FACTORY GIRL (2006) Starring Sienna Miller, Hayden Christiansen, Guy Pearce, Jimmy Fallon, Mena Suvari, Shawn Hatosy, Meredith Ostrom, Jack Huston, Tara Summers, James Naughton, Illeana Douglas, Don Novello, Colleen Camp and Edward Herrmann. Written by Captain Mauzner. Directed by George Hickenlooper. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 87 minutes. Rated R. I guess it is questionable … Continue reading
Category Archives: Drama
Sweet Land (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SWEET LAND (2007) Starring Elisabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Alan Cumming, Lois Smith, Ned Beatty, John Heard, Tom Gilroy, Alex Kingston, Robert Hogan, Karen Landry, Patrick Heusinger and Paul Sand. Screenplay by Ali Selim. Directed by Ali Selim. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 110 minutes. Rated PG. Hollywood does not make enough films that can literally … Continue reading
Broken English (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BROKEN ENGLISH (2007) Starring Parker Posey, Drea DeMatteo, Melvil Poupaud, Gena Rowlands, Peter Bogdanovich, Roy Thinnes, Michael Panes, Philip Pavel, Justin Theroux, Tim Guinee and Dana Ivey. Written by Zoe Cassavettes. Directed by Zoe Cassavettes. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 96 minutes. Rated PG-13. Broken English writer/director Zoë Cassavettes is the latest to make a mark from … Continue reading
Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy and Mamie Gummer – Some Enchanted Evening
Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy and Mamie Gummer – Some Enchanted Evening by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on June 29, 2007. Susan Minot’s novel Evening was embraced by a huge readership upon being released. The novel is about the choices people make and how they are formed by them. A woman at the end of … Continue reading
Natasha Richardson – Late in the Evening
Natasha Richardson Late in the Evening by Jay S. Jacobs In Evening, Natasha Richardson plays a difficult role, that of an adult daughter watching her mother slowly losing the fight for life. The part is probably doubly heart-wrenching for the actress because her own mother – screen legend Vanessa Redgrave – plays the elderly woman coming … Continue reading
Peter Stickles – Something in the Lair
Peter Stickles Something in the Lair by Ronald Sklar Photography by Eugene Gallegos When New-York-based actor Peter Stickles yearned for a role he could sink his teeth into, he wasn’t just whistling “Dixie.” As the lead vampire in the new Here TV drama The Lair, Stickles plays a vampire so evil that his name is Damian. … Continue reading
Catch and Release (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CATCH AND RELEASE (2007) Starring Jennifer Garner, Tim Olyphant, Kevin Smith, Sam Jaeger, Juliette Lewis, Fiona Shaw, Joshua Friesen, Tina Lifford, Georgia Craig, Christopher Redman, Joyce Krenz, Sonja Bennett, Yorgo Constantine, Nancy Hower and Jennifer Spence. Screenplay by Susannah Grant. Directed by Susannah Grant. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 112 minutes. Rated PG-13. Catch and Release has … Continue reading
Miss Potter (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
MISS POTTER (2007) Starring Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn, Phil Paterson, Matyelock Gibbs, Lloyd Owen, Anton Lesser, David Bamber, Patricia Kerrigan, Judith Barker, Chris Middleton, Lucy Boynton, Oliver Jenkins, Richard Mulholland and Phyllida Law. Screenplay by Richard Maltby, Jr. Directed by Chris Noonan. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 93 minutes. Rated PG. … Continue reading
Waitress (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
WAITRESS (2007) Starring Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Adrienne Shelly, Eddie Jemison, Lew Temple, Jeremy Sisto, Andy Griffith, Darby Stanchfield, Heidi Sulzman, Lauri Johnson, Sarah Hunley, Cindy Drummond, Nathan Dean and Caroline Fogarty. Screenplay by Adrienne Shelly. Directed by Adrienne Shelly. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 104 minutes. Rated PG-13. It is hard to … Continue reading
Evening (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
EVENING (2007) Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy, Natasha Richardson, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Mamie Gummer, Barry Bostwick and Eileen Atkins. Screenplay by Susan Minot and Michael Cunningham. Directed by Lajos Koltai. Distributed by Focus Features. 117 minutes. Rated PG-13. Evening wears its quality pedigree like a tiara on its stately … Continue reading