Big News! “Monsters” will be returning to a theater near you! And I’m not talking about this year’s “Monsters vs. Aliens”. Pete Docter, fresh off his $290M (and counting) hit “Up” will be heading back to Monstropolis for his next film. “Monsters Inc. 2” will open in either 2012 or 2013. No word yet on […]

The LCJ “First Half of ’09” poll results are in. You guys did a great job voting for your favorites in all four categories. Here are the winners: Best Animated film: “Up” Best Comedy: “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” Best Action/Adventure film: “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Best Live-Action Family film: “Night at the Museum: Battle […]

Moviefone is out with their list of the 25 Best Animated Movie Characters of all-time. As you might guess, I disagree with many of their choices. First of all, their biggest mistake is having Mickey Mouse #3. Can’t be. Mickey should be #1 on every list of all-time animated characters. Secondly. their choices for 1 […]

Before I get to the amazing “Ice Age” news, check-out the cool artwork from DreamWorks’ upcoming “How to Train Your Dragon”. The movie opens March 26, 2010. Now, I think we are pretty much guaranteed an “Ice Age 4” thanks to the incredible international success of “Dawn of the Dinosaurs”. Variety is reporting that “Dawn […]

When I got to the movies, I make sure that I “take care of business” (bathroom business) before the film starts. But, in case you ever gotta go during a movie, there’s a new website that can help. It’s called www.runpee.com. The creator, Dan Florio, sat through hundreds of films, jotted down notes, and now […]

Heading into the weekend “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” had already made $80M and could make close to $200M in it’s first 5 days. I saw the film on Wednesday night and was part of nine sold-out screenings that day. The line for our 7:30 show started forming around 6:00. It was the longest […]

I just got back from two days in The Big Apple. I went to a Broadway show starring a popular and loveable ogre. The plot of “Shrek The Musical” is, basically, the story of the first “Shrek” movie, but with over a dozen songs and some modern twists. The performances are great and most of […]

This Christmas it’ll be all about the Chipmunks, but in 2010 The Smurfs will own the holiday. “Smurfs”, the movie based on little, blue characters from the 80’s TV show, has a director. Raja Gosnell will do the honors. He’s best known for his work on the Scooby Doo movies. He began his career editing […]

Actor Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley in the “Harry Potter” films, recently came down with the Swine Flu. “I thought, am I going to die?”, he told reporters. Fortunately Grint just ended-up having a sore throat and he stayed in bed for a few days. The good news is he got to attend the […]

Every 6 Months I do The LCJ Family Film Awards. And, up until now, I’ve always picked the winners. But this time the decisions are yours! Each week for the next four weeks, the LCJ Poll (see below) will show a category and three nominations. The categories are Animation, Comedy, Action/Adventure and Family. Each poll […]