The BFG (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The BFG (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

THE BFG (2016) Starring Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Penelope Wilton, Bill Hader, Rafe Spall, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Adam Godley, Michael Adamthwaite, Daniel Bacon, Jonathan Holmes, Chris Gibbs, Paul Moniz de Sa, Marilyn Norry and Matt Frewer. Screenplay by Melissa Matheson. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.  110 minutes.  … Continue reading

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT (2016) Starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Christopher Abbott, Billy Bob Thornton, Nicholas Braun, Stephen Peacocke, Sheila Vand, Evan Jonigkeit, Fahim Anwar, Josh Charles, Cherry Jones, Scott Takeda, Eli Goodman and Soledad O’Brien. Screenplay by Robert Carlock. Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Distributed by Paramount Pictures.  111 … Continue reading

45 Years (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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45 Years (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

45 YEARS (2015) Starring Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James, Dolly Wells, David Sibley, Sam Alexander and Richard Cunningham. Screenplay by Andrew Haigh. Directed by Andrew Haigh. Distributed by Paramount Pictures.  93 minutes.  Rated R. How well can you ever know a person?  Even if you have spent decades living together, and are considered by … Continue reading

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Director’s Cut) (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Director’s Cut) (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)

STAR TREK II – THE WRATH OF KHAN (DIRECTOR’S CUT) (1982) Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Kirstie Alley, Paul Winfield, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, John Vargas, Nicholas Guest, James Horner and Ike Eisenmann. Screenplay by Jack B. Sowards. Directed by Nicholas Meyer. Distributed … Continue reading

Viktoria (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Viktoria (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

VIKTORIA (2014) Starring Irmena Chichikova, Daria Vitkova, Kalina Vitkova, Mariana Krumova, Georgi Spasov, Katerina Angelova and Dimo Dimov. Screenplay by Maya Vitkova. Directed by Maya Vitkova. Distributed by Big World Pictures.  155 minutes.  Not Rated. The relationships between estranged two generations of mothers and daughters, as seen through the spectrum of about a decade which … Continue reading

Now You See Me 2 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Now You See Me 2 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

NOW YOU SEE ME 2 (2016) Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan, Jay Chou, Sanaa Lathan, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Jay Chou, Tsai Chin, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Justine Wachsberger, Ben Lamb, David Warshofsky and Richard Laing. Screenplay by Ed Solomon. Directed by Jon M. Chu. Distributed by Summit Entertainment.  … Continue reading

The Witch (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Witch (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

THE WITCH (2016) Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Lucas Dawson, Bathsheba Garnett, Sarah Stephens, Julian Richings and Wahab Chaudhry. Screenplay by Robert Eggers. Directed by Robert Eggers. Distributed by Lionsgate Films.  87 minutes.  Rated R. Robert Eggers’ period supernatural drama The Witch is subtitled “A New England Folk Tale,” … Continue reading

Freddie Highmore and Kerry Ehrin – Closing In On Checkout Time at Bates Motel
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Freddie Highmore and Kerry Ehrin – Closing In On Checkout Time at Bates Motel

Freddie Highmore and Kerry Ehrin Closing In On Checkout Time at Bates Motel by Jay S. Jacobs Season four of the acclaimed drama Bates Motel has taken some turns for the strange and the dark. This should not surprise us too much – after all the main characters of the show are Norman and Norma … Continue reading

Nestor Carbonell and Carlton Cuse – Watching Over Bates Motel
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Nestor Carbonell and Carlton Cuse – Watching Over Bates Motel

Nestor Carbonell and Carlton Cuse Watching Over Bates Motel by Jay S. Jacobs Things are really ramping up on Bates Motel, the best show you may be missing on TV. The fourth season has been had a whirlwind of actions and repercussions as the series sets up its penultimate season. The legendary mother and child … Continue reading

The Driftless Area (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Driftless Area (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

THE DRIFTLESS AREA (2015) Starring Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel, John Hawkes, Alia Shawkat, Aubrey Plaza, Ciarán Hinds, Frank Langella, Benjamin Rogers, Primo Allon, Gary Hetherington, Lucia Frangione, Elika Portnoy and Amitai Marmorstein. Screenplay by Tom Drury & Zachary Sluser. Directed by Zachary Sluser. Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.  96 minutes.  Rated R. Zooey Deschanel … Continue reading