AFTER THE HUNT (2025) Starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloë Sevigny, Lío Mehiel, Ariyan Kassam, Will Price, Thaddea Graham, Christine Dye, Burgess Byrd, Bella Glanville, Frankie Ferrari, David Leiber and the voice of Cameron Krogh Stone. Screenplay by Nora Garrett. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. Distributed by Amazon MGM Studios. 139 minutes. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Education
The Last Class (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE LAST CLASS (2024) Featuring Robert Reich. Directed by Elliot Kirschner. Distributed by Abramorama. 71 minutes. Not Rated. “I’ve been a professor, a teacher, for 42 years,” Robert Reich explains early on in this film about his last semester teaching at the University of California in Berkeley. “I’ve done a lot of other things, but … Continue reading
Connor White and Annabeth Bondor-Stone – Stealing Some Time with the YA Authors
Connor White and Annabeth Bondor-Stone Stealing Some Time with the YA Authors By George Seth Wagner They say that a good marriage is often based upon shared passions. Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White are a married couple whose love for writing, reading and teaching kids about reading is evident from the second you start to … Continue reading
Tami Stronach – The Childlike Empress Has Grown Up But is Still Neverending
Tami Stronach The Childlike Empress Has Grown Up But is Still Neverending by Bonnie Paul I was 11 years old when The Neverending Story premiered in theaters in 1984. I remember, vividly, that as soon as I returned from the theater, our family pulled out paper and started writing and illustrating our own neverending stories. … Continue reading
The Fencer (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE FENCER (2015) Starring Mart Avandi, Ursula Ratasepp, Hendrik Toompere Sr., Joonas Koff, Liisa Koppel, Egert Kadastu, Elbe Reiter, Ann-Lisett Rebane, Piret Kalda, Lembit Ulfsak, Kirill Karo, Jaak Prints, Kaarle Aho, Piret Kalda and Mikhail Paschuck. Screenplay by Anna Heinamaa. Directed by Klaus Haro. Distributed by CFI Releasing. 99 minutes. Not Rated. The inspirational teacher … Continue reading
Anna Deavere Smith – Notes from The Field Tackles Issues Through Many Voices
Anna Deavere Smith Notes from The Field Tackles Issues Through Many Voices by Brad Balfour With a raft of accolades in her résumé, American actress/playwright/professor Anna Deavere Smith produces work that highlights the plight of the underclass, the unvoiced and those overlooked by entitled society. In her most recent one-woman production – Notes from The … Continue reading
James Patterson and Tim Malloy Investigate the Murder of a Small Town
James Patterson and Tim Malloy Investigate the Murder of a Small Town by Jay S. Jacobs They are not the type of towns that most people notice. Belle Glade and Pahokee are on the far west side of Florida’s opulent Palm Beach County. They are an hour drive from the glamorous estates, world-famous shopping and … Continue reading
Everybody Wants Some!! (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! (2016) Starring Blake Jenner, Will Brittain, Zoey Deutch, Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, J. Quinton Johnson, Glen Powell, Wyatt Russell, Austin Amelio, Temple Baker, Tanner Kalina, Juston Street, Forrest Vickery, Sophia Taylor Ali, Jonathan Breck, Celina Chapin, Shailaun Manning and Lynden Orr. Screenplay by Richard Linklater. Directed by Richard Linklater. Distributed by Paramount … Continue reading
Jake Marcionette – Surviving in the YA World
Jake Marcionette Surviving in the YA World by Jay S. Jacobs When you hear the term Young Adult books, you tend to think of these younger people as being the readers of the books, not the writers. Jake Marcionette is doing his part to change that conception. Marcionette was only 12 years old when he … Continue reading
Where to Invade Next (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
WHERE TO INVADE NEXT (2016) Featuring Michael Moore, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Krista Kiuru, Tim Walker. Amel Smaoui, Jenny Tumas, Pasi Sahlberg, Halla Tomasdottir and Borut Pahor. Written by Michael Moore. Directed by Michael Moore. Distributed by Dog Eat Dog Films. 110 minutes. Rated R. With politics in a weird state of flux, with some people feeling … Continue reading