Due to the success of “The Lion King 3D” which has now grossed more than $80 million domestically, Disney and Pixar have decided to re-release four more classics over the next two years: “Beauty and the Beast 3D” – January 13th, 2012 Originally supposed to be released February 12th, 2010, but pushed back because of […]

At the age of 13 Nathan Gamble is already a veteran actor, having appeared in such films as “The Dark Knight” and “Marley & Me.” He’s currently starring in “Dolphin Tale”: LCJ: Are you considering this your break-out role? Nathan Gamble: I guess you could say that. This is the first movie in which I […]

This was a wild weekend at the movies, with 4 new releases targeting 4 different audiences, all battling a 17 year old re-release for the top spot. – I can’t believe that “The Lion King 3D” won the box office battle for the second straight week. Certainly the extra 3D money helped, but who are […]

It looks like the most successful movie of all-time will be joining forces with the most successful entertainment group of all-time. Disney has announced that it’s struck a deal with Fox to bring the world of “Avatar” to its theme parks. Construction is expected to begin in 2013 for the first attraction at Disney World […]

Roger Ebert’s long-awaiting memoir – “Life Itself” is finally out. After years of writing reviews, essays, books and tweets about movies, the world’s most famous and popular film critic finally writes about himself. In “Life Itself” Ebert covers it all – his childhood, his start as a movie critic, his relationship (on and off the […]

You would think that “Winnie the Pooh” would be released on DVD for the holidays and not for Halloween. But that’s exactly what’s going to happen. The animated adventure will hit stores on October 25th, one week before Disney’s other animated hit from the Summer “Cars 2” comes out. I thought Disney would save “Pooh” […]

Regis Philbin has announced that his last day as co-host of “Live! with Regis and Kelly” will be Friday November 18th. At first he joked that he decided to push it back another five years, but then made the official announcement on the show nearly eight months after his initial statement in January. One week […]

Back in May, I interviewed Jennifer Yuh Nelson – the director of “Kung Fu Panda 2”. She wasn’t the first female director for a DreamWorks animated movie (Vicky Jensen co-directed “Shrek” and helmed “Shark Tale”), but she’s now in a class by herself. “KFP2” has become the top grossing film of all-time directed by a […]

The summer started out rather weak, was picked-up a bit in the middle, and finished pretty strong. Here are the nominees and the winners of the 2001 Lights-Camera-Jackson Summer Movie Awards. The winners are in bold. Best Animated Feature Cars 2 Kung Fu Panda 2 Winnie the Pooh Best Action Captain America: The First Avenger […]

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Universal decided not to finance and distribute the film adaptation of the board game “Clue” – which has been part of a seven movie deal they made with Hasbro in 2008. Well, here we go again! Universal has now decided to drop the “Ouija” movie, which already […]