Raoul Peck Oscar Nominated Director’s I’m Not Your Negro Shows That Writer James Baldwin Wasn’t by Brad Balfour Director Raoul Peck is not your typical filmmaker. Even though he has established a solid set of credits such as making the 2000 documentary Lumumba or his fictional 2005 narrative, Sometimes in April, the Port-au-Prince, Haiti, born … Continue reading
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Split (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SPLIT (2017) Starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Jessica Sula, Haley Lu Richardson, Izzie Leigh Coffey, Brad William Henke, Sebastian Arcelus, Neal Huff, Ukee Washington, Ann Wood, Robert Michael Kelly, M. Night Shyamalan, Rosemary Howard, Jerome Gallman, Robin Rieger and Bruce Willis. Screenplay by M. Night Shyamalan. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Distributed by … Continue reading
The Daughter (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE DAUGHTER (2017) Starring Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill, Ewen Leslie, Paul Schneider, Anna Torv, Miranda Otto, Odessa Young, Nicholas Hope, Richard Sutherland, Robert Menzies, Eden Falk, Gareth Davies, Wilson Moore, Ivy Mak, Kate Box, Nicola Frew, Sara West, Jessie Cacchillo, David Peterson, Steve Rodgers, Jackie Spicer, Ann Furlan, Danielle Blakey and Shelia Kumar. Screenplay by … Continue reading
A Dog’s Purpose and xXx: Return of Xander Cage (A PopEntertainment Movie Review)
A DOG’S PURPOSE (2017) Starring Britt Robertson, KJ Apa, John Ortiz, Dennis Quaid, Juliet Rylance, Luke Kirby, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Peggy Lipton, Pooch Hall, and the voice of Josh Gad. Screenplay by W. Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon, Audrey Wells, Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky. Directed by Lasse Hallström. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 100 minutes. Rated PG. … Continue reading
La La Land (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
LA LA LAND (2016) Starring Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons, Finn Wittrock, Meagan Fay, Callie Hernandez, Sonoya Mizuno, Jessica Rothe, Tom Everett Scott, Josh Pence, Valarie Ray Miller, Amiée Conn, Terry Walters, Thom Shelton, Cinda Adams, Claudine Claudio and Jason Fuchs. Screenplay by Damien Chazelle. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Distributed … Continue reading
Marlo Thomas – Who’s That Woman?
Marlo Thomas Who’s That Woman? by Deborah Wagner Once upon a time, in classic TV land, every week someone would look at a young, independent, happening sixties woman, point at her and refer to her as being “That girl!” The character of Ann Marie on the series That Girl was the first “modern” American woman … Continue reading
The Founder (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE FOUNDER (2017) Starring Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Laura Dern, Linda Cardellini, B.J. Novak, Patrick Wilson, Justin Randell Brooke, Kate Kneeland, Griff Furst, Wilbur Fitzgerald, David de Vries, Andrew Benator, Cara Mantella, Randall Taylor, Lacey King, Jeremy Madden, Rebecca Ray and Adam Rosenberg. Screenplay by Robert Siegel. Directed by John Lee Hancock. … Continue reading
20th Century Women (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
20th CENTURY WOMEN (2017) Starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann, Billy Crudup, Alison Elliott, Thea Gill, Vitaly A. Lebeau, Olivia Hone, Waleed Zuaiter, Curran Walters, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Alia Shawkat, Nathalie Love, Cameron Protzman and John Billingsley. Screenplay by Mike Mills. Directed by Mike Mills. Distributed by A24. 118 minutes. Rated R. … Continue reading
Lewis MacDougall – Faces Down a Monster
Lewis MacDougall Faces Down a Monster by Jay S. Jacobs It’s quite an impressive and scary achievement, a twelve-year-old boy, appearing in only his second film, gets the starring role. His character is the main thrust of the movie, and on screen almost the entirety of the film. It is based on a critically acclaimed … Continue reading
Blair Witch (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BLAIR WITCH (2016) Starring James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson and Valorie Curry. Screenplay by Simon Barrett. Directed by Adam Wingard. Distributed by Lionsgate. 89 minutes. Rated R. It is certainly up for debate whether or not this reboot of The Blair Witch Project – the 1999 film that pretty … Continue reading