Instead of airing “American Idol” on Sunday and Monday nights this May, ABC has decided to bring back its “Wonderful World of Disney” movie series. And this time: it’s all animation. Monday May 3rd sees the network TV premiere of Disney/Pixar’s 2018 Oscar nominated blockbuster sequel “Incredibles 2”. On May 10th it’s the network television […]
Director Enrico Casarosa, producer Andrea Warren and effects supervisor Jon Reisch preview their upcoming Disney/Pixar feature “Luca” 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. And altogether […]
In this Animation Scoop Interview, I speak with Pixar’s “Onward” director Dan Scanlon and producer Kori Rae about their BAFTA and GRAMMY nominated animated feature that’s also vying for Oscars consideration. ————————————- 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 […]
Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon” had one of the bigger opening weekends of the past eight months ($8.6 million), but it didn’t come close to what WB’s “Tom & Jerry” did the week before ($14.1M). Both movies are going after the same audience: families. This may be a case of families that JUST saw […]
Frances McDormand stars in “Nomadland”, one of this year’s Best Picture frontrunners. Following a virtual awards qualifying run in December and some IMAX and BTX showings over the past few weeks, most moviegoers will finally have a chance to see her latest drama at indoor and drive-in theaters AND on Hulu starting this Friday February […]
Madeline Sharafian is the director of the new Pixar animated short film ‘Burrow’, which debuts with ‘Soul’ on Disney+ Friday December 25th. Sharafian talks inspirations for her rabbit tale, as well as work on ‘Onward’ and upcoming feature ‘Turning Red’. ————————————– LCJ Q&A Podcast is hosted by Emmy award-winning film critic, entertainment reporter and media […]
This is my Animation Scoop Q&A with six members of the “Soul” team (three each in Animation & Story). ————————————– 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 seen […]
Unless there’s a surprise, last-minute addition to the 2020 release schedule, I’ve seen every major animated movie of the year. (A couple have still not debuted yet on streaming platforms.) It’s time to take a look at back at 2020 in feature animation: ZOINKS! Warner Bros.’ “SCOOB!” premiered on VOD in May. It’s a delightful […]
When the COVID-19 shutdown happened in March, Universal was one of the first major studios to make headlines for a shift in the release plan for a major movie. They, along with DreamWorks Animation, decided to put “Trolls World Tour” on Video on Demand in April instead of waiting until most movie theaters *might* be […]
As is pretty much common knowledge by now, film release dates can change at any moment. But as of now, these are the 10 movies I’m most looking forward to seeing during the rest of 2020. (“Wonder Woman 1984” is not on this list because its Christmas debut is so uncertain.) “LET HIM GO” (Nov. […]