Lights Camera Jackson

Movie Reviews, Entertainment News and Views from Lights Camera Jackson

Navigation

‘Red One’ Movie Review

By

“Red One” is a holiday sci-fi action comedy, though I don’t particularly think it’s funny… though I don’t particularly think that’s a problem with the movie. This is Amazon-MGM’s big, $250 million holiday extravaganza starring Dwayne Johnson as Cal, the bodyguard and assistant to Santa Claus (“Red”), played by J.K. Simmons. He’s definitely jacked. They […]
CONTINUE

Guest: ‘Rally Road Racers’ Director Ross Venokur

By

The Summer Movie Season heats up with a terrific new animated feature the entire family will enjoy. It’s “Rally Road Racers” — in theaters nationwide this Friday May 12th. Director Ross Venokur presents an entertaining and moving underdog story with cool visuals and a talented voice cast. Buckle up as we explore this sweet ride. […]
CONTINUE

‘Palm Springs’ Review

By

“Palm Springs” was one of the darlings of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. And it set a record with the biggest sale price in the fest’s history. The rom-com was purchased by Hulu for more than $17.5 million. The streaming service is partnering with Neon to get the film out to the world.  Unfortunately, huge […]
CONTINUE

Animation Scoop: ‘Klaus’ Q&A

By

“Klaus” director Sergio Pablos shares his vision of a new Santa story 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 he has seen more […]
CONTINUE

‘Whiplash’ Review

By

“Whiplash” is one of the great indie triumphs of the year. It is exhilarating and suspenseful – daring and dark, with two scintillating performances. Miles Teller (“The Spectacular Now”) plays Andrew Neyman, a percussion student at the fictional and prestigious Schaffer School of Music in NYC. In his first semester at the school, Andrew is […]
CONTINUE