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Juno Temple & Jeremy Dozier Dress Up Dirty Girl
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Juno Temple & Jeremy Dozier Dress Up Dirty Girl

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Juno Temple & Jeremy Dozier Dress Up Dirty Girl by Brad Balfour Despite a substantial effort to integrate gays into mainstream America, anti-homosexual violence continues for those who don’t conform to this country’s far-too-conservative mores. Though it’s hard to believe that it continues, bullying still spurs teen suicides in a country charged by Tea Party … Continue reading →

Scream 4 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Scream 4 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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SCREAM 4 (2011) Starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, David Arquette, Adam Brody, Anthony Anderson, Alison Brie, Rory Culkin, Mary McDonnell, Marley Shelton, Erik Knudsen, Nico Tortorella, Marielle Jaffe, Aimee Teegarden, Brittany Robertson, Lucy Hale, Shenae Grimes, Kristen Bell, Anna Paquin, Gordon Michaels, Mark Aaron Buerkle, John Lepard and Nancy O’Dell. Screenplay … Continue reading →

Judy Gold – Living Life As Sitcom Fodder
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Judy Gold – Living Life As Sitcom Fodder

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Judy Gold Living Life As Sitcom Fodder by Ronald Sklar “Exhausting but fulfilling” is how comedian Judy Gold half-kvetches about the demands of her off-Broadway hit, The Judy Show (DR2 Theater). The one-person performance (which includes piano playing), about how Judy pines for her own sitcom and amazingly can’t get it, is the ironic basis for, well, a hit sitcom. … Continue reading →

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

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BRIDESMAIDS (2011) Starring Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendy McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Matt Lucas, Jill Clayburgh, Rebel Wilson, Michael Hitchcock, Chynna Phillips, Wendy Wilson  and Carnie Wilson. Screenplay by Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo. Directed by Paul Feig. Distributed by Universal Pictures.   124 minutes.  Rated R. Judd Apatow’s specialized brand … Continue reading →

Swinging With the Finkels (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Swinging With the Finkels (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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SWINGING WITH THE FINKELS (2010) Starring Mandy Moore, Martin Freeman, Melissa George, Jonathan Silverman, Jerry Stiller, Elizabeth Tan, Graham Bohea, Carolyn Tomkinson, Edward Akrout, Daisy Beaumont, Angus Deayton, Tim Beckmann, Michael Burgess and Paul Chowdhry. Screenplay by Jonathan Newman. Directed by Jonathan Newman. Distributed by Freestyle Releasing. 85 minutes. Rated R. Perhaps it is for … Continue reading →

Our Idiot Brother (A PopEntertainment com Movie Review)
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Our Idiot Brother (A PopEntertainment com Movie Review)

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OUR IDIOT BROTHER (2011) Starring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Hugh Dancy, Kathryn Hahn, Rashida Jones, Shirley Knight, T J Miller, Adam Scott, Janet Montgomery, Sterling Brown and Matthew Mindler. Screenplay by Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall. Directed by Jesse Peretz. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 90 minutes. Rated R. … Continue reading →

One Day (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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One Day (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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ONE DAY (2011) Starring Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson, Ken Stott, Romola Garai, Rafe Spall, Tom Mison, Jodie Whittaker, Joséphine de La Baume, Heida Reed, Amanda Fairbank-Hynes, Georgia King and Matt Berry. Screenplay by David Nicholls. Directed by Lone Scherfig. Distributed by Focus Features. 108 minutes. Rated PG-13. One Day is exactly what it says: … Continue reading →

Jim Sturgess – Life in One Day
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Jim Sturgess – Life in One Day

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Jim Sturgess Life in One Day by Jay S. Jacobs Jim Sturgess has been courting stardom for years. First he turned heads in the States with The Other Boleyn Girl.  When that film ended up only catching art house notice, he returned as the star of the slick Hollywood formula film 21 with Kevin Spacey.  Then he showed off … Continue reading →

Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle – The Changing of The Guard
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Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle – The Changing of The Guard

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Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle The Changing of The Guard by Jay S. Jacobs The odd-couple police drama is a staple, but you won’t find many more eccentric than John Michael McDonagh’s comedy drama about an uptight US FBI agent hooked up with an antisocial local cop in the boonies of Ireland. Starring Irish actor … Continue reading →

The Guard (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Guard (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE GUARD (2011) Starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan, Dominique McElligott, Sarah Greene, Katarina Cas, Pat Shortt, Darren Healy, Laurence Kinlan and Gary Lydon. Screenplay by John Michael McDonagh. Directed by John Michael McDonagh. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.   96 minutes.  Rated R. Irish Garda (police officer) Sgt. Gerry Boyle … Continue reading →