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Juno Temple & Jeremy Dozier Dress Up Dirty Girl
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Juno Temple & Jeremy Dozier Dress Up Dirty Girl

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Juno Temple & Jeremy Dozier Dress Up Dirty Girl by Brad Balfour Despite a substantial effort to integrate gays into mainstream America, anti-homosexual violence continues for those who don’t conform to this country’s far-too-conservative mores. Though it’s hard to believe that it continues, bullying still spurs teen suicides in a country charged by Tea Party … Continue reading →

Josh Hartnett Pulls the Strings with Bunraku
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Josh Hartnett Pulls the Strings with Bunraku

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Josh Hartnett Pulls the Strings with Bunraku by Brad Balfour The California-born Josh Hartnett had developed a steady career appearing in such Hollywood films as The Faculty, Black Hawk Down, Lucky Number Slevin and Pearl Harbor. In 2002, he starred in an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Othello, O, set in an American high school, as Hugo – the film’s version of Iago. … Continue reading →

Jim Sturgess – Life in One Day
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Jim Sturgess – Life in One Day

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Jim Sturgess Life in One Day by Jay S. Jacobs Jim Sturgess has been courting stardom for years. First he turned heads in the States with The Other Boleyn Girl.  When that film ended up only catching art house notice, he returned as the star of the slick Hollywood formula film 21 with Kevin Spacey.  Then he showed off … Continue reading →

Tom Felton – Harry Potter Grad Walks and Talks His Villainous Ways
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Tom Felton – Harry Potter Grad Walks and Talks His Villainous Ways

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Tom Felton Harry Potter Grad Walks and Talks His Villainous Ways by Brad Balfour British actor Tom Felton may not have expected to perfect his villainous chops, but nonetheless, after nearly a decade in the Harry Potter inner circle, he has done so excellently. Now that the fantasy franchise has ended – with the eighth and final … Continue reading →

Evan Glodell – Fire-Breathing Bellflower, an Actor/Director’s Auspicious Sundance Debut
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Evan Glodell – Fire-Breathing Bellflower, an Actor/Director’s Auspicious Sundance Debut

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Evan Glodell Fire-Breathing Bellflower – an Actor/Director’s Auspicious Sundance Debut by Brad Balfour What is Bellflower, the latest buzz movie of the moment? It’s a road movie, a mumblecore/relationship film, even a weird buddy pic with some bitchy girls and that flamethrower. Or to sum it up, best friends Woodrow (Glodell) and Aiden (Tyler Dawson) toil endlessly … Continue reading →

Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle – The Changing of The Guard
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Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle – The Changing of The Guard

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Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle The Changing of The Guard by Jay S. Jacobs The odd-couple police drama is a staple, but you won’t find many more eccentric than John Michael McDonagh’s comedy drama about an uptight US FBI agent hooked up with an antisocial local cop in the boonies of Ireland. Starring Irish actor … Continue reading →

Attack the Block (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Attack the Block (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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ATTACK THE BLOCK (2011) Starring John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Luke Treadaway, Leeon Jones, Nick Frost, Simon Howard, Alex Esmail, Jumayn Hunter, Franz Drameh, Sammy Williams, Michael Ajao, Paige Meade, Maggie McCarthy, Danielle Vitalis, Natasha Jonas, Saffron Lashley and Gina Antwi. Screenplay by Joe Cornish. Directed by Joe Cornish. Distributed by Screen Gems.   88 minutes.  Rated … Continue reading →

Ben Stiller, Richard Ayoade and Alex Turner All Live on a Celluloid Submarine
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Ben Stiller, Richard Ayoade and Alex Turner All Live on a Celluloid Submarine

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Ben Stiller, Richard Ayoade and Alex Turner All Live on a Celluloid Submarine by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on June 1, 2011. Ben Stiller is known for being in blockbuster films, but lately he has been exploring some smaller films.  After last year’s terrific performance in Greenberg, Stiller is completely behind the scenes in … Continue reading →

Ewan McGregor – Absolute Beginners
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Ewan McGregor – Absolute Beginners

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Ewan McGregor Absolute Beginners by Jay S. Jacobs One of the reasons that Scottish actor Ewan McGregor’s career has been so fascinating is because he is constantly reinventing himself. The guy is just as comfortable in rough-n-tumble violent drug gang stories (Trainspotting) as arty period pieces (Emma, Miss Potter), black comedy (his breakthrough Shallow Grave, I Love You Phillip Morris), action … Continue reading →

Noah Wyle Looks Up In the Falling Skies
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Noah Wyle Looks Up In the Falling Skies

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Noah Wyle Looks Up In the Falling Skies by Jay S. Jacobs Noah Wyle is back. He is returning to series television six years after he hung up his stethoscope as the beloved Dr. John Carter in the classic series ER in 2005 – though he did guest appearances on that show periodically until it … Continue reading →