Jackson Murphy

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Jackson Murphy is an Emmy-winning film critic, content producer, and author, who has also served as Animation Scoop reporter since 2016. He is the creator of the website Lights-Camera-Jackson.com, and has made numerous appearances on television and radio over the past 20 years.

Articles By Jackson Murphy

DreamWorks

The world’s first family returns for an all-new Season 2 in Dreamworks’ Dawn Of The Croods, premiering on Netflix this Friday, August 26th. Eep, Thunk, Grug, Ugga, Sandy and Gran return to encounter many modern-day problems – for the first time in history – as they navigate life in a prehistoric era. Among their many […]

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Independent

Travis Knight is the President and CEO of Laika, the stop-motion animation studio behind Oscar-nominated hits Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls. Their latest feature, Kubo and the Two Strings, opening this weekend, marks Knight’s directorial debut. He told me about some of the decade-long efforts of the studio, bringing Kubo to life, and a “mind-blowing” […]

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Commentary

The Little Prince, a co-American/French animated feature based on the classic 1943 children’s book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, proves that animation remains one of the most powerful forms of cinematic storytelling. Directed by Mark Osborne (Kung Fu Panda) and featuring a stellar, star-studded voice cast, this is a magical gem. Paramount was originally on track […]

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DreamWorks

DreamWorks Animation’s Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh is the studio’s latest spinoff series to one of their blockbuster features. Home, which was released last year, earned nearly $400M worldwide and starred the voices of Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin and Jennifer Lopez. Adventures, which is available on Netflix starting Friday July 29th, picks­ up […]

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