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Disney Cranks It Up

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Disney has a very busy end of the year coming-up with the releases of “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”, “High School Musical 3”, “Bolt” and the re-release of “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.” But the studio also made some big news this week by announcing plans for major projects in the future. First, there will be […]
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Running Late…Turns Out Great

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My dad and I got a late start heading to see “Igor” the other night. When we got to the theater the “Regal First Look” was already underway (I usually try to catch the entire “First Look”). And the place was packed. In fact most of the upper level of the theater was filled. So […]
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Room For Improvement “At The Movies”

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Week One of the newest edition of the TV movie review show, “At The Movies”, now starring Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz, was not very good. The two Ben’s did not seem comfortable with each other or the set, which looked very cheap. Plus the lighting was bad and there was too much editing in […]
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Fall Movie Preview

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Here are some of the Family Film Flicks coming on the autumn breeze: “Igor” (PG) John Cusack stars as the voice of a scientist’s helper who wants to become a creator instead. This animated offerring from the Weinstein Company comes out Sept. 19. “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” (PG) They’re calling it “The Greatest Chihuahua Movie Ever.” […]
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Voice-Over Legend Don LaFontaine Passes On

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A few days ago one of the all-time greats in the movie business, Don LaFontaine, passed away. He was only 68 years old. You knew him best as the movie trailer voice-over guy. In his 33 year career he did over 5,000 trailers and more than 30,000 commercials. He even appeared in a Geico commercial […]
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Movie Etiquette

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I enjoyed seeing “The Longshots” the other night. However, the audience was the worst behaved of any movie I’ve ever seen. And that’s why I’m writing this blog. The LCJ Rules for Movie Theater Audiences #1 – Children should not be allowed to see a movie in a theater until they are 5-years old. Children […]
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Wrapping-Up Summer ’08

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This Summer has been filled with very good movies such as “Kung Fu Panda” and “Get Smart”, and dreadful ones like “Hancock” and “Meet Dave.” Here’s my End of Summer recap, by catagory: GOOD TO GREAT: “The Dark Knight”, “Get Smart”, “Indiana Jones 4”, “Iron Man”, “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, “Kit Kittredge: […]
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Over 6 month wait for 6th H.P.

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“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” was supposed to be released in theaters on November 21st and be one of the 2008 holiday blockbusters. But Warner Bros. has pushed it back to July 17, 2009! The studio says it’s making the change because they’ll be less competition at the box office next summer. But there […]
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75th Blog / Review Anniversary

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Well, I have to announce that this is my 75th blog that you are reading right now! I know it’s awesome! Anyway, this site was started 11 months ago. My first blog was “Great Summer At The Movies”. It is one of the shortest ones I have ever written. Even though I started writing reviews […]
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“Perfect Game” Delayed – No Make-Up Date!

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As you may have noticed from this site, “The Perfect Game” was supposed to be released in theatres last Friday (Aug.8). But, at the last minute, the film’s studio, LIONSGATE, decided because of a lot of other films coming out over the next two months that they’re producing, they would either save it for some […]
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