DREAMCATCHER (2003) Starring Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Timothy Olyphant, Donnie Wahlberg, Ingrid Kavelaars, Alex Campbell, Chera Bailey, Shauna Kain, Campbell Lane, Ty Olsson, Grant Heslov, C. Ernst Harth and Lance Kinsey. Screenplay by William Goldman and Lawrence Kasdan. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan. Distributed by Castle Rock Entertainment. 136 minutes. … Continue reading
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Bringing Down the House (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE (2003) Starring Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Jean Smart, Kimberly J. Brown, Angus T. Jones, Missi Pyle, Michael Rosenbaum, Betty White, Steve White, Michael Ensign, Anne Fletcher, Jim Haynie, Seth Howard and Victor Webster. Screenplay by Jason Filardi. Directed by Adam Shankman. Distributed by Touchstone Pictures. 105 minutes. … Continue reading
Olivia Newton-John-2(A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Olivia Newton-John-2 (Festival/Mushroom) Lately in Europe, there have been several slightly-past-their-prime artists who have done all-duets projects to show that they still have some hipster cred. Probably the best of these was Tom Jones’ Reload, in which he proved he could get the kids like Barenaked Ladies, Robbie Williams, Natalie Imbruglia and the Pretenders on board, and … Continue reading
Boat Trip (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BOAT TRIP (2003) Starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Horatio Sanz, Roselyn Sanchez, Viveca A. Fox, Roger Moore, Maurice Godin, Victoria Silvstedt, Lin Shaye, Bob Gunton, Richard Roundtree, Artie Lange and Will Ferrell. Screenplay by Mort Nathan and William Bigelow. Directed by Mort Nathan. Distributed by Artisan Entertainment. 95 minutes. Rated R. I seem to remember; somewhere … Continue reading
Colin Quinn – Tough Guy
Colin Quinn – Tough Guy by Ronald Sklar Originally posted on Mar. 10, 2003. We as Americans have always taken for granted that we know Colin Quinn intimately. Of course, as a nation we’re bound to make that presumption since we feel that we have more or less grown up with the dude. Sure, we learn more than … Continue reading
Elton John – Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Elton John – Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (Mercury) From 1970 to 1977 Elton John had an almost unprecedented run of musical brilliance, during that time his work with lyricist Bernie Taupin rivaled the work of Lennon and McCartney and Brian Wilson. In this short bridge of time, John recorded about two very good albums a year … Continue reading
Vanessa Paradis – Au Zenith (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Vanessa Paradis – Au Zenith (Barclay/Universal-France) In the United States, Vanessa Paradis is probably best known as Johnny Depp’s live-in girlfriend. Other people may know her as the Chanel model or an actress. But in her native France, she is an institution. Paradis first made waves when she was only 14, with her 1987 international hit … Continue reading
Shania Twain – Up! (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Shania Twain – Up! (Mercury) Never in my life have I seen so many exclamation points as there are in the song listing for Shania Twain’s latest. There are nineteen song titles on Up! and ten exclamation points. It’s almost like a teenaged girl’s diary. Now Shania has a long history of unwieldy titles anyway, and this album’s … Continue reading
Axelle Red – Alive (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Axelle Red – Alive (Virgin-France) I might have never heard of Axelle Red if I weren’t channel surfing one August night last year in the Sofitel Méditerranée in Cannes. With my admittedly rudimentary skills in the French language, I was looking for something, frankly, which I could understand. That’s when I stumbled upon an hour-long interview … Continue reading
George Dzundza – Finding Grace in Hack
George Dzundza Finding Grace in Hack By Jay S. Jacobs You know the face. It is a tough-but-fair mug that has dissolved selflessly into well over seventy roles in a film and television career that has lasted about thirty years. You know the characters. He was Gus Moran, the good–hearted but protective partner of Michael Douglas’ self-destructive cop in Basic Instinct. He was … Continue reading