It’s already been a weird awards season, due to the writer’s strike. And who knows what’s going to happen with the Academy Awards.
Many of our favorite family films of 2007 did well at the Critics Choice Awards:
Best Ensemble Cast: Hairspray
Best Young Actress: Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille
Best Family Film: Enchanted
I was surprised that “The Golden Compass” was nominated in the Best Family Film catagory. Also, nice to see Amy Adams as a nominee for Best Actress (she lost to Julie Christie).
Up next, The Golden Globes. And like the People’s Choice Awards there will be no official ceremony, just an announcement of the winners. BORING!
Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases and, in total, has seen more than 1,500 films. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his on-air movie reviews on Time Warner TV station, Capital News 9. And in 2011, Jackson was inducted into the Broadcast Film Critics Association as their youngest member. The BFCA’s annual Critics Choice Awards is one of the industry’s most recognized and prestigious awards shows. Jackson is also a member of SAG-AFTRA and votes annually for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Currently, Jackson can be heard every Friday morning on WGNA-FM and his reviews are also posted on his website, YouTube channel and Cultjer.com. He is also a contributor to AnimationScoop.com, run by animation historian Jerry Beck. And Jackson hosts the weekly internet pop culture news show “LCJ LIVE”, along with “The LCJ Q&A Podcast”, on which he interviews celebrities and filmmakers.