It was a great summer for Hollywood. The summer movies made over $4-billion. That’s a new all-time record! I hope you got to see all the movies you wanted to see. If you missed some…most of the big summer movies will be out on DVD in time for the holidays. As for my favorites…I have to put “The Simpsons Movie” (saw it twice) at the top of the list…followed by “Ratatouille” (saw it twice) and “Surf’s Up.” I also liked “Transformers” and “Hairspray.” I’m glad I did my part to get to that $4-billion record.
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. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his on-air movie reviews on Time Warner TV station, Capital News 9. And in 2011, Jackson was inducted into the Broadcast Film Critics Association as their youngest member. The BFCA’s annual Critics Choice Awards is one of the industry’s most recognized and prestigious awards shows. Jackson is also a member of SAG-AFTRA and votes annually for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Currently, Jackson can be heard every Friday morning on WGNA-FM and his reviews are also posted on his website, YouTube channel and Cultjer.com. He is also a contributor to AnimationScoop.com, run by animation historian Jerry Beck. And Jackson hosts the weekly internet pop culture news show “LCJ LIVE”, along with “The LCJ Q&A Podcast”, on which he interviews celebrities and filmmakers.