Category Archives: Mystery

Rachel Nichols – Building Her Dreams with Criminal Minds
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Rachel Nichols – Building Her Dreams with Criminal Minds

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Rachel Nichols Building Her Dreams with Criminal Minds by Jay S. Jacobs It’s always a particularly daunting adventure to join the cast of a well-known and established television series.  By recently joining the hit CBS crime procedural Criminal Minds, Rachel Nichols has now achieved that twice. Pretty impressive for a woman who just about a decade ago was … Continue reading →

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated – Season One, Volume 1 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated – Season One, Volume 1 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Season One, Volume 1 (Paramount Home Video-2010) The Scooby-Doo! crew has been going strong (and not growing older) for over 40 years now – in a run that has included eleven cartoon series, two live action films, dozens of made for video (or cable or whatever) movies, multiple comic books and many video games.  … Continue reading →

Malcolm McDowell Takes His Pound of Flesh
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Malcolm McDowell Takes His Pound of Flesh

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Malcolm McDowell Takes His Pound of Flesh by Jay S. Jacobs My mother has been having nightmares about Malcolm McDowell for years. It’s not his fault really; he was just doing his job to the best of his ability. It all started in 1971 when my stepfather took her to see the buzzed-about new film … Continue reading →

Kyra Sedgwick and James Duff – Bringing in The Closer
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Kyra Sedgwick and James Duff – Bringing in The Closer

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Kyra Sedgwick and James Duff – Bringing in The Closer by Jay S. Jacobs For years it was unheard of for movie actors to take roles on television series, but Kyra Sedgwick has played a huge role in changing that concept. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Sedgwick had made a name for herself in … Continue reading →

Adrienne Barbeau – Love Writes
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Adrienne Barbeau – Love Writes

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Adrienne Barbeau Love Writes by Ronald Sklar Writers are taught to “write what you know,” so when actress Adrienne Barbeau took her first writing class, she wrote about being eaten alive by rats. “I had just made a low-budget horror film over in Russia,” she tells me from her California home. “I was supposed to … Continue reading →

The Closer – The Complete Fifth Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Closer – The Complete Fifth Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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The Closer The Complete Fifth Season (Warner Bros. Home Video-2010) Cable television has become a nurturing destination for respected film actresses who have never quite found the stardom they perhaps deserved.  Much like in the cases of Glenn Close (Damages), Mary McCormack (In Plain Sight) and Holly Hunter (State of Grace), Kyra Sedgwick’s has rejuvenated … Continue reading →

Jason Lee – Walking in Memphis
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Jason Lee – Walking in Memphis

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Jason Lee Walking in Memphis by Jay S. Jacobs After a few years of playing the title character in the popular sitcom My Name Is Earl and starring in such kid-friendly comedies as Alvin and the Chipmunks and Underdog, Jason Lee is taking a totally different tack for his return to series television. Memphis Beat is a moody and slightly downbeat, yet … Continue reading →

The Cry of the Owl (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Cry of the Owl (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE CRY OF THE OWL (2010) Starring Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, Caroline Dhavernas, James Gilbert, Gord Rand, Karl Pruner, Phillip MacKenzie, R.D. Reid, Constantine Alex Karzis, Marcia Laskowski, Krista Bridges and Charlotte Sullivan. Screenplay by Jamie Thraves. Directed by Jamie Thraves. Distributed by Myriad Pictures.  100 minutes.  Rated R. The Cry of the Owl doesn’t quite … Continue reading →

Red Riding Trilogy (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Red Riding Trilogy (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE RED RIDING TRILOGY (2010) RED RIDING: THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1974 (2010) Starring Andrew Garfield, Sean Bean, Rebecca Hall, Eddie Marsan, David Morrissey, John Henshaw, Anthony Flanagan and Warren Clarke. Screenplay by Tony Grisoni. Directed by Julian Jarrold. Distributed by IFC Films. 102 minutes. Not Rated. RED RIDING: THE YEAR OF OUR LORD … Continue reading →