MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA (2008) Starring Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino, Valentina Cervi, Matteo Sciabordi, John Leguizamo, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Naomi Campbell and John Turturro. Screenplay by James McBride. Directed by Spike Lee. Distributed by Touchstone Pictures. 160 minutes. Rated R. Miracle at St. Anna is director Spike Lee’s response … Continue reading
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Skill Like This (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SKILLS LIKE THIS (2008) Starring Spencer Berger, Brian D. Phelan, Gabriel Tigerman, Kerry Knuppe, Jennifer Batter, Ned Bellamy, Marta Martin, Zach Cumer, Tom Doyle, Amy Rose Drucker, Patty Figel, Jeremy Make, Marian Rothschild and Reverend Leon Kelly. Screenplay by Spencer Berger. Directed by Monty Miranda. Distributed by Shadow Distribution. 88 minutes. Not Rated. Is committing … Continue reading
Soul Men (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SOUL MEN (2008) Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal, Sean Hayes, Affion Crockett, Adam Herschman, John Legend, Fatso-Fasano, Jackie Long, Mike Epps, Isaac Hayes, Vanessa Del Rio, P.J. Byrne, Ken Davitian, Jennifer Coolidge, Sara Erikson, Soledad O’Brien, Millie Jackson and the voice of Randy Jackson. Screenplay by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone. Directed … Continue reading
The Uninvited (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE UNINVITED (2009) Starring Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn, Maya Massar, Kevin McNulty, Jesse Moss, Dean Paul Gibson, Don S. Davis, Lex Burnham, Matthew Bristol, Danny Bristol and Heather Doerksen. Screenplay by Craig Rosenberg, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard. Directed by Charles and Thomas Guard. Distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. 87 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
Tea Leoni and Kyle MacLachlan Have Fun Playing in Manure
Tea Leoni and Kyle MacLachlan Have Fun Playing in Manure by Brad Balfour Don’t do it. Don’t let publicists put actress Tea Leoni together with any of her co-stars, because it prompts such an assault on serious answers. But there she was, with her co-star Kyle MacLachlan gabbing about their comic turns in the Polish … Continue reading
Tom Cruise and Bryan Singer – With Valkyrie, They Illustrate That Slide Down the Slippery Slope to Fascism
Tom Cruise and Bryan Singer With Valkyrie, They Illustrate That Slide Down the Slippery Slope to Fascism by Brad Balfour Though he totally missed the Oscar loop, you have to give some credit to media magnet Tom Cruise for releasing his World War II drama, Valkyrie at the end of 2008 despite the surge of … Continue reading
College (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
COLLEGE (2008) Starring Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell, Kevin Covais, Haley Bennett, Katie Knighten, Nick Zano, Ryan Pinkston, Camille Mana, Nathalie Walker, Melissa Lingafelt, Gary Owen, Wallace Merck, Alona Tal and Verne Troyer. Screenplay by Dan Callahan and Adam Ellison. Directed by Deb Hagan. Distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. 94 minutes. Rated R. The makers of College obviously … Continue reading
Matt Nix – Burn Notice After Reading
matt nix burn notice after reading by jay s. jacobs It takes skills to reinvigorate a tried-and-true genre like the spy story, however with his fast and funny hit series Burn Notice, Matt Nix is doing what he can to throw the style a changeup. Nix created and still runs the popular USA Network drama, about a former spy … Continue reading
The Lucky Ones (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE LUCKY ONES (2008) Starring Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Peña, Molly Hagan, Spencer Garrett, Arden Myrin, Kirk B.R. Woller, Annie Corley, Christian Stolte, John Heard and Katherine LaNasa. Screenplay by Neil Burger and Dirk Wittenborn. Directed by Neil Burger. Distributed by Lionsgate Films. 104 minutes. Rated R. An interesting thing about the movies made … Continue reading
Oliver and Company – 20th Anniversary Edition (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
OLIVER AND COMPANY – 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION (1988) Featuring the voices of Joey Lawrence, Billy Joel, Cheech Marin, Richard Mulligan, Roscoe Lee Browne, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Dom DeLuise, Taurean Blacque, Carl Weintraub, Robert Loggia, Natalie Gregory, William Glover, Bette Midler, Frank Welker and Jonathan Brandis. Screenplay by Jim Cox & Timothy J. Disney & James … Continue reading