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Summer Movie Season Has Finally Arrived

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Indoor movie theaters are slowly starting to open back up. Drive-Ins are having a huge moment. And streaming services are pushing-out more content than ever before. When major studios delayed and cancelled releases for blockbuster summer flicks earlier this year, many wondered if there would actually be a Summer Movie Season. Frankly, we’re in it […]
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‘Cinema Stories’ Special Podcast Series

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This Summer, I’ll be having great conversations with film critic colleagues on the special podcast event series ‘Cinema Stories’. Remember what it was like to go to the movies? It feels like it was a long time ago (even though it wasn’t). As the anticipation builds towards returning to indoor movie theaters, ‘Cinema Stories’ will […]
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August will be Biggest Movie Month of Summer

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Sure, May has “Aladdin”, “Rocketman”, “Godzilla 2”, “John Wick: Chapter 3” and “Detective Pikachu”. June includes “Toy Story 4”, “The Secret Life of Pets 2”, “Late Night”, “Dark Phoenix” and “Yesterday”. And “Spider-Man: Homecoming 2”, “The Lion King” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” grace the silver screen in July. But August may actually […]
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12 Summer Catch-Up Movies

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This Summer (May 5-Aug. 27) , I saw 51 new movies and caught-up with 12 older films. I’ve decided to rank the “vintage” group from Best to Worst: 1. “Pretty Woman” (1990) Director Garry Marshall’s rom-com is simply irresistible. Smart, sophisticated, genuine – and Julia Roberts and Richard Gere are dynamite together. 2. “The Color […]
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Talking Summer Movies on ‘Pop Looney’ – Fox Sports Radio

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Jackson joins JT The Brick and Tomm Looney to talk about the Best Summer movies and his Michael J. Fox Foundation charity event  on the “Pop Looney” segment of the “JT The Brick Show” on Fox Sports Radio. Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. […]
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Summer Box Office Hits, Misses & Bombs

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The Highs & Lows, Winners & Losers, Successes & Failures of Summer ’16 at the Box Office: Hits ANIMATION DOMINATION…AGAIN – “Finding Dory” topped the season (and is No. 1 for the year to date) with $480 million. “The Secret Life of Pets”, from “Despicable Me” studio Illumination Entertainment, earned more than $350M. And Sony’s […]
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