21 YEARS – RICHARD LINKLATER (2014) Featuring Ethan Hawke, Matthew McConaughey, Jack Black, Billy Bob Thornton, Keanu Reeves, Julie Delpy, Parker Posey, Zac Efron, Michael McKean, Nicky Katt, Joey Lauren Adams, Marissa Ribisi, Miranda Cosgrove, Anthony Rapp, Steven Chester Prince, Kevin Smith, Jason Reitman, Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass and Louis Black. Written by Michael Dunaway … Continue reading
Category Archives: Directors
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SUPERMENSCH: THE LEGEND OF SHEP GORDON (2013) Featuring Shep Gordon, Alice Cooper, Anne Murray, Michael Douglas, Sylvester Stallone, Emeril Lagasse, Willie Nelson, Steven Tyler, Tom Arnold, Mick Fleetwood, Sammy Hagar, Bob Ezrin, Caroline Pfeiffer, Bob Richard, Nancy Meola, Dean Fearing, Derek Shook, Chase Williams, Amber Williams, Don Nelson, Herb Karlitz and Mike Myers . Directed … Continue reading
Eduardo Sánchez – The Blair Witch Director Takes On Bigfoot
Eduardo Sánchez – The Blair Witch Director Takes On Bigfoot by Jay S. Jacobs Fifteen years ago, a little mega-low-budget film called The Blair Witch Project became one of the biggest surprise hits in independent film history. The movie was created by unknown co-writer/directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, two former film students who decided that … Continue reading
Kevin Kline and Israel Horovitz – Looking In On Their Old Lady
Kevin Kline and Israel Horovitz Looking In On Their Old Lady by Jay S. Jacobs Kevin Kline has spent a lot of time in France in his long career as an actor. He has done everything from French Kiss to The Pink Panther there. He even made the film Queen to Play in which he … Continue reading
Internet Killed the Newspaper Star
Internet Killed the Newspaper Star Filmmaker Lenny Feinberg discusses his documentary Black & White and Dead All Over about the decline of the daily newspaper. by Jay S. Jacobs http://popentertainment-interviews.tumblr.com/post/94361579739/internet-killed-the-newspaper-star-filmmaker As the Internet increasingly becomes the go-to destination for people to get their news, traditional newspapers have been scrambling to stay relevant. Newspapers are at a severe … Continue reading
James Franco – The Actor/Director Finds Salvation in Child of God
James Franco – The Actor/Director Finds Salvation in Child of God by Brad Balfour The long journey to bring Cormac McCarthy’s controversial novel Child of God to the screen has taken the film from first being screened at last year’s New York Film Fest to finally getting a distributor and landing in cinemas. From its first … Continue reading
Actor Jeff Bridges, Director Phillip Noyce Bring Lois Lowry’s Novel “The Giver” To Screens
Actor Jeff Bridges, Director Phillip Noyce Bring Lois Lowry’s Novel “The Giver” To Screens by Brad Balfour That it took two decades for the social science fiction book The Giver to be made into an effects-enhanced film well after The Hunger Games, Divergent, and other dystopian teen tales could be viewed either a blessing or … Continue reading
Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Vivica Fox and Anthony C. Ferrante – It’s Raining Sharks in the City that Never Sleeps
Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Vivica Fox and Anthony C. Ferrante It’s Raining Sharks in the City that Never Sleeps by Ali Speiss It was July of 2013 when we first heard the name Sharknado. And now they’re back! Sharknado was a surprisingly popular horror/comedy flick on the Syfy network that premiered last year and starred … Continue reading
Clint Eastwood, John Lloyd Young, Vincent Piazza, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice – Down on the Corner with the Jersey Boys
Clint Eastwood, John Lloyd Young, Vincent Piazza, Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice – Down on the Corner with the Jersey Boys by Ally Abramson Clint Eastwood is the “Big Man In Town” now. Eastwood recently finished a new project that tells an old story, a story that has been told many times through music. The … Continue reading
Morgan Spurlock – On the Inside
Morgan Spurlock – On the Inside by Ronald Sklar The legendary documentary filmmaker allows us inside his head and inside his hit CNN series, Inside Man. The CNN series Inside Man showcases Morgan Spurlock doing what he loves best: the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. In spades. Spurlock doesn’t dabble; he immerses. He sticks with one … Continue reading