Woody Allen, Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood and Patricia Clarkson – Willing to Do Whatever Works by Jay S. Jacobs It’s a pretty well known fact in the entertainment world that legendary filmmaker Woody Allen hates movie promotion. He almost never does publicity junkets for his films, which is why his last minute decision to … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Elsewhere (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
ELSEWHERE (2009) Starring Anna Kendrick, Tania Raymonde, Chuck Carter, Olivia Dawn York, Paul Wesley, Jon Gries, Kinna McInroe, Jeffrey Daniel Phillips, Suzanne Lang, Joshua Swanson, Shannon Holt and Eddie Martinez. Screenplay by Nathan Hope. Directed by Nathan Hope. Distributed by E1 Entertainment. 106 minutes. Rated R. When you review films for a while, you quickly … Continue reading
Confessions of a Shopaholic (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC (2009) Starring Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, John Lithgow, Kristin Scott Thomas, Fred Armisen, Leslie Bibb, Lynn Redgrave, Julie Hagerty, Wendie Malick, Clea Lewis, Christine Ebersole, John Salley, Nick Cornish and Robert Stanton. Screenplay by Tracey Jackson, Tim Firth and Kayla Alpert. Directed by P.J. Hogan. … Continue reading
Friday the 13th (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
FRIDAY THE 13TH (2009) Starring Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti, Aaron Yoo, Travis Van Winkle, Derek Mears, Julianna Guill, Ben Feldman, Ryan Hansen, Arlen Escarpeta, America Olivo and Willa Ford. Screenplay by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. Directed by Marcus Nispel. Distributed by New Line Cinema. 95 minutes. Rated R. There were eleven Friday the … Continue reading
The Pink Panther 2 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE PINK PANTHER 2 (2009) Starring Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia, Yuki Matsuzaki, Alfred Molina, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, John Cleese, Andria Blackman, Zofia Borucka, Lily Tomlin and Jeremy Irons. Screenplay by Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber and Steve Martin. Directed by Harold Zwart. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 92 minutes. Rated PG. There … Continue reading
Star Trek (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
STAR TREK (2009) Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder, Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Morrison, Tyler Perry and Leonard Nimoy. Screenplay by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Directed by J.J. Abrams. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 127 minutes. Rated PG-13. Star … Continue reading
The Brothers Bloom (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE BROTHERS BLOOM (2009) Starring Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz, Rinko Kikuchi, Robbie Coltrane, Andy Nyman, Maximilian Schell, Noah Segan, Zachary Gordon, Nora Zehetner and the voice of Ricky Jay. Screenplay by Rian Johnson. Directed by Rian Johnson. Distributed by Summit Entertainment. 109 minutes. Rated PG-13. With any con man movie, no matter what … Continue reading
Angels & Demons (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
ANGELS & DEMONS (2009) Starring Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgard, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Thure Lindhardt, David Pasquesi, Cosimo Fusco, Victor Alfieri, Franklin Amobi, Curt Lowens, Bob Yerkes and Marco Fiorini. Screenplay David Koepp and Akiva Goldsman. Directed by Ron Howard. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 138 minutes. Rated PG-13. … Continue reading
Away We Go (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
AWAY WE GO (2009) Starring John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Allison Janney, Catherine O’Hara, Jim Gaffigan, Carmen Ejogo, Samantha Pryor, Conor Carroll, Josh Hamilton, Chris Messina, Melanie Lynskey, Colton Parsons and Katherine Vaskevich. Screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. Directed by Sam Mendes. Distributed by Focus Features. 97 minutes. Rated R. … Continue reading
Allison Janney – What a Way to Make a Living
Allison Janney What a Way to Make a Living by Jay S. Jacobs Allison Janney is tired. She’s been putting in seven-day weeks, doing eight shows a week in her Tony Award nominated role on the hit Broadway musical 9 to 5. It is also awards season, so she has been hitting the red carpet regularly. Plus, her … Continue reading