Category Archives: Oscar Nominees

Black Swan (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Black Swan (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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BLACK SWAN (2010) Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder, Benjamin Millepied, Ksenia Solo, Kristina Anapau, Janet Montgomery, Sebastian Stan, Toby Hemingway, Sergio Torrado, Mark Margolis, Tina Sloan and Abraham Aronofsky. Screenplay by Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz and John McLaughlin. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.  108 minutes.  … Continue reading →

Alice in Wonderland – 60th Anniversary Edition (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
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Alice in Wonderland – 60th Anniversary Edition (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951) Featuring the voices of Kathryn Beaumont, Richard Haydn, Ed Wynn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry Colonna, Verna Felton, Pat O’Malley, Bill Thompson, Heather Angel, Joseph Kearns, Larry Grey, Queenie Leonard, Dink Trout, Doris Lloyd and James MacDonald. Written by Winston Hibler, Ted Sears, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Milt Banta, Bill Cottrell, … Continue reading →

Michelle Williams – Emotionally Exposed Actress Awarded a Blue Valentine and Various Nominations
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Michelle Williams – Emotionally Exposed Actress Awarded a Blue Valentine and Various Nominations

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Michelle Williams Emotionally Exposed Actress Awarded a Blue Valentine and Various Nominations by Brad Balfour When we journalists came into the roundtable room at The Regency Hotel last month to interview the principals behind Blue Valentine, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. Directed by Derek Cianfrance, it is the story of a two ordinary people, Dean and … 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 →

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

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INCEPTION (2010) Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Marion Cotillard, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Caine, Lukas Haas and Talulah Riley. Screenplay by Christopher Nolan. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Distributed by Warner Bros.  148 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Christopher Nolan has made something of a specialty out … Continue reading →

Winter’s Bone (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Winter’s Bone (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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WINTER’S BONE (2010) Starring Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Lauren Sweetser, Dale Dickey, Kevin Breznahan, Shelley Waggener, Isaiah Stone, Ashlee Thompson, Garret Dillahunt, Sheryl Lee, William White, Tate Taylor, Casey MacLaren, Valerie Richards, Beth Domann, Cody Brown, Ronnie Hall, Cinnamon Schultz, Russell Schalk and Brandon Gray. Screenplay by Debra Granik and Anna Rosellini. Directed by Debra … Continue reading →

Mark Ruffalo – Shaking Up the Kids
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Mark Ruffalo – Shaking Up the Kids

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Mark Ruffalo Shaking Up the Kids by Jay S. Jacobs Mark Ruffalo had quite a Sundance Festival.  His directorial debut Sympathy for Delicious premiered to mixed reviews, but it was his latest independent comedy/drama which really made a splash. The Kids Are All Right is the acclaimed film, the story of an aging lesbian couple (Annette Bening and … Continue reading →

Lisa Cholodenko – Making It All Right
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Lisa Cholodenko – Making It All Right

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Lisa Cholodenko Making It All Right by Jay S. Jacobs Lisa Cholodenko has been turning heads in Hollywood since her 1998 film High Art featuring Radha Mitchell and Ally Sheedy. One of those heads which was turned belonged to actress Julianne Moore, who made a point of talking to Cholodenko at a Women in Film celebration years ago … Continue reading →

Julianne Moore Is All Right
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Julianne Moore Is All Right

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Julianne Moore Is All Right by Jay S. Jacobs Julianne Moore has reached rarified air in Hollywood.  She is one of the few actresses who is consistently looked at as one of the great talents of her generation, and yet she is adventurous enough to search out quirky independent films. Moore has had a career that has … Continue reading →

Back to the Future Trilogy (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Back to the Future Trilogy (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY – 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION  (2010) BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, James Tolkan, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane, J.J. Cohen  Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, George DiCenzo, Jason Hervey and Huey Lewis. Screenplay by Robert Zemeckis & … Continue reading →