Some movies go together like popcorn and butter. Here are the best Double Feature mash-up combos of 2015:
1. “Spotlight” & “Truth” – The gritty inner-workings of investigative journalism
2. “Creed” & “Southpaw” – Pound-for-pound boxing dramas
3. “99 Homes” & “The Big Short” – Before, during and after the 2009 stock market/real estate crash
4. “Inside Out” & “Joy” – Heroines named Joy
5. “The Visit” & “Grandma” – Wacky Grannies on the loose
6. “Hot Pursuit” & “Sisters” – Over-the-top (and unfunny) female buddy comedies
7. “Youth” & “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” – Old people hanging-out in a hotel thinking about young people
8. “Jurassic World” & “The Good Dinosaur” – Self-explanatory
9. “The Walk” & “A Walk in the Woods” – A couple of dangerous treks: one high above NYC, the other on the Appalachian Trail
10. “Spy” & “Sicario” – Female agents go from working behind-the-scenes to the front lines
11. “Ricki and the Flash” & “Danny Collins” – Hollywood legends as aging rock singers
12. “Ted 2” & “Woman in Gold” – Epic legal battles in the name of justice
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.