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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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Poor Teen Choices

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This year’s Teen Choice Awards show was the 10th annual. And the worst so far. Miley Cyrus hosted and you know how much I don’t like her. And many of the winners didn’t deserve the honor. Here’s some of the winners in the movie categories…and my reaction. Summer Movie Action/Adventure: “Hancock” (Bad) Summer Comedy: “Get […]
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Mid-Season Winners

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A few weeks ago I announced the nominees for the “LCJ Best in Movies” awards for the first half of 2008. Now, here are the winners: Best Animated Film: “Kung Fu Panda” Best Actor: Danny Glover – “Honeydripper” Best Actress: Anne Hathaway – “Get Smart” Best Supporting Actor: Jeff Bridges – “Iron Man” Best Supporting […]
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Paramount Rules!

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With two weeks of “The Dark Knight” in the books, Warner Brothers has moved into 2nd place in the studio box office battle for 2008. However, #1 is going to be hard to catch. Here’s the top 10 as of 7/29: 10) Screen Gems (“First Sunday”) – $110.3M 9) Lionsgate (“Rambo”) – $202.1M 8) Dreamworks […]
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“E & R” not “At The Movies” Anymore

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By now you’ve probably heard that both Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper are leaving “At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper.” Roger hasn’t been on the show in two years due to bad health but now he’s officially gone for good. And Richard is leaving because he couldn’t agree with Disney (which owns the show) […]
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