Monthly Archives: June 2008

WALL-E (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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WALL-E (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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WALL-E (2008) Starring Fred Willard and the voices of Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy and Sigourney Weaver. Screenplay by Andrew Stanton. Directed by Andrew Stanton. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 97 minutes. Rated G. Pixar films are well known for taking hard looks at adult concerns in the guise of … Continue reading →

Elsa and Fred (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Elsa and Fred (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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ELSA AND FRED (2008) Starring Manuel Alexandre, China Zorrilla, Blanca Portillo, Roberto Carnaghi, Jose Angel Egido, Carlos Alvarez-Novoa and Federico Luppi. Screenplay by Marcos Carnevale. Directed by Marcos Carnevale. Distributed by Alta Films.  106 minutes.  Rated PG. If you take Hollywood’s word for it, love is a game for the young. A few years ago … Continue reading →

Aidan Quinn Explores Academia, Science and Tragedy in Dark Matter
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Aidan Quinn Explores Academia, Science and Tragedy in Dark Matter

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Aidan Quinn Explores Academia, Science and Tragedy in Dark Matter by Brad Balfour The feature film debut of renowned Chinese opera and theater director Chen Shi-Zheng, and winner of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival’s Alfred P. Sloan Prize, Dark Matter garnered critical praise, had a mini-theatrical release, and has a DVD out shortly. Inspired by a real tragedy, Dark … Continue reading →

Anthony Michael Hall – Leaving the Dead Zone
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Anthony Michael Hall – Leaving the Dead Zone

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ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL LEAVING THE DEAD ZONE BY JAY S. JACOBS Back in the 1980s, Anthony Michael Hall was everyone’s nerdy younger brother. He first caught our eye as young son Rusty Griswold in the classic comedy National Lampoon’s Vacation. That movie was written by a relatively unknown screenwriter named John Hughes.  Hall quickly became Hughes’ … Continue reading →

The Spiderwick Chronicles (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Spiderwick Chronicles (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES (2008) Starring Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Mary-Louise Parker, David Strathairn, Joan Plowright, Nick Nolte, Andrew McCarthy, Jordy Benattar and the voices of Martin Short, Chris Parson and Seth Rogen. Screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick and David Berenbaum and John Sayles. Directed by Mark Waters. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 101 minutes. Rated PG. Fantasy … Continue reading →

Get Smart (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Get Smart (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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GET SMART (2008) Starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Terrence Stamp, David Koechner, Terry Crews, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, Patrick Warburton, James Caan, Bill Murray and Bernie Koppel. Screenplay by Tom J. Astle & Matt Ember. Directed by Peter Segal. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures.  110 minutes.  Rated PG-13. I … Continue reading →

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

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CONTROL (2007) Starring Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Craig Parkinson, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson, Toby Kebbell, James Anthony Pearson, Harry Treadaway, Matthew McNulty, Andrew Sheridan, Robert Shelly, Richard Bremmer and Tanya Myers. Screenplay by Deborah Curtis and Matt Greenhalgh. Directed by Anton Corbijn. Distributed by The Weinstein Co.  121 minutes.  Rated R. Joy Division was … Continue reading →

Drillbit Taylor (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Drillbit Taylor (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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DRILLBIT TAYLOR (2008) Starring Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann, Troy Gentile, Nate Hartley, David Dorfman, Danny R. McBride, Josh Peck, Alex Frost, Leslie Mann, Stephen Root, Lisa Ann Walker, Beth Littleford, David Koechner, Janet Varney, David Bowe, Lisa Lampanelli, Frank Whaley and Adam Baldwin. Screenplay by Seth Rogen and Kristofor Brown. Directed by Steven Brill. Distributed … Continue reading →

Another Happening from Director M. Night Shyamalan
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Another Happening from Director M. Night Shyamalan

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Another Happening from Director M. Night Shyamalan by Brad Balfour Like his work or not, director M. Night Shyamalan employs big ideas and challenges himself and his viewers with unusual and dark storylines with the framework to express them. After his incredible success with The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs, he was hailed as a youthful wunderkind with a … Continue reading →

The Hammer (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Hammer (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE HAMMER (2008) Starring Adam Carolla, Oswaldo Castillo, Heather Juergensen, Harold House Moore, Jonathan Hernandez, Chris Darga, Constance Zimmer, Tom Quinn and Jane Lynch. Screenplay by Kevin Hench. Directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld. Distributed by The Weinstein Company.  88 minutes.   Rated R. Perhaps the biggest surprise about radio jock/comedian/dancing star Adam Carolla’s starring film debut is … Continue reading →