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Animation Scoop: Tribeca 2026 Animated Shorts Part 2

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Here are my highlights of the six shorts in the 2026 Tribeca Festival “Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G” presentation, as well as exclusive filmmaker statements, for Animation Scoop. 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 […]
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Animation Scoop: Tribeca 2026 Animated Shorts Part 1

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Here are my highlights of the seven shorts in the 2026 Tribeca Festival “Whoopi’s Wonderful World of Animation” group, as well as exclusive filmmaker statements, for Animation Scoop. 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 […]
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Animation Scoop: 2025 Tribeca Animated Shorts — Part 2

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This Animation Scoop piece features my quick reviews and exclusive filmmaker statements from the seven “Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G”, part of the 2025 Tribeca Festival. ———————– 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 […]
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Animation Scoop: Tribeca 2025 Animated Shorts — Part 1

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This Animation Scoop piece features quick reviews and exclusive statements of eight shorts showcased at the 2025 Tribeca Festival — “Playing God” and the seven shorts part of “Whoopi’s Wonderful World of Animation”. ————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. […]
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Animation Scoop: Tribeca 2024 ‘Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G’

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This is my Animation Scoop piece on the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival “Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G” presentation, including Exclusive Statements from the makers of all seven shorts. ————————- 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 […]
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Animation Scoop: 2023 Tribeca Shorts

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For Animation Scoop, I screened all seven shorts from the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival “Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G” lineup. This piece includes my thoughts on the shorts, as well as EXCLUSIVE statements from the filmmakers. You can watch these shorts through the “Tribeca At Home” Program, from June 19th through July 2nd. —————————————- […]
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2021 Tribeca Film Festival Animated Shorts

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These are my thoughts on all eight of the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival animated shorts that are part of the “Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G” presentation. ————————————— 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 […]
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LCJ Q&A: ‘Mind My Mind’ Director Floor Adams

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? “Mind My Mind”, directed by Floor Adams, is an animated short film vying for top honors this awards season. It’s about a young man with Autism who finds love with the help of a little guy in his head. “Mind” first grabbed my attention this spring, as part of the Tribeca Film Festival animated […]
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Animation Scoop: Tribeca Animated Shorts

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Whoopi Goldberg is presenting six new animated short films from innovative filmmakers at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Here’s my take on the 2019 TFF Animation Shorts program. —————————– 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 […]
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‘Doogal’ Review

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If there’s nothing else at the video store or on TV it’s time to watch “Doogal”, but don’t say I didn’t warn you. “Doogal” is an animated adventure about four animal friends – Ermintrude (a cow) , Dylan (a bunny), Brian (a snail) and a dog named Doogal. They go on a quest to find […]
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