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

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UNEXPECTED (2015) Starring Cobie Smulders, Gail Bean, Anders Holm, Elizabeth McGovern, Aaron Nelson, Tyla Abercrumbie, Shonique Watkins, Takiyah Dixon, DuShon Monique Brown, Robyn Coffin, Aaron J. Nelson, Preston Tate Jr., J. Anthony Kopec, Adrian Bond and Heidi Johanningmeier. Screenplay by Megan Mercier and Kris Swanberg. Directed by Kris Swanberg. Distributed by The Film Arcade.  86 … Continue reading →

Michael Dorn Promotes Worf To Starship Captain
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Michael Dorn Promotes Worf To Starship Captain

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Michael Dorn  Promotes Worf To Starship Captain by Brad Balfour Actor Michael Dorn is making sure the world doesn’t forget the original Star Trek universe and the character he lived in for nearly 20 years — the Klingon Lieutenant Commander Worf. And he is doing it not only through appearing at Comic-Cons and in the … Continue reading →

Simon Curtis – Director Brings a New Life to Woman in Gold
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Simon Curtis – Director Brings a New Life to Woman in Gold

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Simon Curtis Director Brings a New Life to Woman in Gold by Brad Balfour With famed Academy Award winning actress Helen Mirren receiving a special honor from the World Jewish Congress in front of Gustav Klimt’s The Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer 1 — now housed at New York’s Neue Galerie and the basis of the film Woman in Gold — her role as … Continue reading →

The Third Man (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Third Man (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE THIRD MAN (1949) Starring Joseph Cotton, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard Lee, Paul Hoerbiger, Ernst Deutsch, Siegfried Breuer, Erich Ponto, Hedwig Bleibtreu and Wilfrid Hyde-White. Screenplay by Graham Greene. Directed by Carol Reed. Distributed by Rialto Pictures/Studio Canal.  104 minutes.  Not Rated. Nearly 30 years on from his death, Orson Welles is … Continue reading →

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

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RESULTS (2015) Starring Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders, Kevin Corrigan, Giovanni Ribisi, Brooklyn Decker, Anthony Michael Hall, Tishuan Scott, Zoe Graham, David Bernon, Lindsay Anne Kent and Elizabeth Berridge. Screenplay by Andrew Bujalski. Directed by Andrew Bujalski. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures.  105 minutes.  Rated R. There is a lot to like in writer/director Andrew Bujalski’s low-key … Continue reading →

About Elly (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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About Elly (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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ABOUT ELLY (2009) Starring Shahab Hosseini, Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Mani Haghighi, Peyman Moaadi, Merila Zarei, Ra’na Azadivar, Ahmad Mehranfar and Saber Abbar. Screenplay by Asghar Farhadi. Directed by Asghar Farhadi. Distributed by Cinema Guild.  113 minutes.  Not Rated. The world at large learned about the filmmaking skill of Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi in 2012 … Continue reading →

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

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INTERSTELLAR (2015) Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Jessica Chastain, Wes Bentley, John Lithgow, Casey Affleck, David Gyasi, Mackenzie Foy, David Oyelowo, Collette Wolfe, Topher Grace, Ellen Burstyn, Matt Damon, Timothée Chalamet, William Devane and the voices of Bill Irwin and Josh Stewart. Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan. Directed by Christopher Nolan. … Continue reading →

Ben Stiller, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Horovitz & Noah Baumbach Examine Life While They’re Young
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Ben Stiller, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Horovitz & Noah Baumbach Examine Life While They’re Young

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Ben Stiller, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Horovitz & Noah Baumbach Examine Life While They’re Young by Jay S. Jacobs What happens when hip young professionals in New York City reach their forties and realize that they are no longer as hip nor as young as they had always imagined? This is the quandary behind Noah Baumbach’s … Continue reading →

Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin – Dark Days at Bates Motel
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Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin – Dark Days at Bates Motel

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Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin Dark Days at Bates Motel by Jay S. Jacobs It’s always dangerous trying to update a masterpiece, so people were understandably concerned when A&E announced a few years ago that they were creating a modern-day prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic Psycho.  Two years later, though, … Continue reading →

Denny Tedesco, Hal Blaine and Don Randi – Building Up the Wrecking Crew
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Denny Tedesco, Hal Blaine and Don Randi – Building Up the Wrecking Crew

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Denny Tedesco, Hal Blaine and Don Randi Building Up the Wrecking Crew by Jay S. Jacobs The Wrecking Crew was the house band for an entire generation.  But chances are, you’ve never heard of them. The Wrecking Crew was a loose collective of studio musicians who played on many of the biggest hits of the … Continue reading →