Category Archives: Foreign Films

About Elly (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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About Elly (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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ABOUT ELLY (2009) Starring Shahab Hosseini, Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidoosti, Mani Haghighi, Peyman Moaadi, Merila Zarei, Ra’na Azadivar, Ahmad Mehranfar and Saber Abbar. Screenplay by Asghar Farhadi. Directed by Asghar Farhadi. Distributed by Cinema Guild.  113 minutes.  Not Rated. The world at large learned about the filmmaking skill of Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi in 2012 … Continue reading →

24 Days (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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24 Days (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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24 DAYS (24 JOURS) (2014) Starring Zabou Breitman, Pascal Elbé, Jacques Gamblin, Sylvie Testud, Éric Caravaca, Syrus Shahidi, Tony Harrisson, Alka Balbir, Pauline Cheviller, Olivier Sitruk, Olivier Sitruk, Ronald Reznik, Audrey Giacomini, Matthieu Boujenah and Mickaël Guigui. Screenplay by Alexandre Arcady, Emilie Frèche and Antoine Lacomblez. Directed by Alexandre Arcady. Distributed by Menemsha Pictures.  109 … Continue reading →

Kill Me Three Times (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Kill Me Three Times (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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KILL ME THREE TIMES (2015) Starring Simon Pegg, Sullivan Stapleton, Alice Braga, Teresa Palmer, Callan Mulvey, Luke Hemsworth, Bryan Brown and Steve Le Marquand. Screenplay by James McFarland. Directed by Kriv Stenders. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures.  90 minutes.  Rated R. It seemed like finally, two decades hence, we’d made it past the Quentin Tarantino-wannabe films.  … Continue reading →

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015) Starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup, David Strathairn, Richard Gere, Diana Hardcastle, Tamsin Greig, Tena Desae, Lillete Dubey and Subhrajyoti Barat. Screenplay by Ol Parker. Directed by John Madden. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.  122 minutes.  Rated PG-13. I … Continue reading →

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2015) Starring Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò, Dominic Rains, Rome Shadanloo, Milad Eghbali, Reza Sixo Safai, Pej Vahdat and Ana Lily Amirpour. Screenplay by Ana Lily Amirpour. Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. Distributed by Kino Lorber.  95 minutes.  Not Rated. Vampire films are so rampant … Continue reading →

Damián Szifrón – Argentine Director Unleashes Wild Tales, Gets Oscar Nom
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Damián Szifrón – Argentine Director Unleashes Wild Tales, Gets Oscar Nom

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Damián Szifrón Argentine Director Unleashes Wild Tales, Gets Oscar Nom by Brad Balfour Opening this Oscar weekend, Argentina’s Best Foreign Language Feature nominee Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes), lined up with breaking news of the homeland. Boy has Argentina been in the spotlight lately. Ever a media subject, Pope Francis – the former archbishop of Buenos … Continue reading →

Kingsman: The Secret Service (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Kingsman: The Secret Service (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (2015) Starring Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Michael Caine, Samuel L. Jackson, Sofia Boutella, Sophie Cookson, Jack Davenport, Edward Holcroft, Mark Hamill, Samantha Womack, Jonno Davies,  Geoff Bell and Alex Nikolov . Screenplay by Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Distributed by 20th Century Fox.  129 minutes.  … Continue reading →

The Imitation Game (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Imitation Game (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE IMITATION GAME (2014) Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Allen Leech, Rory Kinnear, James Northcote, Tom Goodman-Hill, Steven Waddington, Ilan Goodman, Jack Tarlton, Alex Lawther, Tuppence Middleton and Jack Bannon. Screenplay by Graham Moore. Directed by Morten Tyldum. Distributed by The Weinstein Company.  113 minutes.  Rated PG-13. The world … Continue reading →

Zero Motivation (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Zero Motivation (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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ZERO MOTIVATION (2014) Starring Dana Ivgy, Nelly Tagar, Shani Klein, Heli Twito, Meytal Gal, Tamara Klingon, Yonit Tobi, Yuval Segal and Elad Scemama. Screenplay by Tayla Lavie. Directed by Tayla Lavie. Distributed by Zeitgeist Films.  100 minutes.  Not Rated. There is a long history of films mocking the drudgery and soul-crushing bureaucracy of military service.  … Continue reading →

Retro Review: Casino Royale
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Retro Review: Casino Royale

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Retro Review: Casino Royale With news beginning to surface about the upcoming James Bond film—Daniel Craig’s fourth installment as 007, to be titled ‘Spectre’—it’s time we all took a look back at the film that rebooted the franchise. Casino Royale offered a fresh take, and it may well go down as not only Craig’s best … Continue reading →