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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 →

Kevin Alejandro – Acting Chose Him
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Kevin Alejandro – Acting Chose Him

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Kevin Alejandro Acting Chose Him   by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2007 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Posted: September 23, 2007. During the past year, Kevin Alejandro’s career has blown wide open.  After years of toiling in the television trenches, he finally has picked up the white-hot interest that has casting directors looking his way as … Continue reading →

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries Season One (1977) (Universal Home Video-2005) The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was a short-lived ABC series about three chicks solving crimes in a world that resembles a studio back lot and there is nothing to Google. Despite their feather-haired cuteness, trouble just seems to find them. In almost every … Continue reading →

Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless – She’s Lacey and She’s Cagney
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Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless – She’s Lacey and She’s Cagney

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Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless She’s Lacey and She’s Cagney by Jay S. Jacobs It was a series that broke all the rules.  A cop drama in which the two leads were both women – looking at the personal and professional lives of two women making their way in a man’s world and not only keeping up, but … Continue reading →

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

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ZODIAC (2007) Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch, Chloe Sevigny, Candy Clark, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, Dermot Mulroney, James LeGros, Pell James, Philip Baker Hall, John Mahoney, Adam Goldberg and Tom Verica. Screenplay by James Vanderbilt. Directed by David Fincher. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 157 minutes. … Continue reading →

David Boreanaz – Earning His Bones
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David Boreanaz – Earning His Bones

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David Boreanaz – Earning His Bones by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on September 9, 2006. Most actors go their entire career looking for a role on a long-running series.  With the second season premiere of his popular FOX forensic drama Bones, David Boreanaz is now making his mark on his third multi-year show. Boreanaz knows … Continue reading →

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

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HOLLYWOODLAND (2006) Starring Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Lois Smith, Robin Tunney, Molly Parker, Zach Mills, Caroline Dhavernas, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dash Mihok, Kevin Hare, Joe Spano, Kathleen Robertson, Phillip MacKenzie, Larry Cedar, Neil Crone, Gareth Williams, Lorry Ayers and Jason Spevack. Screenplay by Paul Bernbaum. Directed by Allen Coulter. Distributed by Focus … Continue reading →

The DaVinci Code (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The DaVinci Code (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE DAVINCI CODE (2006) Starring Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellan, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany, Alfred Molina, Jürgen Prochnow, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Etienne Chicot, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Marie-Françoise Audollent, Rita Davies, Francesco Carnelutti, Seth Gabel and Shane Zaza. Screenplay by Akiva Goldman. Directed by Ron Howard. Distributed by Columbia Pictures.  149 minutes.  Rated PG-13. The DaVinci Code has … Continue reading →

Donald Sutherland, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D’Arcy and Courtney Solomon – A Haunting Tale
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Donald Sutherland, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D’Arcy and Courtney Solomon – A Haunting Tale

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Donald Sutherland, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D’Arcy and Courtney Solomon – A Haunting Tale by Jay S. Jacobs An American Haunting is a new film version of a classic supernatural mystery, the Bell Witch of Tennessee in the early 1800s. This true story looks at the Bell family, which was bedeviled by a poltergeist for years, eventually … Continue reading →