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Young Adult (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Young Adult (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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YOUNG ADULT (2011) Starring Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt, Elizabeth Reaser, Collette Wolfe, Jill Eikenberry, Richard Bekins, Mary Beth Hurt, Kate Nowlin, Jenny Dare Paulin, Louisa Krause, Elizabeth Ward Land, Brian McElhaney, Hettienne Park, John Forest, Brady Smith, Emily Meade, Rightor Doyle and the voice of J.K. Simmons. Screenplay by Diablo Cody. Directed by … Continue reading →

Jennifer Westfeldt and Adam Scott – That’s What Friends Are For
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Jennifer Westfeldt and Adam Scott – That’s What Friends Are For

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Jennifer Westfeldt and Adam Scott That’s What Friends Are For by Jay S. Jacobs A while back actress and screenwriter Jennifer Westfeldt and her long-time boyfriend, Mad Men star Jon Hamm, noticed something odd happening in their lives.  Many of their friends, people who they used to go out with all the time, were now parents.  Slowly, … Continue reading →

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

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FOOTLOOSE (2011) Starring Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Andie MacDowell, Dennis Quaid, Miles Teller, Ziah Colon, Kim Dickens, Ray McKinnon, Patrick John Flueger, Ser’Darius William Blain, Maggie Jones, Mary-Charles Jones, Jayson Warner Smith, Jason Ferguson, Benjamin Davis, Reece Thomas, Ivey Lowe and Anna Marie Dobbins. Screenplay by Dean Pitchford and Craig Brewer. Directed by Craig Brewer. … Continue reading →

Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita
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Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita

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Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita by Jay S. Jacobs Spanish film director Fernando Trueba has had a long, fascinating career which has branched out in many directions.  He started out as a movie critic in the 1970s for the newspaper El Pais.  He has since worked as an … Continue reading →

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

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HIPSTERS (2008) Starring Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinshina, Evgeniya Khirivskaya, Maksim Matveev, Igor Voynarovskiy, Ekaterina Vilkova, Konstantin Balakirev, Aleksandr Stefantsov, Georgiy Sivokhin and Olga Smirnova. Screenplay by Yuri Korotkov. Directed by Valeriy Todorovskiy. Distributed by Leisure Time Features.  127 minutes.  Not Rated. If you think it was hard to be a jazz-obsessed beatnik in 1955 America, … Continue reading →

The Son of No One (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Son of No One (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE SON OF NO ONE (2011) Starring Channing Tatum, Al Pacino, Juliette Binoche, Ray Liotta, Katie Holmes, Tracy Morgan, Jake Cherry, Brian Gilbert, John Ransone, Roger Guenveur Smith, Ursula Parker, Simone Jones, Lemon Anderson, Michael Rivera and Sean Cregan. Screenplay by Dito Montiel. Directed by Dito Montiel. Distributed by Millennium Films. 95 minutes. Rated R. … Continue reading →

Michelle Williams – Her Uncanny Performance in My Week With Marilyn Turns Heads and Wins Award Noms
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Michelle Williams – Her Uncanny Performance in My Week With Marilyn Turns Heads and Wins Award Noms

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Michelle Williams Her Uncanny Performance in My Week With Marilyn Turns Heads and Wins Award Noms by Brad Balfour Who knew that when actress Michelle Williams first appeared as the bad girl in Dawson’s Creek, she would have the uncanny good sense to take on roles which offered her real challenges? From a supporting part in Brokeback Mountain to the lead in Wendy and … Continue reading →

Chris Weitz – Helping Others to Find A Better Life
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Chris Weitz – Helping Others to Find A Better Life

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Chris Weitz Helping Others to Find A Better Life by Jay S. Jacobs It is not often that people almost completely change course in Hollywood.  However, after making two straight huge blockbuster films, Chris Weitz has downshifted into the tiny independent drama A Better Life. However, smaller is not necessarily a bad thing.  Weitz started small … Continue reading →

Perfect Sense (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Perfect Sense (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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PERFECT SENSE (2011) Starring Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Stephen Dillane, Ewen Bremner, Connie Nielsen, Denis Lawson, Alastair Mackenzie, Liz Strange, Richard Mack, James Watson, Caroline Paterson, Shabana Akhtar Bakhsh, Malcolm Shields, Adam Smith and Duncan Airlie James. Screenplay by Kim Fupz Aaekson. Directed by David Mackenzie. Distributed by IFC Films. 92 minutes. Not Rated. Virulent … Continue reading →

Annie Hall and Manhattan (PopEntertainment.com Movie Reviews)
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Annie Hall and Manhattan (PopEntertainment.com Movie Reviews)

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ANNIE HALL (1977) Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall, Janet Margolin, Colleen Dewhurst, Christopher Walken, Donald Symington, Helen Ludlam, Mordecai Lawner, Joan Newman, Jonathan Munk, Ruth Volner, Martin Rosenblatt, Beverly D’Angelo, Shelley Hack, Jeff Goldblum, Lucy Lee Flippen, Gary Muledeer, Marshall McLuhan, Dick Cavett and Sigourney Weaver. Screenplay … Continue reading →