Hayley Mills Is Still A “Party Face” At New York’s City Center by Brad Balfour When the question’s been asked: “Where are they now?,” actress Hayley Mills’ name often has come up. Remembered for winning an Oscar when she was 14 for playing the title role in Disney’s Pollyanna, the now 71-year-old is not just … Continue reading
Category Archives: Drama
Assessing Last Year’s Movies Through the Lens of This Year’s Golden Globe Nominees
Assessing Last Year’s Movies Through the Lens of This Year’s Golden Globe Nominees by Brad Balfour Just as the Waterford ball drops, so does the anticipation for the 75th annual Golden Globes — the first major awards show of 2018. Being broadcast live, the show can be seen on NBC, Sunday, January 6th, starting at … Continue reading
Molly’s Game (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
MOLLY’S GAME (2017) Starring Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O’Dowd, J.C. MacKenzie, Brian d’Arcy James, Bill Camp, Graham Greene, Justin Kirk, Angela Gots, Natalie Krill, Stephanie Herfield, Madison McKinley, Joe Keery, Michael Kostroff, Claire Rankin, Victor Serfaty and Whitney Peak. Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. Directed by Aaron Sorkin. Distributed … Continue reading
All the Money in the World (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD (2017) Starring Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Charlie Plummer, Romain Duris, Timothy Hutton, Charlie Shotwell, Andrew Buchan, Marco Leonardi, Giuseppe Bonifati, Nicholas Vaporidis, Kit Cranston, Maya Kelly, Andrea Piedimonte, Guglielmo Favilla, Nicola Di Chio, Adele Tirante, Alessandra Roca and Francesca Inaudi. Screenplay by David Scarpa. Directed by Ridley … Continue reading
Crooked House (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CROOKED HOUSE (2017) Starring Max Irons, Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close, Terence Stamp, Christian McKay, Gillian Anderson, Julian Sands, Christina Hendricks, Honor Kneafsey, Amanda Abbington, Preston Nyman, Jenny Galloway, John Heffernan, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Madeleine Hyland, Trevor Cooper, Andreas Karras, Petros L. Ioannou, David Cann, Tina Gray and Gino Picciano. Screenplay by Julian Fellowes & Tim Rose … Continue reading
The Post (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE POST (2017) Starring Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Bob Odenkirk, Carrie Coon, Alison Brie, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Matthew Rhys, Jesse Plemons, Sarah Paulson, David Cross, Jessie Mueller, Zach Woods, Pat Healy, Michael Stuhlbarg, John Rue, Carolyn McCormick, Cotter Smith and Stark Sands. Screenplay by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer. Directed by Steven … Continue reading
The Greatest Showman (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (2017) Starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Keala Settle, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Daniel Everidge, Sam Humphrey, Shannon Holtzapffel, Paul Sparks, Gayle Rankin, Austyn Johnson, Cameron Seely, Skylar Dunn and Ellis Rubin. Screenplay by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon. Directed by Michael Gracey. Distributed by 20th … Continue reading
mother! (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
mother! (2017) Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, Kristen Wiig, Stephen McHattie, Jovan Adepo, Amanda Chiu, Patricia Summersett, Eric Davis, Raphael Grosz-Harvey, Cristina Rosato and Emily Hampshire. Screenplay by Darren Aronofsky. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 121 minutes. Rated R. It must be a very … Continue reading
Darkest Hour (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
DARKEST HOUR (2017) Starring Gary Oldman, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, Stephen Dillane, Kristin Scott Thomas, Samuel West, Jordan Waller, Beatrice Stein, Ronald Pickup, Nicholas Jones, David Schofield, Richard Lumsden, Malcolm Storry, Hannah Steele, Charley Palmer Rothwell, Anna Burnett and Jordan Waller. Screenplay by Anthony McCarten. Directed by Joe Wright. Distributed by Focus Features. 114 minutes. … Continue reading
The Breadwinner (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE BREADWINNER (2017) Featuring the voices of Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Laara Sadiq, Shaista Latif, Ali Badshah, Kawa Ada, Noorin Gulamgaus, Ali Kazmi, Kane Mahon, Reza Sholeh, Mran Volkhard and Kanza Feris. Screenplay by Anita Doron. Directed by Nora Twomey. Distributed by GKIDS. 93 minutes. Rated PG-13. In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, where a woman’s survival is … Continue reading