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

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FLIPPED (2010) Starring Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe, Rebecca De Mornay, Anthony Edwards, John Mahoney, Penelope Ann Miller, Aidan Quinn, Kevin Weisman, Morgan Lily, Ryan Ketzner, Cody Horn, Michael Christopher Bolten, Shane Harper, Ashley Taylor, Israel Broussard, Stefanie Scott and Jake Reiner. Screenplay by Rob Reiner & Andrew Scheinman. Directed by Rob Reiner. Distributed by Warner … Continue reading →

Pound of Flesh (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Pound of Flesh (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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POUND OF FLESH (2010) Starring Malcolm McDowell, Angus Macfadyen, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Timothy Bottoms, Taryn Southern, Whitney Able, Lilly McDowell, Bellamy Young, Ashley Wren Collins, Seán McCarthy and Dee Wallace. Screenplay by Tamar Simon Hoffs. Directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs. Distributed by American World Pictures. 97 minutes. Not Rated. Probably the biggest problem with Pound of Flesh – … Continue reading →

Fair Game (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Fair Game (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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FAIR GAME (2010) Starring Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Noah Emmerich, Bruce McGill, Liraz Charchi, Khaled Nabawy, David Andrews, Ty Burrell, Jessica Hecht, Tom McCarthy, Ashley Gerasimovich, Quinn Broggy, Adam LeFevre, Sam Shepard and Polly Holliday. Screenplay by Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth. Directed by Doug Liman. Distributed by Summit Entertainment.  108 minutes.  Rated PG-13. It’s … Continue reading →

Elias Koteas – Lets Us In … On His Acting Technique
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Elias Koteas – Lets Us In … On His Acting Technique

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Elias Koteas Lets Us In … On His Acting Technique by Brad Balfour What makes Canadian-born actor Elias Koteas so fascinating is that he doesn’t like to play it safe. In his latest film, the vampiric Let Me In, he plays the policeman who discovers the true nature of the mysterious 12-year-old killer Abby (Chloë Grace … Continue reading →

Don’t Let Me Drown (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Don’t Let Me Drown (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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DON’T LET ME DROWN (2009) Starring EJ Bonilla, Gleendilys Inoa, Damian Alcazar, Yareli Arizmendi, Gina Torres, Ricardo Antonio Chavira, Dennis Kellum, Raul Castillo and Adrian Martinez. Screenplay by Maria Topete and Crus Angeles. Directed by Crus Angeles. Distributed by Image Entertainment.  105 minutes.  Rated R. Don’t Let Me Drown is a surprisingly good little picture which … Continue reading →

Adrienne Barbeau – Love Writes
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Adrienne Barbeau – Love Writes

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Adrienne Barbeau Love Writes by Ronald Sklar Writers are taught to “write what you know,” so when actress Adrienne Barbeau took her first writing class, she wrote about being eaten alive by rats. “I had just made a low-budget horror film over in Russia,” she tells me from her California home. “I was supposed to … Continue reading →

It’s Kind of a Funny Story (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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It’s Kind of a Funny Story (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY (2010) Starring Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis, Lauren Graham, Jim Gaffigan, Zoë Kravitz, Aasif Mandvi, Daniel London and Adrian Martinez. Screenplay by Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden. Directed by Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden. Distributed by Focus Features.  101 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Mental hospitals have gotten … Continue reading →

Zach Galifianakis, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck – It’s Kind of a Funny Interview
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Zach Galifianakis, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck – It’s Kind of a Funny Interview

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Zach Galifianakis, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck – It’s Kind of a Funny Interview by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on October 8, 2010. The movie version of Ned Vizzini’s popular semi-autobiographical young adult novel It’s Kind of a Funny Story is certainly different than most films that take place in a mental health facility. … Continue reading →

Scott Turow – Return to Innocent
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Scott Turow – Return to Innocent

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Scott Turow Return to Innocent by Jay S. Jacobs Is it fair to say that Scott Turow has made the law sexy and dangerous? Well, perhaps that is a bit of a stretch.  However, over the past two decades lawyer and novelist Turow has fostered the reputation as the finest writer of legal thrillers, creating … Continue reading →

The Social Network (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Social Network (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010) Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Josh Pence, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara and Aaron Sorkin. Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. Directed by David Fincher. Distributed by Sony Pictures. 121 minutes. Rated PG-13. There are very few things in the world that I can think of … Continue reading →