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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD (2012) Starring Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Rob Corddry, Gillian Jacobs, Derek Luke, Melanie Lynskey, T.J. Miller, Mark Moses, Patton Oswalt, William Petersen, Martin Sheen, Melinda Dillon and Nancy Carell. Screenplay by Lorene Scafaria. Directed by Lorene Scafaria. Distributed by Focus Features. 99 … Continue reading →

Steve Carell – Seeking New Challenges Before the End of the World
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Steve Carell – Seeking New Challenges Before the End of the World

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Steve Carell Seeking New Challenges Before the End of the World by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2012 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Posted: June 21, 2012.  When picking an everyman to symbolize the Earth at the end of days, you can’t do much better than low-key funnyman Steve Carell. The comic actor has certainly made a … Continue reading →

Keira Knightley – It’s the End of the World and She Feels Fine
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Keira Knightley – It’s the End of the World and She Feels Fine

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Keira Knightley It’s the End of the World and She Feels Fine by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2012 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Posted: June 21, 2012.  We’ve seen Keira Knightley playing so many dour, serious roles in so many period pieces that it can sometimes be easy to forget that she is just a normal, … Continue reading →

Jeff, Who Lives at Home (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Jeff, Who Lives at Home (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME (2012) Starring Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer, Susan Sarandon, Rae Dawn Chong, Steve Zissis, Evan Ross, Katie Aselton, Matt Malloy, Benjamin Brant Bickham, Lee Nguyen, Tim J. Smith, Ernest James, David Kency, Raion Hill, Zac Cino and Lance E. Nichols. Screenplay by Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass. Directed by … Continue reading →

Seeking Justice (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Seeking Justice (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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SEEKING JUSTICE (2012) Starring Nicolas Cage, Guy Pearce, January Jones, Jennifer Carpenter, Harold Perrineau, Xander Berkeley, IronE Singleton, Cullen Moss, Marcus Lyle Brown and Dikran Tulaine. Screenplay by Robert Tannen. Directed by Roger Donaldson. Distributed by Anchor Bay Pictures. 105 minutes. Rated R. Nicolas Cage has become such a whore when it comes to picking … Continue reading →

Sasha Alexander – Going Down the Isles
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Sasha Alexander – Going Down the Isles

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Sasha Alexander Going Down the Isles by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2012 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Posted: June 3, 2012.  It’s the third season for the popular TNT police drama Rizzoli and Isles, and that is a very special time for star Sasha Alexander, who plays the brilliant-but-socially-inept medical examiner Maura Isles. Believe it or … Continue reading →

David Oyelowo Is Enjoying a Championship Season
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David Oyelowo Is Enjoying a Championship Season

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David Oyelowo Is Enjoying a Championship Season by Brad Balfour Born in Britain, part of a royal Nigerian family, raised there and in England, 36-year-old actor David Oyelowo is enjoying a remarkable run – garnering more prominent roles and rising billing in films with bigger and bigger actors. This increasingly favorable career surge doesn’t seem like it’s going to abate any … Continue reading →

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

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ELENA (2011) Starring Nadezhda Markina, Andrei Smirnov, Elena Lyadova, Alexey Rozin and Igor Ogurtsov. Screenplay by Oleg Negin and Andrei Zvyagintsev. Directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev. Distributed by Zeitgeist Films.  109 minutes.  Not Rated. Elena is a quietly devastating little film. Quiet is the operative word.  This subtle Russian film doesn’t have a word of dialogue for … Continue reading →

A Bag of Hammers (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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A Bag of Hammers (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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A BAG OF HAMMERS (2011) Starring Jason Ritter, Jake Sandvig, Chandler Canterbury, Rebecca Hall, Carrie Preston, Todd Louiso, Gabriel Macht, Sally Kirkland and Amanda Seyfried. Screenplay by Jake Sandvig and Brian Crano. Directed by Brian Crano. Distributed by MPI Media Group.  85 minutes.  Not Rated I can’t quite decide if A Bag of Hammers is supposed to … Continue reading →

John Cusack Channels Poe in The Raven
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John Cusack Channels Poe in The Raven

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John Cusack Channels Poe in The Raven by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted April 26, 2012. John Cusack has spent decades now playing a stunningly diverse group of characters — everything from romantic comedy to serious drama to the occasional action film.  In the process, he has appeared in some of the most iconic films … Continue reading →