A third “Night at the Museum” has been in the works for a few years, and the first trailer of “Secret of the Tomb” has been finally released. The 2006 original was a delightful surprise, while the 2009 sequel, “Battle of the Smithsonian”, lacked the previous film’s charm. For the threequel, the main cast is […]

I’ve been a TV game show fan my entire life. I’ve been able to meet some of the most popular game show hosts on TV, and if an opportunity were to come along in the future, I would love to host one myself. Being an avid watcher, I’ve picked-up on some things and developed some […]

One of the perks of being on Summer vacation is that I get to catch-up on some classic films, many considered to be among the greatest in the history of cinema, that I’ve never had the time and/or opportunity to see. Here are the five I’ve screened thus far as part of the LCJ Personal […]

The general belief is that the Summer 2014 Box Office is down significantly from previous years. And the numbers prove it. Back in April I wrote a blog predicting how the big May releases would do. In it I pointed-out that while the May 2013 films grossed more than $1.4 billion domestically, the 2014 crop […]

The World Cup has ended, NFL Training Camps are still a few weeks away, and baseball is in its Mid-Season break. So why not give out honors to all the hard-working athletes? One awards show has been doing this in mid-July for 20 years, but a new, direct competitor is looking to steal some of […]

Normally I’m not the biggest fan of extended preview clips (even most trailers give away too much of the movie). But when Disney/Marvel announced a special IMAX 3D First Look screening of “Guardians of the Galaxy”, consisting of 17 minutes of never-before-seen footage, nearly one month before the August 1 release date, I knew I […]

The 4th of July weekend box office was down significantly from last year. And while many analysts are surprised by the poor results over the holiday, I predicted that “Tammy”, “Deliver Us from Evil”, and “Earth to Echo” would all struggle, mostly because they aren’t designed to be Independence Day blockbusters. Last year, “Despicable Me […]

DUSTY CROPHOPPER AND I WANT TO WISH ALL OF YOU AN INCREDIBLE FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND! Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases and, in total, has seen more than 1,500 films. […]

We’re six months into the year and there have already been several excellent films. Here are the 10 best from the First Half of 2014: 1. “Locke” Tom Hardy gives a nomination-worthy performance in writer/director Steven Knight’s moving and effective psychological drama. The premise couldn’t be simpler: a man driving his car, talking to a […]

Time for my movie awards for the first half of 2014: Best Picture “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” “Edge of Tomorrow” “Heaven is for Real” “The LEGO Movie” “Locke” Best Director Josh Boone – “The Fault in Our Stars” Steven Knight – “Locke” Doug Liman – “Edge of Tomorrow” Phil Lord and Christopher Miller – […]