Vincent D’Onofrio & Dick Wolf One Last Time with Criminal Intent by Jay S. Jacobs It’s all come down to this. After nine seasons and three pairs of lead detectives, we are at the final season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Or are we? The USA Network has offered the show one final wrap-up season. In return, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Drama
Mary McCormack and Fred Weller – Back in Witness Protection
Mary McCormack and Fred Weller Back in Witness Protection by Jay S. Jacobs The popular series In Plain Sight returns to the USA Network tonight with lots of changes and some question marks, but it also has a solid core and a reinvigorated cast. Stars Mary McCormack and Fred Weller – who play WITSEC (Witness Protection Service) Marshalls Mary Shannon and … Continue reading
Wendell Pierce – Doing God’s Will in New Orleans
Wendell Pierce Doing God’s Will in New Orleans by Jay S. Jacobs Sometimes life can be going so well and suddenly almost everything you have ever known is completely torn apart. Take Wendell Pierce. He had long toiled to become a respected actor, appearing in films such as Waiting to Exhale, Sleepers, Get on the Bus, … Continue reading
Fiddler on the Roof (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (40th ANNIVERSARY) (1971) Starring Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris, Michael March, Neva Small, (Paul) Michael Glaser, Raymond Lovelock, Elaine Edwards, Candy Bonstein, Shimen Ruskin, Zvee Scooler, Louis Zorich, Patience Collier and Tutte Lemkow. Screenplay by Joseph Stein. Directed by Norman Jewison. Distributed by United Artists … Continue reading
Queen To Play (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
QUEEN TO PLAY (JOUEUSE) (2009) Starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline, Francis Renaud, Jennifer Beals, Dominic Gould, Valérie Lagrange, Alexandra Dorothee Guiraud, Alexandra Gentil, Alice Pol, Didier Ferrari, Laurence Colussi, Élisabeth Vitali, Daniel Martin, Valérie Tréjean, François Orsoni and Christine Ambrosini. Screenplay by Caroline Bottaro. Directed by Caroline Bottaro. Distributed by Zeitgeist Films. 101 minutes. Not … Continue reading
Rachel Nichols – Building Her Dreams with Criminal Minds
Rachel Nichols Building Her Dreams with Criminal Minds by Jay S. Jacobs It’s always a particularly daunting adventure to join the cast of a well-known and established television series. By recently joining the hit CBS crime procedural Criminal Minds, Rachel Nichols has now achieved that twice. Pretty impressive for a woman who just about a decade ago was … Continue reading
Peep World (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
PEEP WORLD (2011) Starring Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz, Judy Greer, Kate Mara, Taraji P. Henson, Ron Rifkin, Lesley Ann Warren, Alicia Witt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Octavia Spencer, Paige Orr, Nicholas Hormann and the voice of Lewis Black. Screenplay by Peter Himmelstein. Directed by Barry W. Blaustein. Distributed by IFC Films. 89 … Continue reading
The Music Never Stopped (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED (2011) Starring J.K. Simmons, Lou Taylor Pucci, Cara Seymour, Julia Ormond, Tammy Blanchard, Mía Maestro, Anthony Del Negro, James Urbaniak, Peggy Gormley, Max Antisell and Scott Adsit. Screenplay by Gwyn Lurie & Gary Marks. Directed by Jim Kohlberg. Distributed by Roadside Attractions. 105 minutes. Rated PG. There is a fine line … Continue reading
Jane Eyre (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
JANE EYRE (2011) Starring Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins, Imogen Poots, Holliday Grainger, Tamzin Merchant, Freya Wilson, Jayne Wisener, Craig Roberts, Sophie Ward, Valentina Cervi, Simon McBurney and Harry Lloyd. Screenplay by Moira Buffini. Directed by Cary Fukunaga. Distributed by Focus Features. 115 minutes. Rated PG-13. It’s taking on quite … Continue reading
Mia Wasikowska – Walking on Jane Eyre
Mia Wasikowska Walking on Jane Eyre by Jay S. Jacobs It’s really saying something when a young actress plays two iconic literary roles before she hits her 22nd birthday. However, Australia-born Mia Wasikowska isn’t just any young actress. In just the past year, she starred as the title character in Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland, played the daughter … Continue reading