WHAT LIES BENEATH (2000) Starring Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Diana Scarwid, Joe Morton, James Remar, Miranda Otto, Amber Valletta, Katharine Towne, Victoria Bidewell, Elliott Goretsky, Ray Baker and Wendy Crewson. Screenplay by Clark Gregg. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Distributed by Dreamworks Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox Pictures. 130 minutes. Rated PG-13. Well, it starts well. That’s … Continue reading
Category Archives: Drama
Center Stage (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CENTER STAGE (2000) Starring Amanda Schull, Zoë Saldana, Susan Mary Pratt, Peter Gallagher, Donna Murphy, Ethan Steiffel, Debra Monk, Sascha Radetsky and Shakiem Evans. Screenplay by Carol Heikkinen. Directed by Nicholas Hytner. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. Center Stage has no right to be as good as it is. It is an almost … Continue reading
U-571 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
U-571 (2000) Starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, David Keith, Thomas Kretschmann, Jake Weber, Jack Noseworthy, Tom Guiry, Will Estes, Terrence “T.C.” Carson, Erik Palladino and Dave Power. Screenplay by Jonathan Mostow, Sam Montgomery and David Ayer. Directed by Jonathan Mostow. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. I’m not … Continue reading
Wonder Boys (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
WONDER BOYS (2000) Starring Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, Rip Torn, Robert Downey Jr., Richard Knox, Jane Adams, Michael Cadavias, Richard Thomas, Alan Tudyk, Philip Bosco, George Grizzard, Kelly Bishop, Bill Velin and James Ellroy. Screenplay by Steve Kloves. Directed by Curtis Hanson. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 112 minutes. Rated R. Character … Continue reading
Man on the Moon (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
MAN ON THE MOON (1999) Starring Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, Paul Giamatti, Vincent Schiavelli, Gerry Becker, Peter Bonerz, Tom Dreesen, Richard Belzer, Bob Zmuda, Marilyn Sokol, Judd Hirsch, Marilu Henner, Jeff Conaway, Christopher Lloyd, Randall Carver, David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Anton Fig, Lorne Michaels, Norm McDonald and Caroline Rhea. Screenplay by Scott Alexander … Continue reading
Peter Krause- Helping to Make TV Safe for Smart People
Peter Krause Helping to Make TV Safe for Smart People by Jay S. Jacobs The fall of 1998 was a tough time for television comedy. The networks tried to come up with a plan for post-Seinfeld TV, but the best they seemed to be able to come up with were tired retreads like Jesse, Two of a Kind and Maggie … Continue reading
Double Jeopardy (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY (1999) Starring Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Davison, Annabeth Gish, Bruce Campbell, Benjamin Weir, Jay Brazeau, Edward Evanko, Michael Gaston, Gillian Barker, Brennan Elliott and Angela Schneider. Screenplay by David Weisberg and Douglas Cook. Directed by Bruce Beresford. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 105 minutes. Rated R. Double Jeopardy would have been a perfectly … Continue reading
The General’s Daughter (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE GENERAL’S DAUGHTER (1999) Starring John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, Timothy Hutton, James Cromwell, Leslie Stefanson, Clarence Williams III, James Woods, Daniel van Bargen and Peter Weirter. Screenplay by Christopher Bertolini. Directed by Simon West. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 121 minutes. Rated R. The General’s Daughter is a strange, schizophrenic little picture. That’s not to say bad … Continue reading
Summer of Sam (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SUMMER OF SAM (1999) Starring John Leguizamo, Mira Sorvino, Adrien Brody, Jennifer Esposito, Michael Rispoli, Bebe Neuwirth, Patti LuPone, Joe Lisi, Spike Lee, Mike Starr, Anthony LaPaglia, Ben Gazzara, John Savage, Jimmy Breslin and Michael Badalucco. Screenplay by Victor Coliccio, Michael Imperioli and Spike Lee. Directed by Spike Lee. Distributed by Touchstone Pictures. 142 minutes. … Continue reading
Instinct (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
INSTINCT (1999) Starring Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney, George Dzundza, John Ashton, John Aylward, Thomas Q. Morris, Doug Spinuzza, Paul Bates, Rex Linn, Rod McLachlan and Tracey Ellis. Screenplay by Gerald DePego. Directed by Jon Turteltaub. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 126 minutes. Rated R. There was probably a lot of … Continue reading