Sideways (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Sideways (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

SIDEWAYS (2004) Starring Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh, Marylouise Burke, Jessica Hecht, Missy Doty, M.C. Gainey, Alysia Reiner, Shake Tukhmanyan, Duke Moosekian, Robert Covarrubias, Patrick Gallagher, Stephanie Faracy, Joe Marinelli, Chris Burroughs and Toni Howard. Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor. Directed by Alexander Payne. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. … Continue reading

Ray (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Ray (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

RAY (2004) Starring Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell, Harry Lennix, Bokeem Woodbine, Aunjanue Ellis, Sharon Warren, C.J. Sanders, Curtis Armstrong, Richard Schiff, Larenz Tate, Terrence Howard, David Krumholtz and Wendell Pierce. Screenplay by James L. White. Directed by Taylor Hackford. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 152 minutes. Rated PG-13. Ray Charles is a … Continue reading

Mystery Science Theater 3000 – Volume 6 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 – Volume 6 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Volume 6 (Rhino-2004) The eighties were the decade when critics and fans celebrated bad older movies. There were tons of books on the subject… probably the best known of the genre were The Fifty Worst Movies of All Time and The Golden Turkey Awards, both written by current radio talk show host Michael Medved back when he was best known as … Continue reading

Henry Rollins – Out of the Van
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Henry Rollins – Out of the Van

Henry Rollins Out of the Van by Ronald Sklar “I could grandstand and tell you I’m The Man, but I basically don’t have a life,” Henry Rollins tells me in a recent phone interview. As usual, The Man is being too hard on himself. The rock legend, now in his early forties and still as tough … Continue reading

Columbo – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Columbo – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Columbo The Complete First Season 1971 (Universal-2004) Columbo had them at hello. The fun in watching TV’s greatest detective is not merely in piecing together murder mysteries along with him – he’s way past the sniffing stage, and besides, we’ve already spent the first twenty-five minutes witnessing the actual killing, the reasons leading up to … Continue reading

Married With Children – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Married With Children – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Married… With Children The Complete First Season – 1987 (Columbia TriStar-2003) Simply scratch the surface of Married… With Children’s first thirteen episodes (now available on DVD), and you will find the most depressing show ever to appear on television. Beneath its fierce determination to be rude, crude and outrageous is revealed the sad punch line to … Continue reading

Born Rich (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Born Rich (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

BORN RICH  (2003) Starring Josiah Hornblower, S.I. Newhouse IV, Ivanka Trump, Georgina Bloomberg, Luke Weil, Cody Franchetti, Stephanie Ercklentz, Carlo von Zeischel, Christina Floyd, Juliet Hartford, Peter Skolnik and Jamie Johnson. Directed by Jamie Johnson. Distributed by Shout! Factory.  81 minutes.  Rated PG. You know you hate them.  They’re young, attractive and they never have … Continue reading

Raphael Saadiq – The Return of Ray Ray
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Raphael Saadiq – The Return of Ray Ray

Raphael Saadiq The Return of Ray Ray by Abraham Kuranga Raphael Saadiq is cool.  Student Council president cool.  Zach Morris cool.  O.K. well, you get the point.  Saadiq is also extremely focused.  No stranger to success, Saadiq has reached both highs and lows, but mostly highs, with Tony! Toni! Toné! and later Lucy Pearl. Saadiq … Continue reading

Intimate Strangers (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Intimate Strangers (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

INTIMATE STRANGERS (CONFIDENCES TROP INTIMES) (2004) Starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini, Michel Duchaussoy, Anne Brochet, Gilbert Melki, Laurent Gamelon, Helene Surgere, Urbain Cancelier, Isabel Petit-Jacques, Veronique Kapoian, Benoit Petre, Albert Simono, Claude Derepp, Aurore Auteuil, Ludovic Berthillot and Sabrina Brezzo. Screenplay by Jerome Tonnerre. Directed by Patrice Leconte. Distributed by Paramount Classics.  104 minutes.  Rated … Continue reading

Christopher Walken – The Sanest Man in Hollywood
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Christopher Walken – The Sanest Man in Hollywood

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN THE SANEST MAN IN HOLLYWOOD by Jay S. Jacobs Mention the name Christopher Walken, and anyone you’re talking to will have a very strong, concrete image.  There are very few actors in the world who spur such strong name recognition, such certainty on the part of an audience that we get what he’s all about.  He’s a hard, … Continue reading