Category Archives: Foreign Films

Days and Clouds (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Days and Clouds (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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DAYS AND CLOUDS (GIORNI E NUVOLE) (2007) Starring Margherita Buy, Antonio Albanese, Giuseppe Battiston, Alba Rohrwacher, Carla Signoris, Fabio Troiano, Paolo Sassanelli, Arnaldo Ninchi, Teco Celio, Antonio Francini, Carlo Scola, Alberto Giusta and Orietta Notari. Screenplay by Doriana Leondeff. Directed by Silvio Soldini. Distributed by Film Movement.  119 minutes.  Not Rated. With global economies in … Continue reading →

Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman Are No Longer Strangers
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Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman Are No Longer Strangers

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Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman Are No Longer Strangers by Brad Balfour Sometimes there are interview opportunities and then there are interview opportunities. Consider the circumstances that came up with covering this sort-of horror/suspense film, The Strangers. A great trailer suggests a film that ratchets up the personal anxiety through the assault of three strangers … Continue reading →

Roman de Gare (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Roman de Gare (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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ROMAN DE GARE (2008) Starring Dominique Pinon, Fanny Ardant, Audrey Dana, Michèle Bernier, Myriam Boyer, Zinedine Soualem, Boris Ventura Diaz, Marc Rioufol, Thomas Le Douarec, Sarah Lelouch, Shaya Lelouch, Cyrille Eldin, Gilles Lemaire, Serge Moati, Bernard Werber and Arlette Gordon. Screenplay by Gérard de Battista and Claude Lelouch. Directed by Claude Lelouch. Distributed by Samuel … Continue reading →

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

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FLAWLESS (2008) Starring Demi Moore, Michael Caine, Lambert Wilson, Joss Ackland, Constantine Gregory, Derren Nesbitt, Nathaniel Parker, Shaughan Seymour, Nicholas Jones, David Barrass, Silas Carson, Rosalind March, Kevan Willis and Stanley Townsend. Screenplay by Edward Anderson. Directed by Michael Radford. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures.  105 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Flawless takes place in a just-pre-swinging London.  About … Continue reading →

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

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JELLYFISH (2007) Starring Sarah Adler, Nikol Leidman, Gera Sandler, Noa Knoller, Ma-nenita De Latorre, Zharira Charifai, Ilanit Ben Yaakov, Assi Dayan and Miri Fabian. Screenplay by Shira Geffen. Directed by Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen. Distributed by Zeitgeist Films. 78 minutes. Not Rated. This charming and quirky little Israeli slice-of-life has been opening some eyes, … Continue reading →

Amy Adams – Miss Adams Lives Out Her Dreams
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Amy Adams – Miss Adams Lives Out Her Dreams

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Amy Adams Miss Adams Lives Out Her Dreams by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2008 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Posted: March 1, 2008. It is way too obvious to say that Amy Adams is having an enchanted year – and yet at the same time it is absolutely, inescapably accurate. Since her first appearance on film … Continue reading →

Stefan Ruzowitzky and Karl Markovics – A Director and an Actor Make an Authentic Holocaust Film out of The Counterfeiters
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Stefan Ruzowitzky and Karl Markovics – A Director and an Actor Make an Authentic Holocaust Film out of The Counterfeiters

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Stefan Ruzowitzky and Karl Markovics  A Director and an Actor Make an Authentic Holocaust Film out of The Counterfeiters by Brad Balfour Just when you think everything that happened during the Holocaust has been chronicled, another film appears based on a true story that offers another look at that horrible experience in a way which … Continue reading →

Martin McDonagh – Going Back to Bruges
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Martin McDonagh – Going Back to Bruges

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Martin McDonagh Going Back to Bruges by Jay S. Jacobs Irish playwright Martin McDonagh has never played by the rules in the theater, so it should be of no surprise that his feature film debut as a screenwriter and director would be a quirky, fascinating affair. In Bruges tells the slightly surreal, definitely funny and often … Continue reading →

Colin Farrell and Clémence Poésy – Love and Death in Bruges
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Colin Farrell and Clémence Poésy – Love and Death in Bruges

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Colin Farrell and Clémence Poésy Love and Death in Bruges by Jay S. Jacobs After a few years of toiling on big-budget blockbusters that only occasionally took flight – Oliver Stone’s Alexander and Michael Mann’s Miami Vice come to mind – Colin Farrell has definitely downsized for his latest two roles. Ironically, in both Martin … Continue reading →

In Bruges (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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In Bruges (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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IN BRUGES (2008) Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clemence Poesy, Jeremie Renier, Thekla Reute, Jordan Prentice, Zeljko Ivanek, Eric Godon, Mark Donovan, Rudy Blomme, Theo Stevenson, Elizabeth Berrington and Cieran Hinds. Screenplay by Martin McDonagh. Directed by Martin McDonagh. Distributed by Focus Features.  107 minutes.  Rated R. Beauty and ugliness, grandeur and seediness, … Continue reading →