Guest: “Monster Mia” Director Verena Fels
Verena Fels is the director of the spooky fun new animated feature “Monster Mia” — in theaters nationwide beginning this Thursday October 8th. The film, which screened at Annecy earlier this year, is based on a book series about a girl who hopes humans and monsters can get along with each other. 2015 LCJ Q&A […]
Jamie Lee Curtis Continues to be ‘Everywhere’
It really seems like Jamie Lee Curtis has been “everywhere” over the past seven years, beginning with the reprisal of her most iconic character, Laurie Strode, in the 2018 “Halloween” revival. It’s a performance that should’ve earned her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination, but of course, she would get on the ballot — and […]
99.5 The River – Spooky Fun Zoom
‘Halloween Kills’ Movie Review
‘Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!’ Q&A
Check out my Animation Scoop Q&A with Maxwell Atoms. He’s the writer and director of ‘Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!’ – a new movie available now on DVD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. —————————————– 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 […]
Opening a Film on Halloween Doesn’t Work
The Jake Gyllenhaal movie “Nightcrawler” opened on Halloween. Yes, in 2014, October 31st was a Friday. Studio Open Road was originally intending on releasing the film on October 17th. In fact, I have a poster hanging up in my house with that release date on it. But instead of having the film go up against […]
‘Halloween’ Movie Review
Universal Pictures released Trancas International Films, Blumhouse Productions and Miramax’s Halloween on Friday, October 19, 2018. Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades […]
‘Halloween’ Review
I’m a big fan of movies that allow an actor to step back into the role of an iconic character he/she played decades earlier. Recently “Creed” and “Blade Runner 2049” gave Sylvester Stallone and Harrison Ford the opportunities to reflect on Rocky Balboa and Rick Deckard, respectively, and provide new depth to those characters. Now, […]
