look at the emotions living in Riley’s head.
Continue ReadingGet ready to snuggle up with this brand-new Disney/Pixar Blu-ray and a trio of Toy Story toys!
Continue ReadingThe long-time Pixar animator talks about his role as the director of the latest Toy Story installment and how no one is asking him about the upcoming Finding Nemo sequel.
Continue ReadingPixar provided a behind-the-scenes look at their next film, Inside Out, for a small audience in Los Angeles, exactly one year prior to its scheduled premiere date of June 19, 2015. The preview included a look at the opening five-minute sequence (much of it in the form of storyboard images), character and set designs, concept drawings, and some brief scenes from the film. The audience was also treated to a preview screening of Lava, the animated short that will accompany Inside Out in the theaters.
Continue ReadingTo help promote the Disney Movies Anywhere app, the studio is sharing secrets about a few fan favorites.
Continue ReadingThe hunt is on! How many of these Easter eggs hidden in Pixar’s films did you know about?
Continue ReadingYou know him best as Rebel Major Bren Derlin in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. No? As a missile controller in Superman, or a NASA controller in Superman II? Oh, yeah, and I think he was on some decades-old TV sitcom set at a bar in Boston. However you know him, John Ratzenberger turns 67 years old today.
Continue ReadingA review of, and 9 things that parents – and everyone else – should know about Muppets Most Wanted!
Continue ReadingI recently met Tony DeRose, a Senior Scientist and lead of the Research Group at Pixar Animation Studios. Between the two of us, at least one of us has a Scientific and Technical Academy Award for trail-blazing work on surface representations.
Continue ReadingOkay, maybe not everything. But this one is a doozy. If you following the clues, there’s a secret connection in the Pixar movie that, if true, gives the movie a whole new level of meaning.
Continue ReadingDisney Legend Floyd Norman shares opinions about modern animation, looking back over the 50 years since The Jungle Book was released.
Continue ReadingThis week saw the release of Planes on Disney DVD. Having explored the world above the world of Cars, I’m quite happy putting this into our regular rotation of family night movies. Here’s why I think you should join me.
Continue ReadingDisney’s D23 Expo was a lot of Disney fun, but Whit Honea has some ideas to make it even better!
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