ZIYI ZHANG SEEING THE MARTIAL ARTS MISTRESS IN ACTION BY BRAD BALFOUR Copyright ©2005 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: January 20, 2005. Petite Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang doesn’t exactly look like a Kung Fu killer yet she has been in two of the genre’s biggest international hits, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero, and is starring in the martial arts saga House of Flying Daggers which … Continue reading
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The Greatest ’70s Cop Shows (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
The Greatest ’70s Cop Shows (Columbia Tri-Star-2004) It’s a baffling mystery: this DVD is called The Greatest ‘70s Cop Shows, and yet Columbo is nowhere to be found here. What we do get is the ‘70s sloppy seconds: Starsky and Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, SWAT, The Rookies and Police Woman. Don’t bother looking for the quality you think you remember: good writing and believable situations … Continue reading
Friday Night Lights (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (2004) Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund, Tim McGraw, Lee Jackson, Lee Thompson Young, Grover Coulson, Connie Britton, Connie Cooper, Kasey Stevens, Ryanne Duzich, Amber Heard, Morgan Farris, Laine Kelly, Gavin Grazer, Turk Pipkin, Dr. Carey Windler, Tommy G. Kendrick, Brad Leland and Lillian Langford. Screenplay … Continue reading
Gilligan’s Island – The Complete Second Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
Gilligan’s Island The Complete Second Season – 1965 (Warner Home Video-2005) Back in the mid-Sixties, both Gilligan’s Island and The Beatles were the rage, infiltrating the public consciousness. Five decades onward, both remain singularly distinctive and arresting public icons whose golden legacy continues to endure and richly thrive. Gilligan’s Island-The Complete Second Season (Warner Home Video) reveals the … Continue reading
Sex and the City – Seasons 1-3 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
Sex and the City The Complete First Season (HBO-2000) The Complete Second Season (HBO-2001) The Complete Third Season (HBO-2002) Sex and the City is the story of four gay men frolicking in a fantasy fairyland version of Manhattan. From its hideous opening credits of a badly lit and cosmetically starved Sarah Jessica Parker (admit it: doesn’t … Continue reading
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004) Starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Thomas Jay Ryan, David Cross, Jane Adams, Deirdre O’Connell, Gerry Robert Byrne, Ryan Whitney, Debbon Ayer, Amir Ali Said, Brian Price, Paul Litowsky, Josh Flitter, Lola Daehler and Lauren Adler. Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Directed … Continue reading
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Plays a Perfect Match
JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS PLAYS A PERFECT MATCH by Brad Balfour For a young actor working with a master director like Woody Allen becomes an honor; it’s an even greater opportunity to perform for him in his first non-American made feature and a drama no less. In Match Point, Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers gets to play … Continue reading
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (2004) Starring Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Bud Cort, Seu Jorge, Robyn Cohen, Waris Ahluwalia, Niels Koizumi, Pawel Wdowczak, Matthew Gray Gubel and Seymour Cassel. Screenplay by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. Directed by Wes Anderson. Distributed by … Continue reading
The Woodsman (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE WOODSMAN (2005) Starring Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Mos Def, Benjamin Bratt, David Alan Grier, Eve, Kevin Rice, Michael Shannon, Hannah Pilkes, Carlos Leon, Gina Philips, Van Cameron, Paul Majors, Bobby Prochaska, Scott Hatfield, Laura Kirby, David C. Roehm Sr. and David Von Roehm. Screenplay by Steven Fechter & Nicole Kassell. Directed by Nicole Kassell. … Continue reading
The Aviator (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE AVIATOR (2004) Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda, Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Gwen Stefani, Jude Law, Adam Scott, Matt Ross, Kelli Garner, Frances Conroy, Brent Spiner, Stanley DeSantis, Edward Herrmann, Willem Dafoe, Kevin O’Rourke, Loudon Wainwright III, Martha Wainwright and Rufus Wainwright. Screenplay by John Logan. … Continue reading