How I Met Your Mother Season One (2005-2006) (Fox Home Video-2006) Those charmingly misguided TV sitcom writers seem to have four general rules: One: all twenty-somethings, regardless of financial obligation and career path, must live in Manhattan, in cool apartments with HUGE bathrooms. Two: all Manhattan-dwelling twenty-somethings are magically blessed with lots of free time, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Comedy
The Treatment (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE TREATMENT (2007) Starring Chris Eigeman, Famke Janssen, Ian Holm, Stephanie March, Peter Vack, Griffin Newman, Josh Barclay Caras, Matt Stadelmann, Lindsay Johnson, Stephen Lang, Maddie Corman and Roger Rees. Screenplay by Oren Rudavsky and Daniel Saul Housman. Directed by Oren Rudavsky. Distributed by New Yorker Films. 86 minutes. Rated R. In Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories, … Continue reading
Because I Said So (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BECAUSE I SAID SO (2007) Starring Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Lauren Graham, Piper Perabo, Gabriel Macht, Tom Everett Scott, Stephen Collins, Ty Panitz, Matt Champaign, Colin Ferguson and Tony Hale. Screenplay by Karen Leigh Hopkins and Jessie Nelson. Directed by Michael Lehmann. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 102 minutes. Rated PG-13. Because I Said So is like a movie that … Continue reading
Waiting Tables with Keri Russell
Waiting Tables with Keri Russell by Brad Balfour Maybe it’s not the same kind of baking as what’s depicted in her new film Waitress, but actress Keri Russell has a bun in the oven now. So when Russell (the former Felicity star) arrived for a set of interviews to promote the movie, there was some concern that her … Continue reading
Mickey Rooney – Night Watchman
Mickey Rooney – Night Watchman by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2007 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Originally Posted: April 27, 2007. It is not every day in which you get to speak with a living legend. Just don’t tell Mickey Rooney that he is legendary. He simply considers himself a guy who had the good fortune to work regularly for … Continue reading
Howard Hesseman and Loni Anderson – Living on DVD in Cincinnati
HOWARD HESSEMAN AND LONI ANDERSON LIVING ON DVD IN CINCINNATI by Jay S. Jacobs “Baby, if you ever wondered whatever became of me… I’m living on the air in Cincinnati. Cincinnati – WKRP.” So starts the theme to one of the classic sitcoms of the late Carter administration, WKRP in Cincinnati, which is finally being released on DVD. The series was made … Continue reading
Nick Frost and Edgar Wright – The Hot Buzz on Hot Fuzz
NICK FROST and EDGAR WRIGHT THE HOT BUZZ ON HOT FUZZ by Jay S. Jacobs You don’t expect to find a big-budget action blockbuster settling down in a tiny, quaint British village. However, don’t tell that to Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright. In a few years, this troupe of talented filmmakers has created … Continue reading
Indie film icon Dermot Mulroney is honored at Philadelphia Film Festival for career accomplishments
Indie film icon Dermot Mulroney is honored at Philadelphia Film Festival for career accomplishments by Ronald Sklar Actor Dermot Mulroney was honored with an American Independent Award at this year’s Philadelphia Film Festival. Immediately after the ceremony was the premiere screening of the independent film Dante’s Inferno, with Mulroney in the lead role. Mulroney, 43, has … Continue reading
Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SING NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE (2007) Starring David Alan Basche, Chris Bowers, Samrat Chakrabarti, Alexander Chaplin, Rosemarie Dewitt, Mark Feuerstein, David Harbour, Elizabeth Reaser, Reg Rogers, Molly Shannon, Liz Stauber and Camilla Thorsson. Screenplay by Bruce Leddy. Directed by Bruce Leddy. Distributed by Strand Releasing. 94 minutes. Not Rated. Mid-life crisis hits hard … Continue reading
Color Me Kubrick (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
COLOR ME KUBRICK (2005) Starring John Malkovich, Honor Blackman, Bryan Dick, Leslie Phillips, James Dreyfus, Luke Mably, Nitin Chandra Ganatra, Angus Barnett and Lynda Baron. Screenplay by Andrew Frewin. Directed by Brian Cook. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 90 minutes. Not Rated. Color Me Kubrick is an odd duck of a movie. Much of it is rather … Continue reading