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Robbie Rist Beats the Child Star Jinx
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Robbie Rist Beats the Child Star Jinx

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Robbie Rist Beats the Child Star Jinx By Ronald Sklar “If I met Peter Fonda tomorrow, a part of me would say, that’s the dude from Easy Rider,” observes actor/musician/voiceover vet Robbie Rist. Peter Fonda/Easy Rider; Cousin Oliver/The Brady Bunch: same difference. Rist played the iconic first cousin of the Bunch in the very last six … Continue reading →

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)

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TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE (2009) Featuring the voices of Mae Whitman, Jesse McCartney, Lucy Liu, Pamela Adlon, Kristin Chenoweth, Raven-Symoné, Jane Horrocks, Grey DeLisle and Anjelica Huston. Screenplay by Evan Spiliotopoulos. Directed by Klay Hall. Distributed by Walt Disney Home Video. 78 minutes. Rated G. In Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure, everyone’s favorite … Continue reading →

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) Featuring the voices of Adriana Caselotti, Lucille LaVerne, Harry Stockwell, Moroni Olsen, Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Scotty Mattraw, Eddie Collins, Stuart Buchanan, James MacDonald and Marion Darlington. Screenplay by Ted Sears, Otto Englander, Earl Hurd, Dorothy Ann Blank, Richard Credon, Dick Rickard, Merrill De … Continue reading →

Battle for Terra (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Battle for Terra (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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BATTLE FOR TERRA (2007) Featuring the voices of Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, James Garner, Chris Evans, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, David Cross, Justin Long and Dennis Quaid. Screenplay by Evan Spiliotopoulos and Aristomenis Tsirbas. Directed by Aristomenis Tsirbas. Distributed by Lionsgate Pictures.  85 minutes.  Rated PG. It’s a sign of how ubiquitous that computer … Continue reading →

Bedknobs & Broomsticks (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Bedknobs & Broomsticks (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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BEDKNOBS & BROOMSTICKS (1971) Starring Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson, Bruce Forsyth, Cindy O’Callaghan, Roy Snart, Ian Weighill, Tessie O’Shea, Arthur E. Gould-Porter, Ben Wrigley and Reginald Owen. Screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi. Directed by Robert Stevenson. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.  134 minutes.  Rated G. Bedknobs and … Continue reading →

Pete’s Dragon (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Pete’s Dragon (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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PETE’S DRAGON (1977) Starring Helen Reddy, Sean Marshall, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Jim Backus, Shelley Winters, Jane Kean, Charles Tyner, Gary Morgan, Jeff Conaway and the voice of Charlie Callas. Screenplay by Malcolm Marmorstein. Directed by Don Chaffey. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 128 minutes. Rated G. If you want to see how … Continue reading →

Peanuts – 1960’s Collection (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Peanuts – 1960’s Collection (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Peanuts 1960’s Collection (Warner Bros. Home Video-2009) Just because you have probably seen two of these six classic TV specials – “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” – pretty much every year of your life, it doesn’t mean that they are not worth revisiting often and enthusiastically. For the classic … Continue reading →

Handy Manny – Manny’s Green Team (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Handy Manny – Manny’s Green Team (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Handy Manny Manny’s Green Team (Walt Disney Home Video-2009) Just in time for Earth Day, your kids can team up with their favorite handy man, Manny Garcia and his talking tools, while learning some important life lessons about conserving our earth’s most valuable resources. This kid and eco-friendly DVD offers five green episodes – including … Continue reading →

Ari Folman – An Israeli Director Dances with the Dogs of War In Waltz with Bashir
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Ari Folman – An Israeli Director Dances with the Dogs of War In Waltz with Bashir

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Ari Folman An Israeli Director Dances with the Dogs of War In Waltz with Bashir by Brad Balfour Of all the films nominated for a Foreign Language Oscar this year, director Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir reaped substantial press and stirred the most controversy. A documentary fashioned as an animated film, it is as much an imagined … Continue reading →

Madagascar 2 – Escape 2 Africa (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Madagascar 2 – Escape 2 Africa (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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MADAGASCAR 2 – ESCAPE 2 AFRICA (2008) Featuring the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric The Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bernie Mac, Alec Baldwin, Sherri Shepherd, Elisa Gabrielli and Will.i.am. Screenplay by Etan Cohen, Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath. Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath. Distributed … Continue reading →