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My Piece of the Pie (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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My Piece of the Pie (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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MY PIECE OF THE PIE (MA PART DU GATEAU) (2011) Starring Karin Viard, Gilles Lellouche, Audrey Lamy, Jean-Pierre Martins, Zinedine Soualem, Raphaële Godin, Flavie Bataillie, Lunis Sakji, Fred Ulysse, Kevin Bishop, Marine Vacth, Tim Piggot-Smith, Philippe Lefebvre, Juliette Navis Bardin, Camille Zouaoui and Adrienne Vereecke. Screenplay by Cédric Klapisch. Directed by Cédric Klapisch. Distributed by … Continue reading →

The Debt (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Debt (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE DEBT (2011) Starring Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Tom Wilkinson, Marton Csokas, Jesper Christensen, Ciarán Hinds, Romi Aboulafia, Tomer Ben David, Ohev Ben David, Jonathan Uziel and Brigitte Kren. Screenplay by Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan. Directed by John Madden. Distributed by Focus Features.  114 minutes.  Rated R. The Debt moves with … Continue reading →

Jim Sturgess – Life in One Day
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Jim Sturgess – Life in One Day

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Jim Sturgess Life in One Day by Jay S. Jacobs Jim Sturgess has been courting stardom for years. First he turned heads in the States with The Other Boleyn Girl.  When that film ended up only catching art house notice, he returned as the star of the slick Hollywood formula film 21 with Kevin Spacey.  Then he showed off … Continue reading →

The Guard (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Guard (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE GUARD (2011) Starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan, Dominique McElligott, Sarah Greene, Katarina Cas, Pat Shortt, Darren Healy, Laurence Kinlan and Gary Lydon. Screenplay by John Michael McDonagh. Directed by John Michael McDonagh. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.   96 minutes.  Rated R. Irish Garda (police officer) Sgt. Gerry Boyle … Continue reading →

Attack the Block (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Attack the Block (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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ATTACK THE BLOCK (2011) Starring John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Luke Treadaway, Leeon Jones, Nick Frost, Simon Howard, Alex Esmail, Jumayn Hunter, Franz Drameh, Sammy Williams, Michael Ajao, Paige Meade, Maggie McCarthy, Danielle Vitalis, Natasha Jonas, Saffron Lashley and Gina Antwi. Screenplay by Joe Cornish. Directed by Joe Cornish. Distributed by Screen Gems.   88 minutes.  Rated … Continue reading →

We Are the Night (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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We Are the Night (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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WE ARE THE NIGHT (WIR SIND DIE NACHT) (2010) Starring Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer, Max Riemelt, Waléra Kanischtscheff, Senta Dorothea Kirschner, Arved Birnbaum, Steffi Kühnert, Jochen Nickel, Ivan Shvedoff, Nic Romm, Manuel Depta, Tom Jester, Christian Näthe and Tom Jahn. Screenplay by Jan Berger. Directed by Dennis Gansel. Distributed by IFC … Continue reading →

Mélanie Laurent – Vive la Beginner
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Mélanie Laurent – Vive la Beginner

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Mélanie Laurent Vive la Beginner by Jay S. Jacobs Even though she has made over 20 films in her native France, unless you are a regular at your local art-film house, in the US the only way you have likely heard of Mélanie Laurent is for her appearance in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. In that film, Laurent played Shoshanna, … Continue reading →

Ben Stiller, Richard Ayoade and Alex Turner All Live on a Celluloid Submarine
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Ben Stiller, Richard Ayoade and Alex Turner All Live on a Celluloid Submarine

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Ben Stiller, Richard Ayoade and Alex Turner All Live on a Celluloid Submarine by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on June 1, 2011. Ben Stiller is known for being in blockbuster films, but lately he has been exploring some smaller films.  After last year’s terrific performance in Greenberg, Stiller is completely behind the scenes in … Continue reading →

Queen To Play (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Queen To Play (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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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 →

Mia Wasikowska – Walking on Jane Eyre
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Mia Wasikowska – Walking on Jane Eyre

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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 →