BRINGING UP BOBBY (2011) Starring Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman, Marcia Cross, Rory Cochrane, Spencer List, Renata Batista, Justin Hall, Shelli Fox, Ray Prewitt, Lauren Analla, Phillip Borghee, Dan Corley, Rick Eager, Eric Starkey, Dalton Olive, Jon Bielich, Patrick Michael Flannigan, Milton Killen, Paul Dietz and Ana Anderson. Screenplay by Famke Janssen. Directed by Famke Janssen. … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Famke Janssen – Bringing Up New Challenges
Famke Janssen Bringing Up New Challenges by Jay S. Jacobs Famke Janssen’s American dream keeps mutating. The striking actress moved from her native Holland in the mid-Eighties and became an in-demand fashion model. However, Janssen was always obsessed with films. She quickly segued into that world, getting a breakout role as a gorgeous assassin in … Continue reading
Thomas Jane – Raw
Thomas Jane Raw by Ronald Sklar An actor with raw talent runs a comic book empire called Raw Studios. Thomas Jane doesn’t shy away from controversial roles or from his passion for comic books and graphic novels. His early days as a struggling and often homeless actor have taken on the stuff of legend, but … Continue reading
Smash Mouth – Return of the All Stars
Smash Mouth Return of the All Stars by Jay S. Jacobs http://www.popentertainment.com/smashmouth.htm Smash Mouth was one of the huge bands of the late Nineties, knocking hits out of the park with “Walking on the Sun,” “All Star” and their cover of the Monkees’ “I’m a Believer.” They originally formed in San Jose, CA, in 1994, … Continue reading
Ghosts of the Abyss (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS (2003) Starring Lewis Abernathy, James Cameron, Dr. Lori Johnston, Don Lynch, Ken Marschall, Vince Pace, Bill Paxton, Charles Pellegrino and Tava Smiley. Directed by James Cameron. Distributed by Walt Disney Home Entertainment. 61 minutes. Rated PG. Back during James Cameron’s lost decade plus between filming the most popular film ever (Titanic) and then … Continue reading
Hello I Must Be Going (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
HELLO I MUST BE GOING (2012) Starring Melanie Lynskey, Blythe Danner, John Rubinstein, Julie White, Christopher Abbott, Jimmi Simpson, Dan Futterman, Damian Young, Sara Chase, Meera Simhan, Andrea Bordeaux, Greta Lee and Andreina Sosa-Keifer. Screenplay by Sarah Koskoff. Directed by Todd Louiso. Distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories. 95 minutes. Rated R. Hello I Must Be Going is … Continue reading
The Eye of the Storm (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE EYE OF THE STORM (2012) Starring Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling, Judy Davis, Alexandra Schepisi, Maria Theodorakis, Helen Morse, John Gaden, Colin Friels, Robyn Nevin and Dustin Clare. Screenplay by Judy Morris. Directed by Fred Schepisi. Distributed by Sycamore Entertainment. 119 minutes. Rated R. The novels of Patrick White, an Australian Nobel laureate in the … Continue reading
For a Good Time, Call… (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL… (2012) Starring Ari Graynor, Lauren Anne Miller, James Wolk, Nia Vardalos, Mark Webber, Justin Long, Mimi Rogers, Don McManus, James Wolk, Nia Vardalos, Sugar Lyn Beard, Steven Shaw, Kevin Marino, Martha MacIsaac, Kevin Smith and Seth Rogen. Screenplay by Lauren Anne Miller & Katie Anne Naylon. Directed by Jamie Travis. … Continue reading