Arina Tanemura – Frozen II: The Manga (VIZ Media) Frozen II: The Manga adaptation by Arina Tanemura is a whimsical retelling of the wonderful Disney film. It features poetic quotes, as well as classic manga-style artwork. This beautiful story of love is given new light through the creative lens of Ms. Tanemura. Her work as … Continue reading
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Russ Giguere of The Association – Words He Uses to Describe…
Russ Giguere of The Association Words He Uses to Describe… by Jay S. Jacobs In the introduction to his new autobiography Along Comes the Association, long-time band member Russ Giguere good-naturedly explains to the reader who exactly he is and why he felt the need to write about his life in The Association. It is … Continue reading
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
NANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE (2019) Starring Sophia Lillis, Linda Lavin, Sam Trammell, Zoe Renee, Mackenzie Graham, Laura Slade Wiggins, Andrea Anders, Jesse C. Boyd, Jay DeVon Johnson, Andrew Matthew Welch, Jon Briddell, Josh Daugherty, Evan Castelloe, Jennifer Riker, Melanie Leanne Miller, James William Ballard, Ayanna Wardlow, Shaun Bowman and Linzy Clifton. Screenplay by … Continue reading
Playing Back the 80s – A Decade of Unstoppable Hits (A PopEntertainment.com Book Review)
Jim Beviglia – Playing Back the 80s (A Decade of Unstoppable Hits) (Rowman & Littlefield) It’s hard to condense the music of an entire decade into a concrete and meaningful listing. That goes doubly for an adventurous and musically rich era like the 1980s. I could probably easily come up with a list of hundreds … Continue reading
Richard E. Grant Forms an Odd Couple with Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Richard E. Grant Forms an Odd Couple with Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Jay S. Jacobs Richard E. Grant has been quietly putting together one hell of a career for himself in the three decades since he exploded on the scene as the title character in the film Withnail & I. … Continue reading
Non-Fiction (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
NON-FICTION (DOUBLES VIES) (2018) Starring Guillaume Canet, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Macaigne, Nora Hamzawi, Christa Théret, Pascal Greggory, Laurent Poitrenaux, Sigrid Bouaziz, Lionel Dray, Nicolas Bouchaud, Antoine Reinartz, Aurélia Petit, Thierry de Peretti, Violaine Gillibert, Jean-Luc Vincent, Laetitia Spigarelli, Stéphane Roger, David Blot and Jeanne Candel. Screenplay by Olivier Assayas. Directed by Olivier Assayas. Distributed by … Continue reading
Melissa McCarthy Shows Another Side of Her Talents with Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Melissa McCarthy Shows Another Side of Her Talents with Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Jay S. Jacobs Melissa McCarthy is mostly known for playing broad comic roles, so it comes as a bit of a surprise that she decided to take on the dramatic real-life story of Lee Israel. Israel was a fairly popular … Continue reading
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (2018) Starring Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Jane Curtin, Ben Falcone, Anna Deavere Smith, Stephen Spinella, Gregory Korostishevsky, Christian Navarro, Pun Bandhu, Erik LaRay Harvey, Brandon Scott Jones, Shae D’lyn, Rosal Colon, Marc Evan Jackson, Marcella Lowery, Marcella Lowery, Tina Benko, Julie Ann Emery and Towne The Cat. … Continue reading
Partying On the Red Carpet With Some Crazy Rich Asians
We briefly chatted with Crazy Rich Asians stars Gemma Chan and Jimmy O. Yang, along with author Kevin Kwan at the Philadelphia premiere of film. Check it out and check out the movie! Continue reading
Connor White and Annabeth Bondor-Stone – Stealing Some Time with the YA Authors
Connor White and Annabeth Bondor-Stone Stealing Some Time with the YA Authors By George Seth Wagner They say that a good marriage is often based upon shared passions. Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White are a married couple whose love for writing, reading and teaching kids about reading is evident from the second you start to … Continue reading