A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree. (DISNEY)
Director Rob Marshall helmed Best Picture Oscar winner “Chicago”. Star Meryl Streep has won three Academy Awards, including the Lead Actress Oscar for 2011’s “The Iron Lady” as Margaret Thatcher. Streep re-teams on “Into the Woods” with Emily Blunt, who received Golden Globe and British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) nominations for her performance in 2006’s fashion romance comedy “The Devil Wears Prada”, based on the popular novel. Anna Kendrick earned an Oscar nomination for 2009’s “Up in the Air”, opposite George Clooney and Vera Farmiga. Kendrick is also the star of “Pitch Perfect”, with the highly-anticipated sequel “Pitch Perfect 2” set for release in May.
Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases and, in total, has seen more than 1,500 films. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his on-air movie reviews on Time Warner TV station, Capital News 9. And in 2011, Jackson was inducted into the Broadcast Film Critics Association as their youngest member. The BFCA’s annual Critics Choice Awards is one of the industry’s most recognized and prestigious awards shows. Jackson is also a member of SAG-AFTRA and votes annually for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Currently, Jackson can be heard every Friday morning on WGNA-FM and his reviews are also posted on his website, YouTube channel and Cultjer.com. He is also a contributor to AnimationScoop.com, run by animation historian Jerry Beck. And Jackson hosts the weekly internet pop culture news show “LCJ LIVE”, along with “The LCJ Q&A Podcast”, on which he interviews celebrities and filmmakers.