Jared and Jerusha Hess, the makers of ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ and ‘Nacho Libre’, present their excellent debut animated short ‘Ninety-Five Senses’, starring the voice of Tim Blake Nelson. Here’s my Animation Scoop Q&A with the Hesses. ———————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age […]
With the first trailer out, I spoke with the makers of DreamWorks “Kung Fu Panda 4” (in theaters March 8th). Here’s my Animation Scoop Q&A with director Mike Mitchell, co-director Stephanie Ma Stine and producer Rebecca Huntley. ——————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at […]
The directors of stunning new animated short “Awakening: The First Day” describe taking this presentation from stage to screen in this Animation Scoop Q&A. ———————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of new releases. […]
Rita Basulto is the director of the dramatic animated short film “Humo”, about a boy living through The Holocaust. Here’s our Animation Scoop Q&A. ————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of new releases. […]
Andrew Ruhemann won an Oscar for short “The Lost Thing” and an Emmy for his work on animated series “Love, Death + Robots”. Now he’s back with a new animated short “The Day I Became a Bird”, based on the book. Here’s my Animation Scoop Q&A with Ruhemann. ——————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) […]
This is an Animation Scoop Q&A with Mitra Shahidi, the director of Tribeca 2023 award winning animated short film “Starling”. ————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of new releases. And altogether he has […]
From Magic Light Pictures, the makers of “The Gruffalo”, comes animated short “The Smeds and The Smoos”, adapted from a book by Julia Donaldson. This Animation Scoop Q&A is with directors Samantha Cutler and Daniel Snaddon. ——————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the […]
“Rosemary A.D. (After Dad)” Director Ethan Barrett shares what went into making this personal animated short film contender (using crayons) in this Animation Scoop Q&A. ——————————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews of new […]
I summarize the celebs, the displays, the games and the panels from my fun day at New York Comic Con 2023 in this special Animation Scoop piece. ———————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews […]
Elliot Dear and Stephen McNally direct a new live-action / animation half-hour version of “Peter & the Wolf”, inspired by illustrations from Bono (who appears in the film). It’s now streaming on Max. Here’s my “Peter & the Wolf” Animation Scoop Q&A with the talented directors. ———————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his […]