How I Met Your Mother – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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How I Met Your Mother – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

How I Met Your Mother Season One (2005-2006) (Fox Home Video-2006) Those charmingly misguided TV sitcom writers seem to have four general rules: One: all twenty-somethings, regardless of financial obligation and career path, must live in Manhattan, in cool apartments with HUGE bathrooms. Two: all Manhattan-dwelling twenty-somethings are magically blessed with lots of free time, … Continue reading

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END (2007) Starring Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy, Jack Davenport, Stellan Skarsgard, Tom Hollander, Naomie Harris, Chow Yun-fat, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Kevin R. McNally, David Bailie, Jonathan Pryce and Keith Richards. Screenplay by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Directed by Gore Verbinski. Distributed … Continue reading

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

SEVERANCE (2007) Starring Laura Harris, Danny Dyer, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens, Claudie Blakley, Andy Nyman, Babou Ceesay, Juli Drajkó, Judit Victor and David Gilliam. Screenplay by James Moran and Christopher Smith. Directed by Christopher Smith. Distributed by Magnolia Films. 91 minutes. Rated R. Severance asks the tongue-in-cheek question – if you take a cheesy horror movie … Continue reading

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

EVENING (2007) Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy, Natasha Richardson, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Mamie Gummer, Barry Bostwick and Eileen Atkins. Screenplay by Susan Minot and Michael Cunningham. Directed by Lajos Koltai. Distributed by Focus Features.  117 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Evening wears its quality pedigree like a tiara on its stately … Continue reading

Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless – She’s Lacey and She’s Cagney
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Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless – She’s Lacey and She’s Cagney

Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless She’s Lacey and She’s Cagney by Jay S. Jacobs It was a series that broke all the rules.  A cop drama in which the two leads were both women – looking at the personal and professional lives of two women making their way in a man’s world and not only keeping up, but … Continue reading

Because I Said So (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Because I Said So (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

BECAUSE I SAID SO (2007) Starring Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Lauren Graham, Piper Perabo, Gabriel Macht, Tom Everett Scott, Stephen Collins, Ty Panitz, Matt Champaign, Colin Ferguson and Tony Hale. Screenplay by Karen Leigh Hopkins and Jessie Nelson. Directed by Michael Lehmann. Distributed by Universal Pictures.  102 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Because I Said So is like a movie that … Continue reading

Tyrone Wells – What He’s Fighting For
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Tyrone Wells – What He’s Fighting For

Tyrone Wells What He’s Fighting For by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2007 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Posted: May 13, 2007. In concert, Tyrone Wells tells a story of a time when he was struggling to get his music noticed and had to take a gig playing at a swap meet.  While he was playing his … Continue reading

Lionel – Don’t Call Him Liberal
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Lionel – Don’t Call Him Liberal

LIONEL DON’T CALL HIM LIBERAL BY RONALD SKLAR On radio, Lionel is the anti-talk-show talk-show host. His three-hours of truth and critical thinking now makes its new home on the new Air America network (check your local radio listings or log on to http://www.airamerica.com.). As well, a book featuring his unique views of politics and life … Continue reading

Brooklyn Rules (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Brooklyn Rules (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

BROOKLYN RULES (2007) Starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Alec Baldwin, Scott Caan, Mena Suvari, Jerry Ferrara, Monica Keena, Robert Tarano, Christian Maelen, Paolo Araujo, Ty Thomas Reed and Daniel Tay. Screenplay by Terrence Winter. Directed by Michael Corrente. Distributed by City Lights Pictures.  99 minutes.  Rated R. The mob has a certain romantic allure, especially in … Continue reading

Freddie Prinze, Jr. & Mena Suvari – Living By Brooklyn Rules
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Freddie Prinze, Jr. & Mena Suvari – Living By Brooklyn Rules

Freddie Prinze, Jr. & Mena Suvari Living By Brooklyn Rules by Jay S. Jacobs Brooklyn Rules has been a long time coming. The script is a labor of love by Terrence Winter, one of the main writers on The Sopranos. The story was based on his own youth, where he and his best friends grow up in the … Continue reading