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The Best of the Electric Company (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Best of the Electric Company (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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The Electric Company The Best of the Electric Company (Shout! Factory-2006) HEY, YOU GUYS! Just when you thought you couldn’t recapture any more of your TV-watching childhood, The Electric Company has surprisingly and blessedly come to DVD. Nowhere near as good as you remember it – with crude graphics, cheesy synthesizers and overlong segments (it’s stuffed to the … Continue reading →

Curious George (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Curious George (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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CURIOUS GEORGE  (2006) Featuring the voices of Drew Barrymore, Shane Baumel, David Cross, Will Ferrell, Hailey Noelle Johnson, Eugene Levy, Nadia Lewis, Ed O’Ross, Joan Plowright, Dick Van Dyke and Frank Welker. Screenplay by Ken Kaufman. Directed by Matthew O’Callaghan. Distributed by Universal Pictures.  77 minutes.  Rated G. Between the sometimes overwhelmingly stuffed frames of … Continue reading →

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint On Fire About Harry Potter
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Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint On Fire About Harry Potter

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Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint On Fire About Harry Potter by Brad Balfour Obviously, the best place to start investigating the fourth Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, is to begin with talking to the series’ youthful stars – Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Emma Watson (Hermione), and Rupert Grint (Ron) – … Continue reading →

Dreamer – Inspired by a True Story (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Dreamer – Inspired by a True Story (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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DREAMER – INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY (2005) Starring Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Elisabeth Shue, David Morse, Freddy Rodriguez, Luis Guzman, Oded Fehr, Ken Howard, Holmes Osborne, Antonio Albadran, John Moyer, Karen Butler, Tommy Barnes, Frank Hoyt Taylor and Dick Allen. Screenplay by John Gatins. Directed by John Gatins. Distributed by Dreamworks SKG. … Continue reading →

Davey and Goliath – Volume 1 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Davey and Goliath – Volume 1 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Davey and Goliath Volume 1 (Starlight Home Entertainment-2005) OH DAVEY!… Beloved pop culture icons Davey and Goliath first broke into the public consciousness in the late 50’s, a perfect time for their emergence against the “safe as milk” backdrop of that era. Produced by Clokey Productions Inc., under the direction of Art and Ruth Clokey (who also brought you another … Continue reading →

Disneyland USA – Walt Disney Treasures (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Disneyland USA – Walt Disney Treasures (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Disneyland U.S.A. Walt Disney Treasures (Disney-2001) The Disney Company, in all its market-hogging magic, can trace its TV legacy back to the medium’s inception, in 1954. It was that year in which the fledgling, struggling ABC network invested millions of dollars in the construction of the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. In return, Walt … Continue reading →

The Brady Bunch – The Complete Second Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Brady Bunch – The Complete Second Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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The Brady Bunch The Complete Second Season 1970-1971 (Paramount Home Video-2005) The second season of The Brady Bunch is a letdown only in that there are absolutely no commentaries or extras – not even from its tireless promoter and executive producer Sherwood Schwartz – nor from any of its cast members, most of whom are always game for … Continue reading →

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (2005) Starring Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Missi Pyle, James Fox, Deep Roy, Christopher Lee, Adam Godley, Franziska Troegner, Annasophia Robb, Julia Winter, Jordan Fry, Philip Wiegratz, Blair Dunlop, Liz Smith, Eileen Essell, David Morris, Nitin Ganata and Shelley Conn. Screenplay by John August. … Continue reading →

Johnny Depp – In Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, The Master Actor Gets Deep Into the Role of Willie Wonka
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Johnny Depp – In Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, The Master Actor Gets Deep Into the Role of Willie Wonka

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Johnny Depp In Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, The Master Actor Gets Deep Into the Role of Willie Wonka by Brad Balfour Though often nominated as one of the world’s best looking men as well as for various Oscars [Finding Neverland, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl], the 40-something Johnny Depp inspires fascination. But it’s … Continue reading →

Astro Boy – The Complete Series (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Astro Boy – The Complete Series (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Astro Boy – The Complete Series (Sony Home Video-2005) Growing up in the sixties, I remember rushing home after school to catch all my favorite shows on local Philly UHF TV stations; Channels 48, 29 and 17. The reception was always a bit fuzzy, the commercials wereatrociously cheap and tacky, but the warm and cozy memories of those cherished shows remains hardwired … Continue reading →