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Viggo Mortensen Makes His Eastern Promises
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Viggo Mortensen Makes His Eastern Promises

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VIGGO MORTENSEN MAKES HIS EASTERN PROMISES by Brad Balfour It’s entirely understandable why director David Cronenberg has recently cast Viggo Mortensen as his lead in two complementary but very different films (2005’s excellent A History of Violence and the new Eastern Promises). Mortensen inhabits these characters and the characters inhabit him. It is said that when he played Aragorn in Lord … Continue reading →

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

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GRACIE (2007) Starring Carly Schroeder, Dermot Mulroney, Elisabeth Shue, Christopher Shand, Karl Girolamo, Julia Garro, John Doman, Jesse Lee Soffer, Vasillios “Billy” Mantagas, Donnie Gray and Andrew Shue. Screenplay by Karen Janszen and Lisa Marie Petersen. Directed by Davis Guggenheim. Distributed by Picturehouse Films. 95 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Gracie is very much a labor of love. … Continue reading →

Private Property (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Private Property (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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PRIVATE PROPERTY (NUE PROPRIÉTÉ) (2006) Starring Isabelle Huppert, Jérémie Renier, Yannick Renier, Kris Cuppens, Raphaelle Lubansu, Patrick Descamps, Didier de Neck, Dirk Tuypens and Sabine Riche. Screenplay by Joachim Lafosse. Directed by Joachim Lafosse. Distributed by Red Envelope Entertainment and New Yorker Films. 89 minutes. Not Rated. There is a dedication at the beginning of Private … Continue reading →

Two Weeks (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Two Weeks (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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TWO WEEKS (2007) Starring Sally Field, Ben Chaplin, Tom Cavanagh, Julianne Nicholson, Glenn Howerton, Clea Duvall, James Murtaugh, Michael Hyatt, Susan Misner, Jenny O’Hara and Terrence E. McNally. Screenplay by Steve Stockman. Directed by Steve Stockman. Distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. 102 minutes. Rated R. The death of a loved one is quite possibly the … Continue reading →

Paris Je T’Aime (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Paris Je T’Aime (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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PARIS, JE T’AIME (PARIS, I LOVE YOU) (2007) Starring Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Juliette Binoche, Catalina Sandina Moreno, Elijah Wood, Natalie Portman, Melchior Beslon, Ben Gazzara, Gena Rowlands, Nick Nolte, Ludivine Sagnier, Miranda Richardson, Fanny Ardant, Bob Hoskins, Emily Mortimer, Rufus Sewell, Willem Dafoe, Marianne Faithfull, Barbet Schroeder, Xin Li, Paul Putner, Olga Kurylenko, Margo … Continue reading →

Ten ‘til Noon (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Ten ‘til Noon (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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TEN ‘TIL NOON (2006) Starring Rick D. Wasserman, Rayne Guest, George Williams, Jenya Lano, Thomas Kopache, Alfonso Freeman, Jason Hamer, Daniel Hagen, Dylan Kussman, Jennifer Hill, Daniel Nathan Spector, Paul J. Alessi and Erin Stutland. Written by Paul Osborne. Directed by Scott Storm. Distributed by Radio London Films. 83 minutes. Not Rated. An interesting new-noir film … Continue reading →

Alan Alda – On His Many Careers
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Alan Alda – On His Many Careers

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Alan Alda On His Many Careers by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2007 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Posted: August 24, 2007. Whatever Alan Alda has done as an actor, author, playwright, or director – whether it be on television, in film or on stage – it has been imbued with a fundamental sense of humanity. Certainly, with his … Continue reading →

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season One (1977) (Universal Home Video-2005) The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was a short-lived ABC series about three chicks solving crimes in a world that resembles a studio back lot and there is nothing to Google. Despite their feather-haired cuteness, trouble just seems to find them. In almost every … Continue reading →

The Ultimate Gift (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Ultimate Gift (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE ULTIMATE GIFT (2007) Starring Drew Fuller, James Garner, Ali Hillis, Abigail Breslin, Lee Meriwether, Brian Dennehy, Bill Cobbs, Mircea Monroe, Donna Cherry and D. David Morin. Screenplay by Cheryl McKay. Directed by Michael Sajbel. Distributed by Fox Faith. 114 minutes. Rated PG. Have you ever seen (and how many haven’t?) that Christian Children’s Fund … Continue reading →

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

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ONCE (2006) Starring Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, Hugh Walsh, Gerry Hendrick, Alistair Foley, Geoff Minogue, Bill Hodnett, Danuse Ktrestova, Darren Healy and Catherine Hansard. Screenplay by John Carney. Directed by John Carney. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 88 minutes. Rated R. In a summer full of loud, hyperactive films, it is rather shocking to find … Continue reading →