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Woodstock Film Festival 2024 Preview

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New York’s 25th Annual Woodstock Film Festival is shaping-up to be one of the biggest ever for one of the state’s largest and most popular fall attractions for entertainment. The lineup is filled with awards season contenders, including Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Anora” (NEON) from director Sean Baker, Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” starring Saoirse Ronan (AppleTV+) […]
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The Directorial Features of Jason Reitman

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Jason Reitman, son of “Ghostbusters” director Ivan Reitman, has been behind the camera for nearly 20 years. His directorial debut was “Thank You for Smoking”, which earned Best Comedy Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards nominations. Follow-up “Juno” received writer Diablo Cody the Best Original Screenplay Oscar. And 2009’s “Up in the Air” put Reitman […]
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Zack Snyder Open to Directing Another Animated Feature

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Zack Snyder had a breakthrough directorial debut with “Dawn of the Dead” (2004), distributed by Universal. He then moved over to Warner Bros., beginning a 10-plus year run. 2007’s “300” was a blockbuster. 2009’s “Watchmen” didn’t do quite as well but still had a theatrical impact. He followed that up with 2010 animated feature “Legend […]
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‘Frasier’ Is Coming Back To You

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I’ve screened the first five episodes of Season 2 of the “Frasier” revival, which kicks-off with a two-episode premiere on Thursday September 19th. That also happens to be the 17th anniversary of the premiere of “Back To You”, which I still consider the greatest single-season sitcom of all-time. That 2007-2008 FOX show was Kelsey Grammer’s […]
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Summer 2024 Box Office Surprises and Disappointments

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As Summer 2024 is winding down, it’s time to evaluate the box office highs and lows. Shout-out to blockbusters “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Twisters”, and family film hits “Despicable Me 4”, “IF” and “The Garfield Movie”, but I had a feeling they were all going to do well. You can certainly acknowledge slight underperformers, like […]
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The LCJ Collection

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Here are… in alphabetical order… all the films in The LCJ Collection so far (List Updated 10/10/24): Akeelah and the Bee Aline All About Eve All That Jazz American Graffiti American Sniper Argo The Artist Babe Bad Education (2020) Bardo Be Kind Rewind Beauty and the Beast (1991) Becket Best in Show Bewitched (2005) Birdman […]
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‘Did you know they made a movie about…?’

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I’ve screened “Dance First”, a new drama in theaters Aug. 9 and on digital Aug. 16. It stars Gabriel Byrne as writer Samuel Beckett (of “Waiting for Godot”). As you find out during the excellent film, the title “Dance First” is significant to Beckett’s life. But many people may not realize this is a Beckett […]
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Will ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Outgross ‘Inside Out 2’?

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“Deadpool & Wolverine” is expected to do blockbuster numbers at the box office once it opens in theaters on July 26th. But how high are we talking? “Inside Out 2” is currently the highest grossing movie of the summer, with $550 million and counting domestically. Worldwide, the total is approaching $1.3 Billion. Incredible. It may […]
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The Live-Action And Animation Roles of Scarlett Johansson

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Tony Award winner (for the 2010 play “A View from the Bridge”), eight-time Critics Choice Awards nominee and double Academy Award nominee Scarlett Johansson (who should’ve won for one of those two roles… I’ll get to that in a second) is one of the most successful actors of all-time at the box office. And it’s […]
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