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Before Midnight (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Before Midnight (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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BEFORE MIDNIGHT (2013) Starring Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Walter Lassally, Yannis Papadopoulos, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Ariane Labed, Panos Koronis, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Jennifer Prior, Charlotte Prior, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Yota Argyropoulou, Serafeim Radis, Enrico Focardi, Manolis Goussias and Anouk Servera. Screenplay by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke. Directed by Richard Linklater. Distributed by Sony Pictures … Continue reading →

John Krasinski and Greg Daniels – Shutting Down The Office
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John Krasinski and Greg Daniels – Shutting Down The Office

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John Krasinski and Greg Daniels Shutting Down The Office by Jay S. Jacobs After nine years, 203 episodes, dozens of workers, a few weddings, some babies, uncounted lovers, lots of collating, and hundreds of thousands of reams of paper, it’s time to shut down Dunder-Mifflin. Scranton, Pennsylvania’s finest sons are closing up the place where … Continue reading →

Christopher McDonald Must Be a Lucky Guy
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Christopher McDonald Must Be a Lucky Guy

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Christopher McDonald Must Be a Lucky Guy by Jay S. Jacobs You think you’ve got Christopher McDonald all worked out, don’t you?  Smart, handsome, charming, powerful guy with a massive dark side. After all, McDonald has been visiting your cineplexes and your TV screens for over two decades now.  He’s played a whole slew of … Continue reading →

Robert Redford, Stanley Tucci, Brit Marling & Jackie Evancho on The Company You Keep
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Robert Redford, Stanley Tucci, Brit Marling & Jackie Evancho on The Company You Keep

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Robert Redford, Stanley Tucci, Brit Marling & Jackie Evancho Learning About Life and History From The Company They Keep by Jay S. Jacobs About the time that the Weather Underground was forming and gaining infamy for their sometimes violent protests, Robert Redford was well on his way to becoming one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.  Butch Cassidy & the … Continue reading →

Room 237 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Room 237 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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Room 237 Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel The Shining has been confounding for the three decades since its release to mostly lukewarm reviews and sluggish box office.  The movie turned off both of its target audiences – Kubrick fans felt that the ghost story was a squandering of the master filmmaker’s talents … Continue reading →

Pablo Berger Gives a Spanish Flavor to a Beloved Fairy Tale with Blancanieves
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Pablo Berger Gives a Spanish Flavor to a Beloved Fairy Tale with Blancanieves

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Pablo Berger Gives a Spanish Flavor to a Beloved Fairy Tale with Blancanieves by Brad Baflour Spanish director Pablo Berger took a leap with his second film, Blancanieves, in re-imagining of the Snow White fable with enough grit to validate the film. However to construct it as a silent film was a real jump into … Continue reading →

Spike Lee Has His Red Hook Summer
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Spike Lee Has His Red Hook Summer

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Director Spike Lee Has His Red Hook Summer by Brad Balfour When New York-based director Spike Lee makes a film, it’s almost always an event. That’s been the case virtually from the moment he emerged as a hot young indie filmmaker breaking both the color barrier by dealing with subject matter most mainstream directors neither touched … Continue reading →

Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks and Tom Hooper – Bringing a Broadway Classic to the Big Screen with Les Misérables
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Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks and Tom Hooper – Bringing a Broadway Classic to the Big Screen with Les Misérables

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Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks and Tom Hooper – Bringing a Broadway Classic to the Big Screen with Les Misérables by Brad Balfour Based on the legendary Victor Hugo novel – by way of the operatic stage musical created around it – the recently released cinematic version of Les Misérables spans 17 … Continue reading →

Michael Haneke – Makes A Loving Statement in Amour
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Michael Haneke – Makes A Loving Statement in Amour

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Michael Haneke Makes A Loving Statement in Amour by Brad Balfour A cultivated couple in their 80s, retired music teachers Georges and Anne have a nice apartment in a fine Parisian neighborhood. One night, after seeing a former student perform, Anne blanks out at home, presaging the condition to come. Afterwards, surgery to correct her blocked … Continue reading →

Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin-Like The Film’s Subjects, Undefeated Directors Defy Odds and Get An Oscar Nom
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Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin-Like The Film’s Subjects, Undefeated Directors Defy Odds and Get An Oscar Nom

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Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin Like The Film’s Subjects, Undefeated Directors Defy Odds and Get An Oscar Nom by Brad Balfour I was glad to have interviewed doc directors Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin – whose film Undefeated cleared nearly all the award hurdles and got into that rarefied place of being a Best Documentary … Continue reading →