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The 2008 LCJ Awards

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It’s that time of the year once again! Here are the nominees for The 2nd Annual Lights-Camera-Jackson Family Film Awards. (Winners will be announced Feb. 2) Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Alan Arkin (“Get Smart”, Marley & Me”) Madeline Carroll (“Swing Vote”) Danny Glover (“Honeydripper”) Maggie Gyllenhaal (“The Dark Knight”) Kelsey Grammer (“Swing Vote”) […]
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Best Family Films of 2008

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! But before we (and B.O.B. from 2009’s “Monsters vs. Aliens”) can start taking a bite out of what ’09 has to offer at the movies, it’s time to unveil my list of the Ten Best Family Films of 2008: 10-“Space Chimps” 9-“Iron Man” 8-Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who! 7-“Indiana Jones and […]
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Sequel-Mania!

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I saw trailers at “Bedtime Stories” the other night for two sequels that I’m really excited about. Coming out straight to DVD on January 27 is “Open Season 2”, the follow-up to one of my favorite animated movies of 2007. This time the story apparently focuses on the dog Mr. Weenie. Neither Martin Lawrence or […]
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Merry, NOT “Marley”

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Merry Christmas! I hope Santa is great to you this year. I have a present for everyone thinking about seeing the movie “Marley and Me” over this holiday weekend: if you’re looking for a fun time at the movies don’t go to this film and definitely DON’T bring the kids. Read my review before you […]
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Owl Awards ’08

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Last year at this time I wrote about the Owl Movie Awards, which are part of Owl Magazine, which is a kids magazine out of Canada. I found it once, several years ago, at my local library and now every year I make sure to get the December issue because of their movie awards. In […]
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Scanning “The Globes”

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Nominations are out for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards. It was not a good year for family films. In fact the only family films nominated in any major category are “Bolt”, “Kung Fu Panda” and “Wall-E”. Some of the big surprises: James Franco, for Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical for “Pineapple Express”. Tom Cruise, […]
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Giving Santa a Hand

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It’s only a few weeks ’til Christmas so here are some suggestions for holiday gifts for the movie fans in your family. Best DVD for a Boy: “Kung Fu Panda“. Get 2-disc set w/ “Secrets of the Furious Five”. Best DVD for a Girl: “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl“. Wonderful film. Best DVD for Mom: […]
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Susie the Cat

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I went to see “Bolt” for the second time the other day and while waiting to go into the theater got a crazy surprise. You adults know here from the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. You kids now know her as the voice of Mittens, the cat in “Bolt.” Yes, I ran into actress Susie […]
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A “Beauty” in 3-D

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In upcoming years Disney will be putting more and more movies out in 3-D. And they’ve just added “Beauty and the Beast” to the list! The 1991 classic was nominated for several academy awards, including Best Picture and it’s one of my all-time favorite films. According to Variety.com the re-rendering is expected to take about […]
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“Live with Regis, Kelly & L-C-J”

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Last week I went to see “Live with Regis and Kelly” in New York City and I actually got to meet them after the show. I’m a huge fan of the show (and Regis) and had been waiting 5 years to go (you have to be 10 years old to be in the audience). As […]
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