LES MISÉRABLES (2012) Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Samantha Barks, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, George Blagden, Colm Wilkinson, Frances Ruffelle, Isabelle Allen, Daniel Huttlestone and Natalya Wallace. Screenplay by William Nicholson. Directed by Tom Hooper. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 158 minutes. Rated PG-13. For twenty-five … Continue reading
Looper http://www.popentertainment.com/looper.htm You can just barely recognize Joseph Gordon-Levitt in this futuristic thriller, in which he plays a new sort of time-travel hit man. In the future, time travel has been discovered and outlawed. However, criminals still use it as a fail-safe way of killing: they send a man bound and hooded back in time … Continue reading
Argo http://www.popentertainment.com/argo.htm From the strange-but-true files comes this little nugget, a little known piece of recent history that is all the more trenchant due to recent events. With violence and political unrest swirling around in Iran and the Middle East in general, amongst the many attributes of Argo is simply the reminder that there has … Continue reading
Tony Danza – Teacher, Teach Us by Ronald Sklar The actor spent a lifetime in front of the camera — but he always wanted to teach. Tony Danza is quoting Shakespeare to me, and it goes a little something like this: There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on … Continue reading
The Guilt Trip http://www.popentertainment.com/guilttrip.htm When Hollywood is fishing around for potential film pairings, I can’t imagine that Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand were at the top of the pile. Stoner slacker-chic comic actor meets aging legendary pop music diva? But, you know what? The Gullt Trip shows that they can work together. In this mother … Continue reading
The Perks of Being The Wallflowers by Ronald Sklar http://www.popentertainment.com/wallflowers.htm Jakob Dylan and his mates craft a Wallflowers reunion album, which means the boys are back in town. Wallflowers roll call! Ready — and: Jakob Dylan (lead vocals), Greg Richling (bass), Rami Jaffee (keyboards), Stuart Mathis (guitar) and Red Hot Chili Peppers/Pearl Jam drummer Jack Irons. And … Continue reading
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (2012) Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, Shea Whigham, John Ortiz, Julia Stiles, Dash Mihok, Brea Bee, Patrick McDade and Cheryl Williams. Screenplay by David O. Russell. Directed by David O. Russell. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 123 minutes. Rated PG-13. Silver Linings Playbook is … Continue reading
A Thousand Words http://www.popentertainment.com/1000words.htm I’m not sure when Eddie Murphy stopped caring about making good movies. Actually, I think I do know. In 1986, he followed up his first three wonderful films – 48 Hrs., Trading Places and the first Beverly Hills Cop, with The Golden Child, a stupid, cheesy adventure comedy that ends up … Continue reading
Wang Chung Abducted by the 80s by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2012 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: December 6. 2012. From The Urban Dictionary: “wang chung Going out and having fun, in a vague, undefined kind of way (since no one ever knew what Everybody Wang Chung Tonight meant, exactly).” There you have it. Plenty of … Continue reading
About Cherry http://www.popentertainment.com/aboutcherry.htm Unlike most films which delve into pornography, About Cherry takes the somewhat risky tactic of having its heroine not be destroyed by her involvement in the world of adult films. In fact, she appears to be a rather grounded young woman who knows she can never make this kind of money doing … Continue reading
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