Quality survives.

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Dumbo... makes me cry. Every single time and in the exact same spot. I just...

Dumbo... makes me cry. Every single time and in the exact same spot. I just...

While it was occasionally done here or there, nobody else had a figurehead like Walt...

While it was occasionally done here or there, nobody else had a figurehead like Walt...

I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more...

I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more...

I think people in Hollywood are afraid of sentiment because they think audiences will reject...

I think people in Hollywood are afraid of sentiment because they think audiences will reject...

Timing in life is everything.

Timing in life is everything.

Polar Express is not an attempt to do animation. It is a technology-based film.

Polar Express is not an attempt to do animation. It is a technology-based film.

When Tim Allen made The Santa Clause, I thought that was a delightful film. It...

When Tim Allen made The Santa Clause, I thought that was a delightful film. It...

I'm a lifelong Disney nut.

I'm a lifelong Disney nut.

Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.

Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.

Everyone is looking for the sure thing. They are looking to hedge their bet. They...

Everyone is looking for the sure thing. They are looking to hedge their bet. They...

Beauty and the Beast became the first animated feature ever nominated for best picture.

Beauty and the Beast became the first animated feature ever nominated for best picture.

Audiences deserve better.

Audiences deserve better.

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that...

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that...

The last person to stand still and repeat himself was Walt Disney. He refused to...

The last person to stand still and repeat himself was Walt Disney. He refused to...

Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made...

Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made...

Los Angeles has the greatest concentration of surviving movie palaces in the United States, yet...

Los Angeles has the greatest concentration of surviving movie palaces in the United States, yet...

A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up.

A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up.

Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video...

Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video...

I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with...

I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with...

NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.

NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.