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Michael Biehn – Don’t Feel Bereavement For The Victim
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Michael Biehn – Don’t Feel Bereavement For The Victim

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Michael Biehn Don’t Feel Bereavement For The Victim by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2011 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Posted: March 2, 2011.  You know Michael Biehn, or at least you know his roles.  He’s been in some of the iconic films of the past few decades. Biehn protected Linda Hamilton from the murderous android from … Continue reading →

Lee Unkrich – A Dual Oscar Nominee, Toy Story 3’s Director Muses on Childhood and the Future
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Lee Unkrich – A Dual Oscar Nominee, Toy Story 3’s Director Muses on Childhood and the Future

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Lee Unkrich A Dual Oscar Nominee, Toy Story 3‘s Director Muses on Childhood and the Future by Brad Balfour Now sitting before me is a big box – something like a Borg cube, but not one loaded up with malevolent androids wanting to absorb me into the collective. It is the box set of the … Continue reading →

Zach Galifianakis, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck – It’s Kind of a Funny Interview
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Zach Galifianakis, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck – It’s Kind of a Funny Interview

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Zach Galifianakis, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck – It’s Kind of a Funny Interview by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on October 8, 2010. The movie version of Ned Vizzini’s popular semi-autobiographical young adult novel It’s Kind of a Funny Story is certainly different than most films that take place in a mental health facility. … Continue reading →

The American (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The American (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE AMERICAN (2010) Starring George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli, Johan Leysen, Filippo Timi and Irina Björklund. Screenplay by Martin Booth. Directed by Anton Corbijn. Distributed by Focus Features.  105 minutes.  Rated R. The American is the second movie directed by celebrated photographer Anton Corbijn, so as you can imagine, it looks stunning. However, there is … Continue reading →

D.B. Sweeney Takes Us Down to Paradise City
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D.B. Sweeney Takes Us Down to Paradise City

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D.B. Sweeney Takes Us Down to Paradise City by Jay S. Jacobs As so often happens, the germ of the idea for actor D.B. Sweeney’s writing and directing debut Two Tickets to Paradise came from a real life experience.  In fact, it was a drunken road trip down to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with his brother that … Continue reading →

Mark Ruffalo – Shaking Up the Kids
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Mark Ruffalo – Shaking Up the Kids

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Mark Ruffalo Shaking Up the Kids by Jay S. Jacobs Mark Ruffalo had quite a Sundance Festival.  His directorial debut Sympathy for Delicious premiered to mixed reviews, but it was his latest independent comedy/drama which really made a splash. The Kids Are All Right is the acclaimed film, the story of an aging lesbian couple (Annette Bening and … Continue reading →

Lisa Cholodenko – Making It All Right
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Lisa Cholodenko – Making It All Right

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Lisa Cholodenko Making It All Right by Jay S. Jacobs Lisa Cholodenko has been turning heads in Hollywood since her 1998 film High Art featuring Radha Mitchell and Ally Sheedy. One of those heads which was turned belonged to actress Julianne Moore, who made a point of talking to Cholodenko at a Women in Film celebration years ago … Continue reading →

The Definition of Insanity (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
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The Definition of Insanity (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)

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THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY (2004) Starring Robert Margolis, Kelli Barnett, Frank Krias, Derek Johnson and Peter Bogdanovich. Screenplay by Robert Margolis and Frank Matter. Directed by Robert Margolis and Frank Matter. Distributed by FilmBuff.  85 minutes.  Not Rated. Acting isn’t as glamorous as Hollywood would like us to believe.  For every Brad Pitt or George … Continue reading →

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

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AVATAR (2009) Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Wes Studi, Laz Alonso and Dileep Rao. Screenplay by James Cameron. Directed by James Cameron. Distributed by 20th Century Fox.  165 minutes.  Rated PG-13. James Cameron is a big picture kind of guy. If you … Continue reading →

Richard Curtis – The King of Romantic Comedy Embraces His First Love with Pirate Radio
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Richard Curtis – The King of Romantic Comedy Embraces His First Love with Pirate Radio

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Richard Curtis The King of Romantic Comedy Embraces His First Love with Pirate Radio by Jay S. Jacobs Richard Curtis is mostly known in the US for his romantic comedies. That is only natural; the man has penned some of the great romances of the last two decades – movies which were wonderfully British and … Continue reading →