THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN (2012) Starring Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, CJ Adams, Odeya Rush, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Rosemarie DeWitt, David Morse, M. Emmett Walsh, Lois Smith, Dianne Wiest, Common, Michael Arden, James Rebhorn, Rhoda Griffis and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Screenplay by Peter Hedges. Directed by Peter Hedges. Distributed by Walt Disney Picture. 100 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
Wayne White’s Playhouse by Ronald Sklar http://www.popentertainment.com/waynewhite.htm The brilliant creative mind behind Pee Wee’s Playhouse and other cultural landmarks continues to pop our eyes. You may not know him by name, but you know him as that guy behind the scenes responsible for blowing your mind. Wayne White is an artist, art director and puppeteer … Continue reading
Tanita Tikaram Comes Back Strong by Jay S. Jacobs http://www.popentertainment.com/tanitatikaram.htm Back in 1988, Tanita Tikaram released Ancient Heart, arguably one of the defining albums of the decade. The most amazing part was that the album was the debut of a 19-year old British singer. Tanita Tikaram became a star in her native land, spawning four … Continue reading
Vamps Vamps director Amy Heckerling has a good track record for taking books and turning them into light comic entertainment. Her two biggest films are Clueless, in which she gave a glossy 90s sheen to Jane Austen’s Emma, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which fictionalized Cameron Crowe’s non-fiction sociology experiment about California teens in … Continue reading
Chimpanzee’s Filmmakers Tell A True Tale of Loss and Bonding by Brad Balfour http://www.popentertainment.com/fothergilllinfield.htm While Marvel’s The Avengers is tentpole cinema’s paean to superhero glory, DisneyNature salutes a different sort of heroics through the true primate story told in Chimpanzee. British directors/producers Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield have fashioned this rousing drama out of three … Continue reading
Say Anything Jeff Dye… We’re Listening! by Ronald Sklar – Photo by Harley Reinhardt http://www.popentertainment.com/jeffdye.htm With a hosting stint on MTV’s Money From Strangers and a growing following, Jeff Dye’s career goes boom! By rights, he is way too good looking to be funny, but there he is, that adorable Jeff Dye, making us laugh … Continue reading
The Dick Van Dyke Show The Complete Series (Image Entertainment-2012) To any self-respecting fan of pop culture/entertainment, just the sheer utterance of the show’s title, The Dick Van Dyke Show, conjures up a baby boomer television classic. Airing only five seasons (1961-1966), The Dick Van Dyke Show, created by Carl Reiner, chronicles the home/work life of the … Continue reading
Rose Marie Icon: An Interview About The Dick Van Dyke Show. by Ken Sharp http://www.popentertainment.com/rosemarie.htm A show business veteran since the tender age of three, Rose Marie is best known for her role as the brash and fast talkin’ comedy writer Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show. In this exclusive conversation, Rose Marie … Continue reading
Craig Marks Wants His MTV! by Jay S. Jacobs http://www.popentertainment.com/iwantmymtv.htm Legend tells us the MTV blasted off on television on August 1, 1981 with the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” – a song that was like a shot off the bow of the staid music world and became the channel’s own personal mission statement. … Continue reading
Led Zeppelin Just Want To Celebrate by Jay S. Jacobs There are very few opportunities that a music journalist will jump at quicker than the opportunity to see the three surviving members of the legendary (and legendarily squabbling) rock group Led Zeppelin together on the same stage. Even if you are not the band’s biggest … Continue reading
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