BRING IT ON – IN IT TO WIN IT (2007) Starring Ashley Benson, Cassie Scerbo, Jennifer Tisdale, Michael Copon, Kierstin Koppel, Anniese Taylor Dendy, Noel Areizaga and Ashley Tisdale. Screenplay by Alyson Fouse and Elena Song. Directed by Steve Rash. Distributed by Universal Studios Family Productions. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. This is the fourth chapter … Continue reading
Barry Williams Time To Change by Ronald Sklar Think of it this way: about forty years ago, you land a job. It’s a good job and you feel lucky to get it. You like it. Everybody else likes you in it. It’s a good gig. You stay at this job for about five years, then … Continue reading
Marisol Nichols Is Having One Hell of a Day by Jay S. Jacobs It takes a rather special person to run CTU – the fictional super-secret counter-terrorism agency that is the focus of the popular Kiefer Sutherland adventure series 24. Which brings us to Marisol Nichols, the actress and philanthropist that spent season six of the show as Nadia Yassir, … Continue reading
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (2007) Starring Matt Damon, Joan Allen, David Straithairn, Julia Stiles, Scott Glenn, Albert Finney, Paddy Considine, Edgar Ramirez, Chris Cooper and Brian Cox. Screenplay by Tony Gilroy and Scott Z. Burns and George Nolfi. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. I sort of missed the boat … Continue reading
OPRAH WINFREY PRESENTS MITCH ALBOM’S FOR ONE MORE DAY (2007) Starring Michael Imperioli, Ellen Burstyn, Samantha Mathis, Scott Cohen, Alice Drummond, Emily Wickersham, Cara Seymour, Lexie Drago, Joyce Hogi, Frank Pellegrino and Vadim Imperioli. Screenplay by Mitch Albom. Directed by Lloyd Kramer. Distributed by Harpo Films and ABC Television Network. 91 minutes. Not Rated. You … Continue reading
HALLOWEEN (2007) Starring Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Daeg Faerch, Sheri Moon Zombie, Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris, Kristina Klebe, Skyler Gisondo, Jenny Gregg Stewart, Hanna Hall, Danny Trejo, William Forsythe, Brad Dourif, Dee Wallace, Udo Kier, Clint Howard, Sybil Danning and Micky Dolenz. Directed by Rob Zombie. Directed by Rob Zombie. Distributed by Dimension Films. 109 … Continue reading
James McAvoy and Keira Knightley On the Day of Atonement by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2007 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: December 7, 2007. Playing the star-crossed lovers whose entire futures are blown apart by a little girl’s unfair allegation in Atonement, British actors James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland, The Chronicles of Narnia) … Continue reading
Christopher Hampton Adapting Atonement by Jay S. Jacobs When adapting a complex novel like Ian McEwan’s best-seller Atonement, it was important to find a screenwriter who could do justice to the epic scope and passions on the pages of the book. It made sense to give the job to a writer who has specialized in adaptations, … Continue reading
ATONEMENT (2007) Starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Blethyn, Juno Temple, Michelle Duncan, Gina McKee, Harriet Walters and Anthony Minghella. Screenplay by Christopher Hampton. Directed by Joe Wright. Distributed by Focus Features. 123 minutes. Rated R. When a film has a title like Atonement, you’re probably not in for an uplifting … Continue reading
Joe Franklin The Man Who Invented Talk by Ronald Sklar Joe Franklin, from his infamously nostalgia-cluttered midtown office, claims that he hosted television’s very first talk show. In fact, he insists that it was he who developed the very idea of the eternal genre. “I was hosting a radio show called ‘Vaudeville Isn’t Dead,’” says the Bronx-born … Continue reading
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