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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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‘CT Style’: Weekend Movie Preview – 7/28/17

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My Preview of 3 of the weekend’s new releases – “Atomic Blonde”, “The Emoji Movie” and “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power”. Follow @LCJReviews 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 nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases. All together […]
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‘The Emoji Movie’ Movie Review

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The Emoji Movie unlocks the never-before-seen secret world inside your smartphone. Hidden within the messaging app is Textopolis, a bustling city where all your favorite emojis live, hoping to be selected by the phone’s user. In this world, each emoji has only one facial expression – except for Gene, an exuberant emoji who was born […]
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‘The Emoji Movie’ Review

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Animated movies have explored the origins, lives and adventures of Smurfs, Trolls, LEGOs and toys of all kinds. Now Sony Pictures Animation pulls back the curtain (or, really, the wallpaper) on the tiny little characters who live in our cell phones. In July 2015, Sony won the bidding war with Paramount and WB for the […]
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Guest – ‘The Emoji Movie’ Director Tony Leondis

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Tony Leondis and his team at Sony brought “The Emoji Movie” from concept to screen in just two years. Leondis talks about the challenges and joys of making this comedy adventure and working with Patrick Stewart. The LCJ Q&A Podcast is hosted by Emmy award-winning film critic, entertainment reporter and media personality Lights Camera Jackson. […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘The Emoji Movie’ Director Tony Leondis Interview

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Sony won a three-studio bidding war in 2015 to make an animated film about emojis. Just two years later, “The Emoji Movie” is about to hit theaters. In this LCJ Q&A, Tony Leondis (“Igor”, “Lilo & Stitch 2”) talks about making the highly emotion-al animated adventure. Follow @LCJReviews Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his […]
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