Four Christmases (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Four Christmases (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

FOUR CHRISTMASES (2008) Starring Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakam, Tim McGraw, Kristin Chenoweth, Jon Voight, Sissy Spacek, Katy Mixon, Colleen Camp and Peter Billingsley. Screenplay by Matt Allen, Caleb Wilson, Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Directed by Seth Gordon. Distributed by New Line Cinema.  82 minutes.  Rated PG-13. … Continue reading

Pirate Radio (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Pirate Radio (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

PIRATE RADIO (2009) Starring Tom Sturridge, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Talulah Riley, January Jones, Rhys Darby, Chris O’Dowd and Emma Thompson. Screenplay by Richard Curtis. Directed by Richard Curtis. Distributed by Focus Features. 129 minutes. Rated R. Although Richard Curtis is best known in the US as the … Continue reading

My Life in Ruins (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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My Life in Ruins (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

MY LIFE IN RUINS (2009) Starring Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis, Alistair McGowan, Harland Williams, Rachel Dratch, Caroline Goodall and Ian Ogilvy. Screenplay by Mike Reiss. Directed by Donald Petrie. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 98 minutes. Rated PG-13. If I’m being completely honest, I kind of hated Nia Vardalos’ breakout comedy My Big Fat … Continue reading

Robbie Rist Beats the Child Star Jinx
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Robbie Rist Beats the Child Star Jinx

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

Turning Green (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Turning Green (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

TURNING GREEN (2005) Starring Timothy Hutton, Colm Meaney, Alessandro Nivola, Donal Gallery, Killian Morgan, Jill Harding, Billie Traynor, Brid Ni Chionaola, Deirdre Monaghan, Glenn Gannon, Gavin O’Connor, Sinead C. Kavanagh and Katherine Kendall. Screenplay by Michael Aimette and John G. Hoffman. Directed by Michael Aimette and John G. Hoffman. Distributed by New Films International. 85 … Continue reading

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

THE PROPOSAL (2009) Starring Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Betty White, Denis O’Hare, Malin Akerman, Oscar Nuñez, Aasif Mandvi and Niecy Nash. Screenplay by Pete Chiarelli. Directed by Anne Fletcher. Distributed by Touchstone Pictures. 108 minutes. Rated PG-13. A movie like The Proposal tends to cause a moral dilemma for a movie reviewer. … Continue reading

Jennifer Garner Is Treated To The Invention of Lying
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Jennifer Garner Is Treated To The Invention of Lying

Jennifer Garner Is Treated To The Invention of Lying by Brad Balfour British comic Ricky Gervais has one kicky concept behind his directorial debut, The Invention of Lying. On an alternate earth, humanity lacks the capacity for lying so truth-telling is just telling. People may speak the truth, but have no sense of humor and no idea of fiction. … Continue reading

A Serious Man (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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A Serious Man (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

A SERIOUS MAN (2009) Starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, Amy Landecker, Alan Mandell, Fyvush Finkel, Allen Lewis Rickman, Yelena Shmulenson, Peter Breitmayer. Brent Braunschweig, Simon Helberg, David Kang, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus, Ari Hoptman, Michael Tezl, George Wyner and Michael Lerner. Screenplay by Joel and Ethan Coen. Directed by … Continue reading

Susan Olsen – Gets Down with Her Bad Show
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Susan Olsen – Gets Down with Her Bad Show

Susan Olsen Gets Down with Her Bad Show By Ronald Sklar “It was a spectactular turd,” says Susan Olsen. She speaks of the infamous Brady Bunch Variety Hour, which inexplicably ran on ABC-TV for a very short time in 1976 and 1977. Olsen played Cindy Brady, the youngest of the clan, on the original series from … Continue reading

In the Loop (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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In the Loop (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

IN THE LOOP (2009) Starring Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee, James Gandolfini, Chris Addison, Anna Chlumsky, Enzo Cilenti, Paul Higgins, Mimi Kennedy, Alex Macqueen, Johnny Pemberton, Olivia Poulet, David Rasche, Joanna Scanlan, James Smith, Zach Woods and Steve Coogan. Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche. Directed by Armando Iannucci. … Continue reading