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Best In Show (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Best In Show (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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BEST IN SHOW (2000) Starring Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Larry Miller, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey and Fred Willard.  Screenplay by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy. Directed by Christopher Guest. Distributed by Castle Rock Entertainment.  90 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Christopher Guest’s Waiting For Guffman may be the … Continue reading →

Disney’s The Kid (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Disney’s The Kid (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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DISNEY’S THE KID (2000) Starring Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer, Lily Tomlin, Chi McBride, Jean Smart, Dana Ivey, Daniel van Bargen, Stanley Anderson, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Larry King, Jeri Ryan, Kevon Edmunds and Matthew Perry. Screenplay by Audrey Wells. Directed by Jon Turtletaub. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.  104  minutes.  Rated PG. Alert the media!  … Continue reading →

Boys and Girls (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Boys and Girls (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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BOYS AND GIRLS  (2000) Starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Claire Forlani, Jason Biggs, Amanda Detmer, Heather Donahue, Alyson Hannigan and Sean Maysonet. Screenplay by The Drews. Directed by Robert Iscove. Distributed by Dimension Films. 94 minutes.   Rated PG-13. Boys & Girls has been getting pretty much savaged by critics who have been calling it a college-aged, inferior … Continue reading →

Nurse Betty (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Nurse Betty (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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NURSE BETTY (2000) Starring Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear, Aaron Eckhart, Crispin Glover, Tia Texada, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Allison Janney, Harriet Samson Harris, Stephen Gilborn, Kathleen Wilhoite, Elizabeth Mitchell and Susan Barnes. Screenplay by John C. Richards and James Flamberg. Directed by Neil LaBute. Distributed by USA Films. 110 minutes. Rated R. … Continue reading →

Wonder Boys (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Wonder Boys (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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WONDER BOYS (2000) Starring Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, Rip Torn, Robert Downey Jr., Richard Knox, Jane Adams, Michael Cadavias, Richard Thomas, Alan Tudyk, Philip Bosco, George Grizzard, Kelly Bishop, Bill Velin and James Ellroy. Screenplay by Steve Kloves. Directed by Curtis Hanson. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 112 minutes. Rated R. Character … Continue reading →

Man on the Moon (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Man on the Moon (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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MAN ON THE MOON (1999) Starring Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti, Vincent Schiavelli, Gerry Becker, Peter Bonerz, Tom Dreesen, Richard Belzer, Bob Zmuda, Marilyn Sokol, Judd Hirsch, Marilu Henner, Jeff Conaway, Christopher Lloyd, Randall Carver, David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Anton Fig, Lorne Michaels, Norm McDonald and Caroline Rhea. Screenplay by Scott Alexander … Continue reading →

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

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DOGMA  (1999) Starring Linda Fiorentino, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Alan Rickman, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, George Carlin, Bud Cort, Brian O’Halloran, Janeane Garafalo and Alanis Morisette. Screenplay by Kevin Smith. Directed by Kevin Smith. Distributed by Miramax Pictures.  128 minutes.   Rated R. Kevin Smith’s Dogma has a lot of … Continue reading →

Being John Malkovich (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Being John Malkovich (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (1999) Starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place and John Malkovich.  Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Directed by Spike Jonze. Distributed by Propaganda Films.  113 minutes.  Rated R. Being John Malkovich has an extremely smart and surrealistic idea for a film. What if you found a way to experience … Continue reading →

Peter Krause- Helping to Make TV Safe for Smart People
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Peter Krause- Helping to Make TV Safe for Smart People

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Peter Krause Helping to Make TV Safe for Smart People by Jay S. Jacobs The fall of 1998 was a tough time for television comedy. The networks tried to come up with a plan for post-Seinfeld TV, but the best they seemed to be able to come up with were tired retreads like Jesse, Two of a Kind and Maggie … Continue reading →

Mickey Blue Eyes (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Mickey Blue Eyes (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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MICKEY BLUE EYES (1999) Starring Hugh Grant, Jeanne Tripplehorn, James Caan, Burt Young, James Fox, Joe Viterelli, Gerry Becker, Maddie Corman and Vincent Pastore. Screenplay by Adam Scheinman and Robert Kuhn. Directed by Kelly Makin. Distributed by Castle Rock Entertainment. 102 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Maybe I’d cut Mickey Blue Eyes more slack if it didn’t come out … Continue reading →