Lights, Camera, Jackson:11-Year-Old Film Critic

Topics: Elementary School

By YAN WANG

NEW YORK (CBS) Jackson Murphy, better-known as "Lights, Camera, Jackson," is an 11-year-old film critic who has already made a name for himself with his reviews of feature films, based on his movie report card.

Jackson first stepped into a movie theater at the age of 5, seeing Disney offerings such as "Finding Nemo" and "The Lizzie McGuire Movie." Since then, his taste has matured a bit!

Jackson began his career as a critic in January 2006, at the tender age of 7. His reviews are seen each week on TV stations throughout upstate New York. Jackson also has his own column of reviews that comes out each week in "The Record" newspaper in Bergen County, N.J..

His reviews have put him in the spotlight. He has made appearances on "The Early Show" as well as Fox News. In April, Jackson became the youngest person to ever get of a New York Emmy Award, for his film reviews, making him the youngest recipient of a New York Emmy.

For more about Jackson, visit his website, Lights, Camera, Jackson.

Also, check out his latest appearance on "The Early Show":

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by bogusfied September 6, 2010 8:46 AM EDT: Jackson Murphy is the most annoying child that I have ever seen on TV.; Reply to this comment


by ksmit2 August 5, 2010 12:11 PM EDT: I know this is small potatos in the grand scheme of things, but the
US public should be allowed to access "edited" versions of movies for
home use in rentals etc. These edited movies are currently available for
viewing in the middle east and other places that do not accomodate filthy
language as our country does. Some of these are excellent movies save for
bad language and a few smutty scenes.; Reply to this comment


by wyalusingtim July 25, 2010 7:55 AM EDT: Cleveland ohio had a morningshow called "That's Life" hosted by Robin Swaboda. I tried to get her producers to include a segment about prenatal care, OBGYNs, newborns, etc. So I hope this show will tackle some of these important topics.
1) A large percentage of expecting mothers are arriving at the hospital to deliver a newborn and have not attended a maternity class - and most of the classes are free to attend! There are few PSAs incouraging attendance.
2) maternity nurses are sending newborns home with mothers and a "doggy bag" of information in hopes they read it. Maternity nurses get very little time to spend with mothers as most are discharged a day earlier than was past practice due to the cost of hospitals and medical insurance companies.
3) very few mothers & fathers know what "newborn eye prophylaxis" is.
Even less are even discussing it with their OBGYN prior to delivery. Avoid silver nitrate drops (may cause near sightedness & harsh) ask OBGYN to use Erythramiacin ointment or Sterile Povidone Iodine (used to sterilize eyes before eye surgery). Women delivering at home can use their initial breast lactation following delivery as it contains antibiotics. All states make newborn eye prophylaxis mandatory by law and has to be recorded on the birth record.
4) very few expecting mothers know the importance of and how amniotic fluid measurements should be taken and recorded - and what it indicated. First part of pregnancy mother produces most of fluid. Second part of pregnancy the fetus/baby produces most of the amniotic fluid. So taking these measurements throughout a pregnancy is important in helping the OBGYN promptly recognize if there is a dehydration issue and its cause.
5)Birth Record or Birth Certificate - Because of HIPPA (federal medical privacy laws) medical information has been removed from the generic bith certificate and is kept on a separate record. Unfortunately, most Vital Statistics offices fail to inform citizens and young parents that there is a medical portion to the birth record. To obtain it a parent or individual has to know that it has to be requested specifically as it can only be released to lawful guardians/parents or the individual whose birthrecord it belongs to.
Information, such as method of eye prophylaxis used is recorded, blood type, height & weight at birth, iron content at birth (anemia), the blood test for genetic marker results, and so forth.
5) Avoiding ear infections in infants and their causes is a must topic as young parents need to avoid the over use of antibiotics and tubes and other expensive procedures that ear infections lead to $$$$ for the medical profession and less $$$$ in parents pockets and higher medical premiums for everyone.; Reply to this comment


by curtisneeley July 23, 2010 5:45 PM EDT: One issue that you could SNAP all of America's attention to instantly and quickly draw VOTERS across the isle. Announcing planning a bill that the Federal Communications Commission regulate communications by wire as has been their statutory mission since 1936 and consider the Internet to be a wire. Have you anyone ever used the internet without a wire at all. Google tried to con China into allowing pornography by describing it as trying to protect free speech.

5:09-cv-05151 is a civil lawsuit in Arkansas' Western District that names the US and the FCC as defendants that will attempt to do this. It is on interlocutory appeal at the Eighth Circuit and was done pro se by a severely disabled pauper. The "Judicial branch" prevented enforcement of "COPA" because legislators passed a law designed to be ruled unenforceable to keep pornography racing across the wires the FCC ignores.

This issue would SNAP every parent in America to attention.
Every American family is forced to show pornography to their children by allowing them to use the Internet unmonitored.

That has been against the laws already on the books since the telegraph wire evolved into the Internet. Curtis J Neeley is interested in ending pornography trafficking to children in America.

Education, Wall-Street regulation, and an oil spill have the country distracted. This issue will completely unite America's parents.

I have already been offered five-million dollars to drop the case. Google refused to stop showing my nude art to my children regardless.

Somebody will stand on principle and I hope it isn't just a poor, severely brain damaged and paralyzed artist. It currently looks like it is exclusively me. My pornography is exquisite but should not be shown to anonymous viewers who might be children, atheists, or Muslims.

Movie reviews are interesting, but nobody anywhere cares that pornography is the predominant use of WIRE communications.

This is not related but should be headline news.
Curtis Neeley; Reply to this comment