Rebecca Schull On the Naked Stage by Ronald Sklar It never fails to shock us when a beloved TV character takes a sharp left turn and makes daring choices. Rebecca Schull, for instance. Her name may not be instantly recognizable, but she has that face that makes you feel like you’ve seen it a million … Continue reading
A Very Brady Musical Lloyd Schwartz and Hope Juber Reimagine the Family Business by Ronald Sklar For the producers of The Brady Bunch, it was more like Family Affair. Creator Sherwood Schwartz (who also gave the world Gilligan’s Island) worked closely with his son, Lloyd, and still does. However, for those five sunshine-day seasons on ABC, the Schwartz team lived, … Continue reading
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (2008) Starring Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bill Hader, Liz Cackowski, Maria Thayer, Jack McBrayer, Taylor Wily, Da’Vone McDonald, Steve Landesberg, Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd, Carla Gallo, Billy Bush, William Baldwin and Jason Bateman. Screenplay by Jason Segel. Directed by Nicholas Stoller. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 112 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Team Up to Make a Baby Mama by Brad Balfour Tina Fey and Amy Poehler — Saturday Night Live veterans and sketch comedy masters — are poised to challenge producer/writer/director Judd Apatow’s hegemony on R-rated comedy. They are the stars of Baby Mama, the opening night film for the 2008 Annual Tribeca Film Festival … Continue reading
SEMI-PRO (2008) Starring Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André Benjamin, Maura Tierney, Will Arnett, Andy Richter, David Koechner, Rob Corddry, Andrew Daly, Matt Walsh, Jackie Earle Haley and Patti LaBelle. Screenplay by Scot Armstrong. Directed by Kent Alterman. Distributed by New Line Pictures. 90 minutes. Rated R. I want my money back. Not only that, but … Continue reading
DEFINITELY, MAYBE (2008) Starring Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz, Kevin Kline, Adam Ferrara, Lianne Balaban, Annie Parisse, Nestor Serrano and Robert Klein. Screenplay by Adam Brooks. Directed by Adam Brooks. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 112 minutes. Rated PG-13. A man who is just about to get a divorce … Continue reading
NANCY DREW (2007) Starring Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter, Max Thieriot, Tate Donovan, Rachael Leigh Cook, Danielle Monet, Kelly Vitz, Barry Bostwick, Kay Panabaker, Cliff Bernis, Laura Elena Harring, Caroline Aaron, Pat Carroll, Chris Kattan, Adam Goldberg and Bruce Willis. Screenplay by Andrew Fleming and Tiffany Paulsen. Directed by Andrew Fleming. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. … Continue reading
Amy Adams Miss Adams Lives Out Her Dreams by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2008 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: March 1, 2008. It is way too obvious to say that Amy Adams is having an enchanted year – and yet at the same time it is absolutely, inescapably accurate. Since her first appearance on film … Continue reading
BLONDE AND BLONDER (2008) Starring Pamela Anderson, Denise Richards, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Meghan Ory, Joey Aresco, Gary Chalk, Jay Brazeau, Woody Jeffreys, Kevin Farley, John Farley, Byron Mann, Patrick Pon, Phoenix Ly, Douglass Newell and Alex Bruhanski. Screenplay by Rolfe Kanefsky, Dean Hamilton and Gerry Anderson. Directed by Dean Hamilton. Distributed by First Look Studios. 94 … Continue reading
Christopher Knight My Fair Knight by Ronald Sklar Christopher Knight may have once starred on VH1’s The Surreal Life, but his own real life was as real as reality gets, at least as real as any ex-Brady could hope to have. “My dad was an actor and a struggling one at that,” he says from his … Continue reading
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