“Toy Story 3” has officially become the biggest Pixar film of all-time, and the highest grossing film of 2010 (over $340M). It’s also getting some major Oscar buzz. Let’s take a journey through the last 15 years at how the other Pixars films did at the box office, and in awards season: “Toy Story” (1995) […]

Recently The Spectator Arts Blog – Touching from a Distance, asked me a simple question: What makes a good kids’ movie? My answer was published this week on the blog, which is found on the Times.co.uk website. Scott Jordan Harris is the blog’s editor: Movie studios spend millions of dollars, and hundreds of hours, trying […]

It’s after the Fourth of July…and you know what that means! It’s time for LCJ’s 2010 First Half Awards (presented by Lights- Camera-Jackson.com) Funniest Cameo Appearance – Stan Lee (as Larry King), “Iron Man 2” Longest Cameo Appearence – Billy Crystal, “Tooth Fairy” Weirdest Costumes – “Alice in Wonderland” Most Disgusting Film (A.K.A. – This […]

According to Animated Views, Nickelodeon has ordered a pilot for a “Monsters vs. Aliens” TV series. This will be the third collaboration for Nick and DreamWorks animation. “The Penguins of Madagascar” is a big hit, and “Kung Fu Panda: The Series” starts later this year. Jeffrey Katzenberg also has announced that two new DreamWorks specials […]

Happy Independence Day to everyone! Over the last decade, there have been some interesting Fourth of July weekends at the box office. Here are some highlights: 2009 – “Transformers 2” and “Ice Age 3” tie in early estimates. “T2” wins in actuals. 2008 – Will Smith (the King of 4th of July movies) wins with […]

I go to a lot of movies. If you do too you have to be getting sick of all the bad commercials that play before every movie. And the worst part is we have to watch them over and over again. However, there’s one playing now that I look forward to seeing before every film. […]

It looks like Tim Burton could direct an animated “Addams Family” movie. Word is the film will be made in black white, using stop-motion animation (that sounds like Burton) and it will be based on the original comics, and not the TV series (which led to the movie which led to the Broadway show). Sounds […]

Talk began mid-week that the Academy is thinking about moving the Oscars to January beginning in 2012. The reason? People think the awards season is too long. But this move would cause a lot of problems. Would the Golden Globes also move, maybe to the first Sunday in January instead of airing the night before […]

Getting up at 6am Monday morning was tough, until I quickly remembered that I was going to be on The Early Show in a few hours. The driver who took my parents and me to CBS was very funny. He told us he had driven many big celebrities, including George Clooney, who he said was […]

An incredible weekend for an incredible movie. The $109M opening for “Toy Story 3” puts it into the records books in several different categories. And fans should continue to flock to the film all this week as well, since there’s nothing coming out to steal away the attention or the $$$. Here are a few […]