After School Specials 1974-1976 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on November 30, 2004 by popenterta • Leave a comment

After School Specials 1974-1976 (BCI Eclipse-2004) In the early 1960s, FCC chairman Newton Minnow called television “a vast wasteland,” accusing the entertainment industry of producing mind-numbing and mediocre offerings, as gray and dull as dishwater. Even President Kennedy agreed that the medium was not reaching its full potential, and in effort to balance things out he … Continue reading →

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Christmas With the Kranks (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on November 24, 2004 by popenterta • Leave a comment

CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS (2004) Starring Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Cheech Marin, Austin Pendleton, Elizabeth Franz, Erik Per Sullivan, Jake Busey, Tom Poston, Julie Gonzalo, René Lavan, Caroline Rhea, Felicity Huffman, Patrick Breen and Vernee Watson-Johnson. Screenplay by Chris Columbus. Directed by Joe Roth. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 98 … Continue reading →

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Everybody Loves Raymond – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on November 21, 2004 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Everybody Loves Raymond The Complete First Season (HBO-2004) The terrific Everybody Loves Raymond is the situation comedy structure stripped down to its barest elements. Because the sitcom genre peaked with Seinfeld and had nowhere else to go, the Raymond creators instead traveled back to the ‘50s, to the very inception of this odd but immortal art form, and hit the refresh button. Its … Continue reading →

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Liam Neeson Investigates More Than His Soul in Kinsey

Posted on November 17, 2004 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Liam Neeson Investigates More Than His Soul in Kinsey by Brad Balfour Originally posted on November 17, 2004. Oscar-winning actor Liam Neeson doesn’t shy away from tough roles. When he took on Oskar Schindler for Steven Spielberg, he faced a challenge but now that he’s tackled Kinsey, he has handled some difficult tasks for award-winning … Continue reading →

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Noel (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on November 15, 2004 by popenterta • Leave a comment

NOEL (2004) Starring Susan Sarandon, Penelope Cruz, Paul Walker, Alan Arkin, Marcus Thomas, Sonia Benezra, Marcia Bennett, Kim Bubbs, Ruth Chiang, Donna Hanover, David Julian Hirsch, Chantal Lonergan, Sonny Marinelli, Chazz Palminteri, Erika Rosenbaum, Victoria Sanchez, Daniel Sunjata, Maurizio Terrazzano and Robin Williams. Screenplay by David Hubbard. Directed by Chazz Palminteri. Distributed by The Convex … Continue reading →

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Punk’d – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on November 13, 2004 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Punk’d The Complete First Season (MTV/Paramount-2004) As the motor-mouthed host of the MTV hidden-camera show, Punk’d, America’s favorite spoiled brat, Ashton Kutcher, found himself the perfect vehicle. To drive this vehicle, a Von Dutch hat is required, as well as other items of self-conscious hipness, the most important being Kutcher himself. Think what you want about Kutcher, but it’s … Continue reading →

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Mad About You – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on November 13, 2004 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Mad About You The Complete First Season (Columbia Tri-Star-2002) The best way to describe Mad About You comes not from the show itself but from a better one: Seinfeld. In it, a newly engaged George Constanza (Jason Alexander) finds himself, so obviously against his will, watching an episode of Mad About You with his fiancée. The look on George’s face … Continue reading →

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