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The Dark Knight Rises (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Dark Knight Rises (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012) Starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, Matthew Modine, Ben Mendelsohn, Burn Gorman, Alon Moni Aboutboul, Juno Temple, Daniel Sinjata, Chris Ellis, Tom Conti, Nestor Carbonell, Brett Cullen, Aidan Gillen, Joey King, Cillian Murphy and Liam Neeson. Screenplay by Christopher … Continue reading →

The Avengers (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Avengers (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE AVENGERS (2012) Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany, Alexis Denisof, Tina Benkos, Powers Boothe, Jenny Agutter, Harry Dean Stanton, Stan Lee and the voices of Paul Bettany and Lou Ferrigno. Screenplay … Continue reading →

Asghar Farhadi – Iranian Writer/Director Gets Oscar For A Separation & Retrospective at Lincoln Center
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Asghar Farhadi – Iranian Writer/Director Gets Oscar For A Separation & Retrospective at Lincoln Center

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Asghar Farhadi Iranian Writer/Director Gets Oscar For A Separation & Retrospective at Lincoln Center by Brad Balfour Iranian director Asghar Farhadi manages to both enlighten and mystify. Maybe that’s why he’s been able to evade both the censors and jailers who police filmmakers for thought crimes against the mega-fascist Iranian state. Or maybe because this … Continue reading →

The Iron Lady (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Iron Lady (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE IRON LADY (2011) Starring Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Alexandra Roach, Harry Lloyd, Iain Glen, Anthony Head, Richard E. Grant, Roger Allam, Susan Brown, Emma Dewhurst and Nicholas Farrell. Screenplay by Abi Morgan. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Distributed by The Weinstein Company.  105 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Meryl Streep does a truly jaw-droppingly incredible … Continue reading →

Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader – We’re Looking at Taxi Driver
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Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader – We’re Looking at Taxi Driver

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Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader We’re Looking at Taxi Driver by Brad Balfour When directors-screenwriters Paul Schrader and Martin Scorsese came to the Director’s Guild Theater in Manhattan recently to discuss their ride with the groundbreaking film, Taxi Driver, it was an incredible moment in cinematic history. Their story of how this film took form and … Continue reading →

The Descendants (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Descendants (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE DESCENDANTS (2011) Starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Barbara L. Southern, Rob Huebel, Mary Birdsong, Laird Hamilton, Karen Kuioka Hironaga, Carmen Kaichi, Celia Kenney, Matt Reese, Scott Michael Morgan and Patti Hastie. Screenplay by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. Directed by … Continue reading →

Gillian Jacobs and Jim Rash – Community Theater with a Surreal Bent
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Gillian Jacobs and Jim Rash – Community Theater with a Surreal Bent

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Gillian Jacobs and Jim Rash Community Theater with a Surreal Bent by Jay S. Jacobs They call Community “the little show that could,” so it comes as little surprise that the cult-favorite series was renewed by NBC for at least 13 episodes in a fourth season. The wonderfully surreal situation comedy – which has made something of … Continue reading →

Jessica Chastain – Has The Help to Get Her Award Noms
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Jessica Chastain – Has The Help to Get Her Award Noms

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Jessica Chastain Has The Help to Get Her Award Noms by Brad Balfour When actress Jessica Chastain attended the Sundance Film Festival more than a year ago, making the rounds for the film Take Shelter, she spoke on a panel for The Creative Coalition. The focus was squarely on her co-star Michael Shannon, who had been … Continue reading →

Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita
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Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita

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Fernando Trueba Illustrates the History of Jazz with the Oscar-nominated Chico & Rita by Jay S. Jacobs Spanish film director Fernando Trueba has had a long, fascinating career which has branched out in many directions.  He started out as a movie critic in the 1970s for the newspaper El Pais.  He has since worked as an … Continue reading →

Michel Hazanavicius Silences the Skeptics with the Oscar Favorite The Artist
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Michel Hazanavicius Silences the Skeptics with the Oscar Favorite The Artist

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Michel Hazanavicius Silences the Skeptics with the Oscar Favorite The Artist by Brad Balfour Wily provocateur and indie screen mogul Harvey Weinstein sees beyond the obvious and recognizes value in some rather offbeat films. Thankfully, that support has so far paid off. Four of Weinstein’s pictures won awards at this year’s Golden Globes, with a … Continue reading →