THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (2006) Starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Emily Blunt, Adrian Grenier, Tracie Thoms, Rich Sommer, Simon Baker, Daniel Sunjata, Jimena Hoyos, Rebecca Mader, Tibor Feldman, Stephanie Szostak, David Marshall Grant, James Naughton, Gisele Bunchen, Heidi Klum and Valentino Garavini. Screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna. Directed by David Frankel. Distributed by … Continue reading
Category Archives: Drama
Lisa Ray Makes Her Splash in Water
LISA RAY MAKES HER SPLASH IN WATER by Brad Balfour What’s it like to be proclaimed the most beautiful woman in a country of nearly a billion? Ask actress Lisa Ray, who was considered the symbol of beauty for India in recent years. But as Ray will tell you, that was really inconsequential when it comes … Continue reading
The Sisters (A PopEntertainment com Movie Review)
THE SISTERS (2006) Starring Elizabeth Banks, Maria Bello, Erika Christensen, Steven Culp, Tony Goldwyn, Nary Stuart Masterson, Eric McCormack, Alessandro Nivola, Chris O’Donnell and Rip Torn. Screenplay by Richard Alfieri. Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman. Distributed by Persistent Entertainment. 113 minutes. Rated R. Even if you didn’t know that The Sisters was based on a play you … Continue reading
The DaVinci Code (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE DAVINCI CODE (2006) Starring Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellan, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany, Alfred Molina, Jürgen Prochnow, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Etienne Chicot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Marie-Françoise Audollent, Rita Davies, Francesco Carnelutti, Seth Gabel and Shane Zaza. Screenplay by Akiva Goldman. Directed by Ron Howard. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 149 minutes. Rated PG-13. The DaVinci Code has … Continue reading
Friends With Money (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
FRIENDS WITH MONEY (2006) Starring Jennifer Aniston, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand, Greg Germann, Simon McBurney, Jason Isaacs, Scott Caan, Ty Burrell, Bob Stephenson, Timm Sharp, Hailey Noelle Johnson, Jen Fee, Jake Cherry and Marin Hinkle. Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener. Directed by Nicole Holofcener. Distributed by Sony Classic Pictures. 88 minutes. Rated R. Friends … Continue reading
Munich (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
MUNICH (2005) Starring Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, Geoffrey Rush, Aylet Zurer, Gila Almagor, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Almaric, Moritz Bleibtreu, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Marie Josée-Croze and Yvan Attal. Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 164 minutes. Rated R. Munich isn’t an easy … Continue reading
Donald Sutherland, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D’Arcy and Courtney Solomon – A Haunting Tale
Donald Sutherland, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D’Arcy and Courtney Solomon – A Haunting Tale by Jay S. Jacobs An American Haunting is a new film version of a classic supernatural mystery, the Bell Witch of Tennessee in the early 1800s. This true story looks at the Bell family, which was bedeviled by a poltergeist for years, eventually … Continue reading
Gretchen Mol Gets Notorious as Pinup Legend Bettie Page
GRETCHEN MOL GETS NOTORIOUS AS PINUP LEGEND BETTIE PAGE by Brad Balfour Before making The Notorious Bettie Page, 30-something actress Gretchen Mol had been working solidly, but had not quite found that signature role that would recoup her early momentum. Thanks to her role as 1950s cultural icon – S&M pinup girl Bettie Page – Mol … Continue reading
Sharon Stone – Basic Instincts Aroused Again
SHARON STONE BASIC INSTINCTS AROUSED AGAIN by Brad Balfour For Sharon Stone, the first Basic Instinct film, directed by Paul Verhoeven, was quite an odyssey; it established her as a provocative sex symbol, an actress willing to open herself up (and her legs) for the camera. In that film, she played a lesbian crime novelist accused of … Continue reading
Syriana (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SYRIANA (2005) Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, Tim Blake Nelson, Amanda Peet, Christopher Plummer, William Hurt, Mazhar Munir, Alexander Siddig, Kayvan Novak, Amr Waked, Robert Foxworth and Peter Gerety. Screenplay by Stephen Gaghan. Directed by Stephen Gaghan. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 126 minutes. Rated R. A lot of TV series … Continue reading