A Night at the Wax Museum with Mizuo Peck by Jay S. Jacobs On the night of November 30-December 1 2009, the world-famous Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum on 42nd Street in New York had a rather unique promotional opportunity to share with 50 children and their parents. To promote a new exhibit inspired by the DVD … Continue reading
EARTH (2009) Narrated by James Earl Jones. Written by Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield and Leslie Megahey. Directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. Distributed by DisneyNature. 90 minutes. Rated G. Disney Nature’s Earth has some of the most majestic, awe-inspiring shots you will ever see on screen. Earth is actually a shortened version of an 11-hour BBC documentary … Continue reading
BOLT (2008) Featuring the voices of John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essner, Mark Walton, Malcolm McDowell, James Lipton, Greg Germann, Diedrich Bader, Ronn Moss and Nick Swardson. Screenplay by Dan Fogelman and Chris Williams. Directed by Byron Howard and Chris Williams. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 96 minutes. Rated PG. Bolt is a good enough, though … Continue reading
BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA (2008) Starring Piper Perabo, Manolo Cardona, Jamie Lee Curtis, Eugenio Derbez, Jose Maria Yazpik, Maury Sterling, Jesus Ochoa, Ali Hillis, Marguerite Moreau and the voices of Drew Barrymore, George Lopez, Andy Garcia, Cheech Marin, Paul Rodriguez, Placido Domingo, Edward James Olmos, Eddie Sotelo, Luis Guzman, Loretta Devine and Michael Urie. Screenplay by … Continue reading
Steven Strait An Actor Travels to Civilization in 10,000 BC by Brad Balfour No one ever expected a special-effects laden epic conceived and crafted by producer/director Roland Emmerich to be concerned about gaps in logic or story structure. So it goes with the German-born impressario’s latest faux-legend, the prehistoric 10,000 BC. From his civilization-destroying tentpole pictures … Continue reading
Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson and Chris Noonan Getting to Know Miss Potter by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2007 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: February 9, 2007. Though Miss Potter doesn’t seem to be a film that would be interesting to anyone but say, a Zellweger or McGregor completist, this biopic about the creator of the world’s most … Continue reading
HAPPY FEET (2006) Featuring the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia, E.G. Daily, Steve Irwin, Johnny A. Sanchez, Carlos Alazraqui, Lombardo Boyar, Jeff Garcia, Fat Joe, Chrissie Hynde, Roger Rose, Peter Carroll and Larry Moss. Screenplay by George Miller, John Collee, Judy Morris and Warren … Continue reading
LASSIE (2006) Starring Lassie, Samantha Morton, Peter O’Toole, Peter Dinklage, Steve Pemberton, John Lynch, Edward Fox, Celyn Jones, Kelly Macdonald, Gregor Fisher and Jemma Redgrave. Screenplay by Charles Sturridge. Directed by Charles Sturridge. Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films. 100 minutes. Rated PG. No matter how harsh and cynical the world gets, even the hardest heart … Continue reading
LUC JACQUET A DIRECTOR DOCUMENTS A NEW GENERATION OF EMPERORS By Brad Balfour For French documentary director Luc Jacquet, making The March of the Penguins, might have been success enough, but to see his tale of an emperor penguin colony under some of the harshest conditions on earth, become a summer sleeper family hit and one … Continue reading
CHRIS ROCK IS A BUSY MAN By Brad Balfour However busy actor-comedian Chris Rock is, he never gets so worn out that he can’t crack a joke. And he has enough excuses to be exhausted, having both summer blockbusters, The Longest Yard and Madagascar, coming out on the same Memorial Day weekend. Yet Rock, one of the most … Continue reading
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