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The Lasting Impact of ‘A Ghost Story’

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I recently spoke with acclaimed director David Lowery about his new Disney+ animated short film “An Almost Christmas Story”. His credits include Disney features “Pete’s Dragon” and “Peter Pan & Wendy”, as well as the 2017 A24 drama “A Ghost Story”. It’s had a lasting impact on me and many other moviegoers, so I had […]
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The Sequels of Disney Animation

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“Moana 2”, in theaters November 27th, will be the first of several new sequels coming from Walt Disney Animation Studios. “Zootopia 2” opens in in Nov. 2025 and “Frozen III” will arrive in Nov. 2027. (“Frozen IV” doesn’t have a release date confirmed yet.) Disney Animation has had an interesting relationship with sequels. There have […]
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Career Highs and Lows of Robert Zemeckis

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Academy Award winner Robert Zemeckis is re-teaming with the stars of the 1994 film that won him the Best Director Oscar — “Forrest Gump”‘s Tom Hanks and Robin Wright — for his latest drama “Here”. It opens November 1st. And if you’ve noticed online, the posters of “FG” and “Here” have plenty of similarities, from […]
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Woodstock Film Festival 2024 Preview

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New York’s 25th Annual Woodstock Film Festival is shaping-up to be one of the biggest ever for one of the state’s largest and most popular fall attractions for entertainment. The lineup is filled with awards season contenders, including Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Anora” (NEON) from director Sean Baker, Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” starring Saoirse Ronan (AppleTV+) […]
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The Directorial Features of Jason Reitman

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Jason Reitman, son of “Ghostbusters” director Ivan Reitman, has been behind the camera for nearly 20 years. His directorial debut was “Thank You for Smoking”, which earned Best Comedy Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards nominations. Follow-up “Juno” received writer Diablo Cody the Best Original Screenplay Oscar. And 2009’s “Up in the Air” put Reitman […]
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Zack Snyder Open to Directing Another Animated Feature

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Zack Snyder had a breakthrough directorial debut with “Dawn of the Dead” (2004), distributed by Universal. He then moved over to Warner Bros., beginning a 10-plus year run. 2007’s “300” was a blockbuster. 2009’s “Watchmen” didn’t do quite as well but still had a theatrical impact. He followed that up with 2010 animated feature “Legend […]
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‘Frasier’ Is Coming Back To You

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I’ve screened the first five episodes of Season 2 of the “Frasier” revival, which kicks-off with a two-episode premiere on Thursday September 19th. That also happens to be the 17th anniversary of the premiere of “Back To You”, which I still consider the greatest single-season sitcom of all-time. That 2007-2008 FOX show was Kelsey Grammer’s […]
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Summer 2024 Box Office Surprises and Disappointments

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As Summer 2024 is winding down, it’s time to evaluate the box office highs and lows. Shout-out to blockbusters “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Twisters”, and family film hits “Despicable Me 4”, “IF” and “The Garfield Movie”, but I had a feeling they were all going to do well. You can certainly acknowledge slight underperformers, like […]
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The LCJ Collection

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Here are… in alphabetical order… all the films in The LCJ Collection so far (List Updated 5/19/25): Akeelah and the Bee Aline Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) All About Eve All That Jazz American Graffiti American Sniper Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Argo Arthur Christmas The Artist Audrey’s Children Babe Bad Education (2020) Bardo […]
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