VOX LUX (2018) Starring Natalie Portman, Raffey Cassidy, Jude Law, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Ehle, Stacy Martin, Natasha Romanova, Maria Dizzia, Erik King, Maria Severny, Daniel London, Matt Servitto, Christopher Dylan White, Sophie Lane Curtis, Candace Smith, Micheal Richardson, Allison Winn, Fred Hechinger, Leslie Silva, Meg Gibson and the voice of Willem Dafoe. Screenplay by Brady … Continue reading
Category Archives: Drama
Shoplifters (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SHOPLIFTERS (2018) Starring Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Kiki Kirin, Mayu Matsuoka, Kengo Kora, Chizuru Ikewake, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Yôko Moriguchi, Yuki Yamada, Akira Emoto, Naoto Ogata and Moemi Katayama. Screenplay by Hirokazu Koreeda. Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 121 minutes. Rated R. Shoplifters has been getting such accolades – … Continue reading
The Favourite (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE FAVOURITE (2018) Starring Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, James Smith, Mark Gatiss, Jenny Rainsford, Emma Delves, Faye Daveney, Paul Swaine, Jennifer White, LillyRose Stevens, Denise Mack, James Smith, Willem Dalby, Edward Aczel, Carolyn Saint-Pé, John Locke, Everal Walsh and Horatio the Duck. Screenplay by Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara. Directed … Continue reading
Green Book (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
GREEN BOOK (2018) Starring Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Dimiter Marinov, Mike Hatton, Iqbal Theba, Sebastian Maniscalco, P.J. Byrne, Montel Miller, Joe Cortese, Maggie Nixon, Von Lewis, Jon Sortland, Don Stark, Anthony Mangano, Paul Sloan, Quinn Duffy, Seth Hurwitz, Hudson Galloway, Gavin Foley, Rodolfo Vallelonga, Louis Venere and Frank Vallelonga. Screenplay by Nick Vallelonga, … Continue reading
Creed II (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CREED II (2018) Starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Dolph Lundgren, Florian Munteanu, Russell Hornsby, Wood Harris, Phylicia Rashad, Kristina Aponte, Monica Haynes, Darin Ferraro, Andre Ward, Myles Humphus, Ivo Nandi, Roy Jones Jr., Kristoffe Brodeur, Elizabeth Gaynor, Jacob ‘Stitch’ Duran, Michael Buffer and Brigitte Nielsen. Screenplay by Juel Taylor & Sylvester Stallone. … Continue reading
Joel Edgerton – Rewriting Boy Erased
Joel Edgerton Rewriting Boy Erased By Jay S. Jacobs This seems to be a fertile time for actors to take a more hands-on approach to filmmaking and write and direct their own films. Take Joel Edgerton. The Australian-born actor has been slowly-but-surely building a big name in the States with roles in such films as … Continue reading
Jason Reitman Looks Back at a Political Shift with The Front Runner
Jason Reitman Looks Back at a Political Shift with The Front Runner By Jay S. Jacobs Director Jason Reitman is known for taking on some pretty big subjects in his films. He took on lobbying in Thank You for Smoking. He set his sights on teenage pregnancy in Juno and corporate soullessness and greed in … Continue reading
Bodied (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BODIED (2017) Starring Calum Worthy, Jackie Long, Rory Uphold, Jonathan “Dumbfoundead” Park, Shoniqua Shandai, Walter Perez, Charlamagne tha God, Dizaster, Anthony Michael Hall, Debra Wilson, Lisa Maley, Eddie Perino, Eric Allen Smith, Candice Renée, Daniel Rashid, Vivian Lamolli, Matt Alpert, Sloane Avery and Faithe Herman. Screenplay by Alex Larsen. Directed by Joseph Kahn. Distributed by … Continue reading
Paul Dano – It’s A Wild Wildlife
Paul Dano It’s A Wild Wildlife By Jay S. Jacobs We know Paul Dano as an actor with over a decade of quirky movie choices behind him. Perhaps you remember him best as the twin preachers in There Will Be Blood. Or perhaps as the young Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy. Or, then again … Continue reading
Richard E. Grant Forms an Odd Couple with Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Richard E. Grant Forms an Odd Couple with Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Jay S. Jacobs Richard E. Grant has been quietly putting together one hell of a career for himself in the three decades since he exploded on the scene as the title character in the film Withnail & I. … Continue reading