The Dark Knight has some new help fighting crime. Family animated series “Batwheels” premieres this Monday Oct. 17 at 9am on Cartoonito and Cartoon Network, with episodes streaming Tuesday Oct. 18 on HBO Max. Co-Executive Producer Michael G. Stern and Supervising Producer Simon Smith suit up to discuss the vehicles, the style and the multi-generational […]
“We Met in Virtual Reality” is an engrossing new documentary about VRChat and its members. I have a very real conversation with “We Met in Virtual Reality” director Joe Hunting. Here’s the 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 […]
Victor Courtright and Marly Halpern-Graser are the showrunners of “Aquaman: King of Atlantis”. The three-part animated event series premieres Thursday Oct. 14 on HBO Max. This is my Animation Scoop Q&A with the Ocean Masters themselves. —————————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the […]
This is my Animation Scoop Q&A with Amy Schatz, 8-time Emmy-winning director of HBO Max’s new special “The Runaway Bunny”. ———————————— 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 […]
“Superintelligence” is Melissa McCarthy’s fourth film collaboration with director/husband Ben Falcone. Previous efforts “Tammy”, “The Boss” and “Life of the Party” all underperformed in the humor department. This latest venture fits right in line. “Superintelligence” was shot more than two years ago. It initially had a Christmas 2019 theatrical release target. But last Fall, McCarthy […]
“The Flight Attendant” is a new miniseries premiering this Thursday November 26th on HBO Max. Should you celebrate Thanksgiving by diving into this murder mystery starring “The Big Bang Theory”’s Kaley Cuoco? I’ve screened the first episode (one of three you can watch while having Turkey on the couch). It’s not awful, but you can […]
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. […]
‘The Fungies!’ Creator Stephen P. Neary joins me for this Animation Scoop Q&A. The animated series produced by Cartoon Network Studios is now on HBO Max. ———————————– 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 […]
The first major, narrative film to debut on HBO Max is an acquisition. Sony’s “An American Pickle” was originally set for a theatrical release. However, the studio decided to hand the distribution reigns over to Warner Bros. for an in-home, streaming premiere. This marks the second time this Summer (following “Greyhound”, which went to AppleTV+) […]