Curious George 2 – Follow That Monkey! (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
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Curious George 2 – Follow That Monkey! (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)

CURIOUS GEORGE 2: FOLLOW THAT MONKEY! (2010) Featuring the voices of Jeff Bennett, Nickie Bryar, Tim Curry, Jamie Kennedy, Matt Lauer, Jerry Lewis, Frank Welker, Fred Tatasciore, Amy Hill and Clint Howard. Screenplay by Chuck Tately. Directed by Norton Virgien. Distributed by Universal Home Video.  104 minutes.  Rated G. There is no real reason for them … Continue reading

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

DELTA (2008) Starring Félix Lajkó, Orsolya Tóth, Lili Monori, Sándor Gáspár, Lajos Bertók and Martin Wuttke. Screenplay by Yvette Biro. Directed by Kornél Mundruczó. Distributed by Facets Multimedia.  96 minutes.  Not Rated. Incest is such an incendiary subject that it is rather surprising how low-key and quiet this beautifully-shot Hungarian film on the subject ends … Continue reading

Bon Appetit with Oscar-nominees Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci
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Bon Appetit with Oscar-nominees Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci

Bon Appetit with Oscar-nominees Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci by Brad Balfour Looking very Julia Child-like, actor Meryl Streep, the latter half of Julie and Julia, stepped up to the press conference table in a long grey dress cut to mid-calf, wearing a string of pearls. Her screen husband, Stanley Tucci, wore a sport coat … Continue reading

Eve Plumb – Painting the Bistro Life
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Eve Plumb – Painting the Bistro Life

Eve Plumb Painting the Bistro Life by Ronald Sklar Eve Plumb is not your go-to Brady for back-in-the-day.  With a nation still aching for any crumb, any plumb of trivia regarding the 1969-74 series, she is not biting. Not her problem. Although she has no visible gripes with the show that made her a pop … Continue reading

Shutter Island (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Shutter Island (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

SHUTTER ISLAND (2010) Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Ted Levine, John Carroll Lynch, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Earle Haley, Elias Koteas, Robin Bartlett, Christopher Denham, Nellie Sciutto, Joseph Sikora and Curtiss l’Cook. Screenplay by Laeta Kalogridis. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 138 minutes. Rated … Continue reading

Everybody’s Fine (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Everybody’s Fine (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

EVERYBODY’S FINE (2009) Starring Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Lucian Maisel, Melissa Leo, James Frain, Katherine Moennig, Brendan Sexton III, Chandler Frantz, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Mackenzie Milone and Lily Mo Sheen. Screenplay by Kirk Jones. Directed by Kirk Jones. Distributed by Mirimax Pictures.  100 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Everybody’s Fine is based on a … Continue reading

The Informant! (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Informant! (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

THE INFORMANT! (2009) Starring Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey, Rick Overton, Tom Papa, Tom Wilson, Clancy Brown, Tony Hale, Ann Cusack, Allan Havey and Rusty Schwimmer. Screenplay by Scott Z. Burns. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.  109 minutes.  Rated R. The Informant! is a slightly schizophrenic little film about … Continue reading

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

AMELIA (2009) Starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson, Cherry Jones, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Abrams, Dylan Roberts, Scott Yaphne, Tom Fairfoot, William Cuddy and Ryann Shane. Screenplay by Ron Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan. Directed by Mira Nair. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.  110 minutes.  Rated PG. Amelia Earhart lived a … Continue reading

Mid-August Lunch (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Mid-August Lunch (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

MID-AUGUST LUNCH (PRANZA DI FERRAGOSTO) (2009) Starring Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti, Maria Calì, Grazia Cesarini Sforza, Alfonso Santagata, Luigi Marchetti, Marcello Ottolenghi and Petre Rosu. Written by Gianni Di Gregorio. Directed by Gianni Di Gregorio. Distributed by Zeitgeist Films. 75 minutes. Not Rated. To give an idea of the cultural differences … Continue reading

Sarah Silverman Is Glad You Hurt Your Hand
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Sarah Silverman Is Glad You Hurt Your Hand

Sarah Silverman Is Glad You Hurt Your Hand By Jay S. Jacobs Okay, she really doesn’t want you to hurt your hand.  But Sarah Silverman loves to capture people off guard, whether it is in her stand-up act, her acclaimed shorts about getting your grandparents out to vote or fucking Matt Damon, or in portraying … Continue reading