Thanksgiving has always been a big weekend for animated features. Even last year, during the first holiday season of the pandemic, DreamWorks’ “The Croods: A New Age” earned $14.3 million from Wednesday through Sunday in about half the number of theaters (2,200) it probably would’ve been in under normal circumstances. Pre-COVID, Disney often used the […]
“Ciao Alberto” is a new follow-up short to Pixar’s summertime feature release “Luca”. You can watch “Ciao Alberto” now on Disney+. Here’s my Animation Scoop Q&A with director McKenna Harris and producer Matt DeMartini. ——————————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of […]
“Far From the Tree” is a new Disney animated short film that will play before “Encanto” in theaters starting November 24th. I’m joined by director Natalie Nourigat and producer Ruth Strother for 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 […]
The 60th Walt Disney Animation Studios feature “Encanto” opens in theaters on November 24th. I spoke with directors Byron Howard & Jared Bush (Oscar winners for “Zootopia”) and co-director Charise Castro Smith for 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 […]
Disney’s newest hand-drawn animated series “The Ghost and Molly McGee” premieres this Friday October 1st at 9:40pm on Disney Channel. New episodes air Saturdays at 9am. It’s about a girl named Molly who moves with her family to a new neighborhood and into a haunted house. But she isn’t scared by the ghost inside (named […]
This summer, many studios decided to finally release some of their big (and smaller) movies that had been stored in the vault for at least a year due to COVID. Paramount hit it big with “A Quiet Place: Part II” but struggled with “Snake Eyes”, and “Paw Patrol: The Movie” is falling in between. Universal’s […]
This is my Animation Scoop Q&A with Jean Cayrol. He’s the series director of “Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life”, premiering Wednesday July 28th on Disney+. ———————————— 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 […]
Marvel’s third major series of 2021 on Disney+ is “Loki”, with Tom Hiddleston reprising his title role as the MCU villain. I’ve never been a gigantic fan of his character over the years. You don’t have to like all villains, but the great ones still have impact. He’s never had that in my book. That […]
This Animation Scoop Q&A is with Jennifer Corbett and Brad Rau, the producers of new Disney+ “Star Wars” animated series “The Bad Batch”. ———————————— 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 […]
John Stamos is best known for his iconic role as Uncle Jesse on “Full House”. I grew-up watching reruns of the classic sitcom, something I told Stamos when I met him in 2016. He earned a Daytime Emmy nomination in 1983 for his work on soap opera “General Hospital” and was also Primetime Emmy nominated […]