Anders Østergaard – Doc Director’s Powerful Burma VJ Gets an Oscar Nom
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Anders Østergaard – Doc Director’s Powerful Burma VJ Gets an Oscar Nom

Doc Director’s Powerful Burma VJ Gets an Oscar Nom by Brad Balfour When Danish documentarian Anders Østergaard took on the challenge to make Burma VJ, he had no idea how much he would advance the cause of citizen journalism. A collective of 30 anonymous and underground video journalists (VJs), The Democratic Voice of Burma, recorded the 100,000+ protestors … Continue reading

Capitalism – A Love Story (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Capitalism – A Love Story (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (2009) Featuring Michael Moore, Thora Birch, William Black, Congressman Elijah Cummings, Baron Hill, Marcy Kaptur, Wallace Shawn, Elizabeth Warren and archival footage of George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Nancy Davis, Martin Luther King, Helmut Kohl, Bela Lugosi, John McCain, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Robert Powell, Ronald Reagan, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Arnold … Continue reading

Carey Mulligan – An English Actress Gets An Education and Award Noms
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Carey Mulligan – An English Actress Gets An Education and Award Noms

Carey Mulligan An English Actress Gets An Education and Award Noms by Brad Balfour With An Education, the 24-year-old British actress Carey Mulligan has come out of nowhere to garner the kind of critical acclaim and award notice that few receive so quickly – she’s up for a Golden Globe tomorrow for example. But her performance as 16-year-old … Continue reading

Toe To Toe (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Toe To Toe (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

TOE TO TOE (2009) Starring Louisa Krause, Sonequa Martin, Gaius Charles, Silvestre Rasuk, Ally Walker, Leslie Uggams, Anwan Glover, Dionne Audain, Erica Chamblee, Hina Abdullah, Julia Garro, Maha Chehlaoui, Anthony Del Negro, Thuliso Dingwall, Stephanie Rigizadeh and Michael Gable. Screenplay by Emily Abt. Directed by Emily Abt. Distributed by Strand Releasing. 104 minutes. Not Rated. … Continue reading

Curious George 2 – Follow That Monkey! (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
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Curious George 2 – Follow That Monkey! (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)

CURIOUS GEORGE 2: FOLLOW THAT MONKEY! (2010) Featuring the voices of Jeff Bennett, Nickie Bryar, Tim Curry, Jamie Kennedy, Matt Lauer, Jerry Lewis, Frank Welker, Fred Tatasciore, Amy Hill and Clint Howard. Screenplay by Chuck Tately. Directed by Norton Virgien. Distributed by Universal Home Video.  104 minutes.  Rated G. There is no real reason for them … Continue reading

Delta (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Delta (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

DELTA (2008) Starring Félix Lajkó, Orsolya Tóth, Lili Monori, Sándor Gáspár, Lajos Bertók and Martin Wuttke. Screenplay by Yvette Biro. Directed by Kornél Mundruczó. Distributed by Facets Multimedia.  96 minutes.  Not Rated. Incest is such an incendiary subject that it is rather surprising how low-key and quiet this beautifully-shot Hungarian film on the subject ends … Continue reading

Bon Appetit with Oscar-nominees Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci
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Bon Appetit with Oscar-nominees Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci

Bon Appetit with Oscar-nominees Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci by Brad Balfour Looking very Julia Child-like, actor Meryl Streep, the latter half of Julie and Julia, stepped up to the press conference table in a long grey dress cut to mid-calf, wearing a string of pearls. Her screen husband, Stanley Tucci, wore a sport coat … Continue reading

Eve Plumb – Painting the Bistro Life
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Eve Plumb – Painting the Bistro Life

Eve Plumb Painting the Bistro Life by Ronald Sklar Eve Plumb is not your go-to Brady for back-in-the-day.  With a nation still aching for any crumb, any plumb of trivia regarding the 1969-74 series, she is not biting. Not her problem. Although she has no visible gripes with the show that made her a pop … Continue reading

Shutter Island (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Shutter Island (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

SHUTTER ISLAND (2010) Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Ted Levine, John Carroll Lynch, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Earle Haley, Elias Koteas, Robin Bartlett, Christopher Denham, Nellie Sciutto, Joseph Sikora and Curtiss l’Cook. Screenplay by Laeta Kalogridis. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 138 minutes. Rated … Continue reading

Everybody’s Fine (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Everybody’s Fine (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

EVERYBODY’S FINE (2009) Starring Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Lucian Maisel, Melissa Leo, James Frain, Katherine Moennig, Brendan Sexton III, Chandler Frantz, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Mackenzie Milone and Lily Mo Sheen. Screenplay by Kirk Jones. Directed by Kirk Jones. Distributed by Mirimax Pictures.  100 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Everybody’s Fine is based on a … Continue reading