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An American Haunting (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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An American Haunting (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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AN AMERICAN HAUNTING   (2006) Starring Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D’Arcy, Matthew Marsh, Thom Fell, Sam Alexander, Gaye Brown, Zoe Thorne, Miquel Brown, Shawna Shim, Lila Bata-Walsh and Howard Rosenstein. Screenplay by Courtney Solomon. Directed by Courtney Solomon. Distributed by After Dark Films.  84 minutes.  Rated PG-13. An American Haunting is the story of … Continue reading →

Rachel Weisz Steps Through the Garden
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Rachel Weisz Steps Through the Garden

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RACHEL WEISZ STEPS THROUGH THE GARDEN By Brad Balfour Though Rachel Weisz has received accolades before, none are more appreciated than an Academy Award nomination. And given that she dies a few minutes in the film The Constant Gardener, it’s even more appreciated she got this attention. But the film is a powerful statement – about … Continue reading →

The Ice Harvest (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Ice Harvest (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE ICE HARVEST (2005) Starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Randy Quaid, Oliver Platt, Ned Bellamy, Matthew Campobasso, Diane Francis Fisher, Lori Ann Gerdisch, Shana Goodsell, Megahn Maureen McDonough, Lara Phillips, Michael Stailey, Mike Starr, Jenny Wade and Rick Touhy. Screenplay by Richard Russo and Robert Benton. Directed by Harold Ramis. Distributed by … Continue reading →

Dragnet 1967 – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Dragnet 1967 – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Dragnet 1967 Season 1 (1967-1968) (Universal-2005) It’s easy to be hard on Dragnet 1967, with its obvious squareness, its sexlessness, its lack of (intentional) humor and its blatant modesty. However, the only real weak link in its chain is its obsessive need to deliver an easy, uninspiring payoff. Each cop-n-criminal tale is a success story – no cold … Continue reading →

Nicole Kidman Interprets Her Career
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Nicole Kidman Interprets Her Career

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Nicole Kidman Interprets Her Career by Brad Balfour With her previous film released being the odd and controversial Birth, Oscar winner Nicole Kidman has proven to be unpredictable, very much her own person, not unlike the character she plays in her most recent film, The Interpreter, directed by Sydney Pollack-which premiered at the 4th annual Tribeca Film … Continue reading →

Murder She Wrote – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Murder She Wrote – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Murder, She Wrote The Complete First Season (1984-1985) (Universal-2005) Picture this. A struggling actor (Jeff Conaway of Grease and Taxi) is desperate to become a huge movie star, so he moves to San Francisco (ah, yes, the center of the entertainment world) and takes a job in a local drag-queen cabaret. When the heartless owner of the place … Continue reading →

The Other Side of the Street (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Other Side of the Street (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET (O OUTRO LADO DA RUA) (2005) Starring Fernanda Montenegro, Raul Cortez, Laura Cardoso, Luis Carlos Persy, Milene Pizarro and Marcio Vito. Screenplay by Marcos Bernstein and Melanie Dimantas. Directed by Marcos Bernstein. Distributed by Strand Releasing/Columbia Tri-Star Pictures (Brazil). 98 minutes. Not Rated. The surprise popularity a couple of … Continue reading →

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Plays a Perfect Match
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers Plays a Perfect Match

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JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS PLAYS A PERFECT MATCH by Brad Balfour For a young actor working with a master director like Woody Allen becomes an honor; it’s an even greater opportunity to perform for him in his first non-American made feature and a drama no less. In Match Point, Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers gets to play … Continue reading →

Columbo – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Columbo – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Columbo The Complete First Season 1971 (Universal-2004) Columbo had them at hello. The fun in watching TV’s greatest detective is not merely in piecing together murder mysteries along with him – he’s way past the sniffing stage, and besides, we’ve already spent the first twenty-five minutes witnessing the actual killing, the reasons leading up to … Continue reading →

Monk – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Monk – Season One (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Monk Season One (Universal-2004) Description: Tony Shalhoub plays Adrian Monk, “the defective detective.” He is a brilliant sleuth; however he also is obsessive-compulsive, germ-phobic, afraid of heights and afraid of crowds. The San Francisco police use him because of his skill as a crime-solver, but he makes everyone around him crazy. Particularly Sharona (Bitty Schramm), … Continue reading →