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Oscar ‘Love’ for Sony Animation Again?

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In February, Sony Pictures Animation FINALLY won a Best Animated Feature Oscar for “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”. The studio has produced so many great films since 2006, from “Open Season”, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”, “Arthur Christmas” and “The Star” to the Academy Award nominated “Surf’s Up” and “The Pirates! Band of Misfits”. However, […]
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‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’ Review

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If you’re looking for a family-friendly, end of summer treat, “The Angry Birds Movie 2” is your best bet. Sony Pictures Animation sequel to their 2016 hit (based on the mobile game phenomenon) is even more free-spirited and fun than the original. After saving his fellow birds from the “evil” green pigs, Red (once again […]
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Ranking the Sony Animation Movies

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Whenever a new animated movie from Pixar or DreamWorks is released, entertainment outlets jump at the chance to rank all of their movies. With the release of “The Emoji Movie” this weekend, Sony Pictures Animation is now up to 17 movies (13 theatrical, 4 direct-to-DVD) – just one fewer than Pixar. So I decided to […]
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Guest: ‘Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania’ Director Henry Yu

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Wax your boards and be ready to duck as the sequel to ‘Surf’s Up’ comes to dvd. Director Henry Yu talks about the fun and challenges in bringing together “Surf’s Up” and the WWE. The LCJ Q&A Podcast is hosted by Emmy award-winning film critic, entertainment reporter and media personality Lights Camera Jackson. Jackson interviews […]
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‘Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania’ Review

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Nearly 10 years after Sony Pictures Animation released their Oscar-nominated penguin surfing mockumentary “Surf’s Up”, the studio has returned to Pen Gu Island – and brought some of the biggest WWE superstars with them – for the entertaining direct-to-DVD sequel, “Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania”. The opening few minutes recap the climactic events of the original […]
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Animation Scoop – ‘Surf’s Up 2’ Director Henry Yu Q&A

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Henry Yu, director of Sony Pictures Animation’s “Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania” discusses working with WWE superstars John Cena and Vince McMahon on the animated sports comedy sequel. Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews […]
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Guests: ‘Open Season: Scared Silly’ Director David Feiss and Actor William Townsend

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“Cow & Chicken” creator David Feiss discusses continuing Sony Pictures Animation’s “Open Season” franchise with the new, fourth installment, “Scared Silly”. And Townsend, a Sony IT Guy, tells me about voicing Elliot and Mr. Weenie in his first movie. The LCJ Q&A Podcast is hosted by Emmy award-winning film critic, entertainment reporter and media personality […]
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‘Open Season: Scared Silly’ Review

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Sony Pictures Animation is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its first feature, “Open Season”, by continuing the franchise with the enjoyably amusing, direct-to-DVD fourth installment – “Open Season: Scared Silly”. Director David Feiss (the creator of “Cow and Chicken”) was head of story on the original “Open Season”. He nicely brings much of the high […]
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Guest: ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ Director Genndy Tartakovsky

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He invented “Dexter’s Laboratory” and brought Dracula and Frankenstein back to life with “Hotel Transylvania”. Now Genndy Tartakovsky returns for Sony Pictures Animation’s “Hotel Transylvania 2”. Tartakovsky discusses working with Adam Sandler and Mel Brooks and raising the bar with this sequel. The LCJ Q&A Podcast is hosted by Emmy award-winning film critic, entertainment reporter […]
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