Catching up with a child prodigy movie reviewer

Jackson Murphy, also known as "Lights Camera Jackson," was just 7 years old when he got his start as a film critic with Radio Disney, via the former WDDY 1460 radio station in Albany. "The people at the station could see how much energy I had and how much fun I was having being on the radio so they offered me movie reviews," he said, "and I never realized how far it was going to take me."

From there, things began to take off for the young critic. He started doing TV segments locally, which then morphed into national appearances on "Today," "Fox and Friends" and "The Tonight Show" during the Jay Leno years.

Not everyone was so enamored with an 11-year-old film critic trashing a popular movie like "Inception." Howard Stern said Murphy was too young to ever understand such a complex film.

"I've been treated respectfully 99 percent of the time," said Murphy. "The people in the industry today treat me as an equal. When I was 10 or 11 and going on these national shows, I think those who booked me thought I was some type of novelty, and then 30 seconds into the segment they realized I knew my stuff. Early on I had to really prove myself."

Murphy is 20 years old now and still part of the movie business. While he still does film reviews on television and radio, he also hosts the "Lights Camera Jackson" Q&A podcast, interviewing animation filmmakers. He conducts "rapid movie reviews" on his website, lightscamerajackson.com. And he's pursuing a bachelor's degree in communications with a concentration in film and new media at the College of Saint Rose.

Murphy, who won a New York Emmy Award for commentary when he was 11 years old, has now gone on to interview and meet just a host of Hollywood celebrities. He credits Regis Philbin and Roger Ebert as being his biggest...