$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
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
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
Cyrus (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CYRUS (2010) Starring John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, Catherine Keener, Matt Walsh, Diane Mizota, Kathy Ann Wittes, Kathryn Aselton, Jamie Donnelly, Tim Guinee, Charlie Brewer and Steve Zissis. Screenplay by Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass. Directed by Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass. Distributed by Fox Searchlight. 92 minutes. Rated R. John C. Reilly … Continue reading
Dylan McDermott – Dark Blue Persuasion
Dylan McDermott Dark Blue Persuasion by Jay S. Jacobs It’s not easy going undercover after you spent six years in one of the biggest hit series on television. That blend ability is even tougher when you have been named one of People magazine’s sexiest men twice in the past decade. Dylan McDermott doesn’t care. He’s … Continue reading