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
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Aidan Quinn Explores Academia, Science and Tragedy in Dark Matter
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
Get Smart (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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)
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)
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
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)
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
Mary McCormack – Hiding In Plain Sight
Mary McCormack Hiding In Plain Sight by Jay S. Jacobs Mary McCormack has spent most of the past decade circling stardom and with the new USA Network series In Plain Sight; she may finally touch down as a full-blown star. In the new series – created by first-time producer David Maples – McCormack plays Mary Shannon, … Continue reading
Josh Radnor, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan – How I Met Your Mother Goes Home
Josh Radnor, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan – How I Met Your Mother Goes Home by Jay S. Jacobs McGee’s Pub, a famous old watering hole in New York, is not the type of place that you expect to have a glamorous Hollywood screening party. However, on June 3, 2008, McGee’s was … Continue reading
Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
AMATEUR PORN STAR KILLER 2 (2008) Starring Kai Lanette and Shane Ryan. Screenplay by Kai Lanette and Shane Ryan. Directed by Shane Ryan. Distributed by Alter Ego Cinema. 80 minutes. Not Rated. When I received the press release about this film – bragging about how the original Amateur Porn Star Killer movie had been made for a … Continue reading