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Before Midnight (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Before Midnight (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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BEFORE MIDNIGHT (2013) Starring Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Walter Lassally, Yannis Papadopoulos, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Ariane Labed, Panos Koronis, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Jennifer Prior, Charlotte Prior, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Yota Argyropoulou, Serafeim Radis, Enrico Focardi, Manolis Goussias and Anouk Servera. Screenplay by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke. Directed by Richard Linklater. Distributed by Sony Pictures … Continue reading →

John Krasinski and Greg Daniels – Shutting Down The Office
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John Krasinski and Greg Daniels – Shutting Down The Office

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John Krasinski and Greg Daniels Shutting Down The Office by Jay S. Jacobs After nine years, 203 episodes, dozens of workers, a few weddings, some babies, uncounted lovers, lots of collating, and hundreds of thousands of reams of paper, it’s time to shut down Dunder-Mifflin. Scranton, Pennsylvania’s finest sons are closing up the place where … Continue reading →

Christopher McDonald Must Be a Lucky Guy
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Christopher McDonald Must Be a Lucky Guy

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Christopher McDonald Must Be a Lucky Guy by Jay S. Jacobs You think you’ve got Christopher McDonald all worked out, don’t you?  Smart, handsome, charming, powerful guy with a massive dark side. After all, McDonald has been visiting your cineplexes and your TV screens for over two decades now.  He’s played a whole slew of … Continue reading →

Dan Cortese Goes for the Record
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Dan Cortese Goes for the Record

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Dan Cortese Goes for the Record by Ronald Sklar America’s favorite dudebro is back with a hit show and a shout out to the iconic MTV Sports. TruTV bills itself not as reality TV, but as “Actuality.” True that. Its new hit series, Guinness World Records® Gone Wild, scored a whopping 1.4 million viewers in … Continue reading →

Robert Redford, Stanley Tucci, Brit Marling & Jackie Evancho on The Company You Keep
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Robert Redford, Stanley Tucci, Brit Marling & Jackie Evancho on The Company You Keep

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Robert Redford, Stanley Tucci, Brit Marling & Jackie Evancho Learning About Life and History From The Company They Keep by Jay S. Jacobs About the time that the Weather Underground was forming and gaining infamy for their sometimes violent protests, Robert Redford was well on his way to becoming one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.  Butch Cassidy & the … Continue reading →

Ryan Gosling Rides Hard to Get to The Place Beyond the Pines
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Ryan Gosling Rides Hard to Get to The Place Beyond the Pines

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Ryan Gosling Rides Hard to Get to The Place Beyond the Pines by Jay S. Jacobs Even though Ryan Gosling is now one of the faces of young Hollywood, don’t tell him that.  The guy doesn’t take stardom or gossip columns or “sexiest guy alive” stories seriously, he’s just an artist practicing his craft. And … Continue reading →

Room 237 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Room 237 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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Room 237 Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel The Shining has been confounding for the three decades since its release to mostly lukewarm reviews and sluggish box office.  The movie turned off both of its target audiences – Kubrick fans felt that the ghost story was a squandering of the master filmmaker’s talents … Continue reading →

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

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ADMISSION (2013) Starring Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Michael Sheen, Nat Wolff, Lily Tomlin, Wallace Shawn, Gloria Reuben, Travaris Spears, Sonya Walger, Christopher Evan Welch, Michael Genadry, Sarita Choudhury, Mihran Slougian, Lynne Taylor, Ann Harada and Ben Levin. Screenplay by Karen Croner. Directed by Paul Weitz. Distributed by Focus Features. 117 minutes. Rated PG-13. The first, … Continue reading →

Spike Lee Has His Red Hook Summer
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Spike Lee Has His Red Hook Summer

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Director Spike Lee Has His Red Hook Summer by Brad Balfour When New York-based director Spike Lee makes a film, it’s almost always an event. That’s been the case virtually from the moment he emerged as a hot young indie filmmaker breaking both the color barrier by dealing with subject matter most mainstream directors neither touched … Continue reading →