$5 A DAY (2008) Starring Christopher Walken, Alessandro Nivola, Sharon Stone, Dean Cain, Peter Coyote, Amanda Peet, Beth Bailey, Marya Beauvais, Frank Bond, Christopher Dempsey, Christopher Hagen, Anne Johns, Diana Maimin, Mike Miller and Mandy Olsen. Screenplay by Neal Dobrofsky and Tippi Dobrofsky. Directed by Nigel Cole. Distributed by Image Entertainment. 98 minutes. Rated PG-13. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Alicia Witt – Miss Witt’s Opus
Alicia Witt Miss Witt’s Opus by Ronald Sklar Alicia Witt has been steadily holding on to her day job – that of an extremely successful working actor – until she can make real her dream job: that of singer-songwriter. That goal is becoming ever more realized now that she has debuted her self-titled EP and its well-received … Continue reading
Batman: The Brave and the Bold (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold Season One, Part One (Warner Brothers Home Video-2010) Very few fictional characters have had the long and constant run that Batman has. Ever since his creation in 1939 by comic artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, the caped crusader has been the subject of comic books, movies, serials, live-action … Continue reading
Vampires Suck (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
VAMPIRES SUCK (2010) Starring Jenn Proske, Matt Lanter, Chris Riggi, Arielle Kebbel, Kelsey Ford, Anneliese van der Pol, Jun Hee Lee, Mike Mayhall, Ken Jeong, Crista Flanagan, Bradley Dodds, Charlie Weber, Matthew Warzel, Diedrich Bader, Nedal Yousef and Jeff Witzke. Screenplay by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Distributed … Continue reading
The English Beat – World Café Live – Philadelphia (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Photo Album)
The English Beat – World Café Live – Philadelphia, PA – August 16, 2010 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2010. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Cougar Town – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
Cougar Town The Complete First Season (Buena Vista Home Video-2010) It is rare for a new TV series to be met with the kind of derision that Cougar Town faced upon its debut last fall. It was somewhat surprising, too. After all, it was created by Bill Lawrence, who previously had run the very funny series Spin City and Scrubs. It stars … Continue reading
Jimmy Webb – Still on the Line
Jimmy Webb Still On the Line by Mark Mussari About fifteen years ago, one chilly autumnal night, I was in a coffee house in Lahaska, Pennsylvania when a young man — no more than eighteen — suddenly sat down at an upright piano. “This is an old pop song,” he announced in an apologetic tone. … Continue reading
Rock Slyde: Private Eye (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
ROCK SLYDE: PRIVATE EYE (2009) Starring Patrick Warburton, Andy Dick, Rena Sofer, Elaine Hendrix, Jamie Alexander, Jason Alexander, Eric Roberts, Lea Thompson, Jason Manns, Terry Chen, Kristin Holt, Tom Bergeron, Guillermo Rodriguez, Jerry Cantrell and Brian Bosworth. Screenplay by Chris Dowling. Directed by Chris Dowling. Distributed by Monarch Home Video. 86 minutes. Rated R. It’s … Continue reading
Classic Albums: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Damn the Torpedoes! (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
CLASSIC ALBUMS: TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS – DAMN THE TORPEDOES! (2010) Featuring Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Ron Blair, Jimmy Iovine, Shelly Yakus and archival footage of Stan Lynch. Directed by Matthew Longfellow. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 57 minutes. Not Rated. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 1979 breakthrough album Damn the Torpedoes! has long … Continue reading