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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 →

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 →

Hotel For Dogs (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Hotel For Dogs (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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HOTEL FOR DOGS (2009) Starring Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Don Cheadle, Johnny Simmons, Kyla Pratt, Troy Gentile, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon and Robinne Lee. Screenplay by Jeff Lowell and Bob Shooley & Mark McCorkle. Directed by Thor Freudenthal. Distributed by DreamWorks Pictures.  100 minutes.  Rated PG. If we learn nothing else from Hotel for Dogs, … 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 →

Bedtime Stories (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Bedtime Stories (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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BEDTIME STORIES (2008) Starring Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand, Richard Griffiths, Jonathan Pryce, Courteney Cox, Lucy Lawless, Teresa Palmer, Aisha Tyler, Morgan Heit, Laura Ann Hesling, Kathryn Joosten, Allen Covert, Carmen Electra and Paul Dooley. Screenplay by Matt Lopez. Directed by Adam Shankman. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.  95 minutes.  Rated PG. … Continue reading →

Sara Paxton Takes a Sharp Left Turn to the Last House
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Sara Paxton Takes a Sharp Left Turn to the Last House

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Sara Paxton Takes a Sharp Left Turn to the Last House by Jay S. Jacobs It’s never easy for a child star to make the jump to serious adult roles.  For every Jodie Foster or Elijah Wood there are dozens of actors who can’t seem to get work once they hit puberty. Sara Paxton has … Continue reading →

Escape to Witch Mountain and Return from Witch Mountain (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
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Escape to Witch Mountain and Return from Witch Mountain (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)

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ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN (1975) Starring Eddie Albert, Ike Eisenmann, Kim Richards, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasance, Walter Barnes, Reta Shaw, Denver Pyle, Alfred Ryder, Lawrence Montaigne, Terry Wilson, George Chandler, Dermott Downs, Shepherd Sanders and Don Brodie. Screenplay by Robert Malcolm Young. Directed by John Hough. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.  97 minutes.  Rated G. … 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 →

Bolt (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Bolt (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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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 →

Hannah Montana – The Complete First Season
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Hannah Montana – The Complete First Season

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Hannah Montana The Complete First Season (2006-2007) (Walt Disney Home Video-2008) How you respond to Hannah Montana can probably be crystallized by how you react to this mental picture: An actress, playing the Queen of England, competing in a dancing video game, telling her opponent, with a clipped, aristocratic accent, “Don’t hate the playa, hate the game.” … Continue reading →