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

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ENCHANTED (2007) Starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Rachel Covey, Idina Menzel, Samantha Ivers, Matt Servitto, Joseph Sirvatto and the voice of Julie Andrews. Screenplay by Bill Kelly. Directed by Kevin Lima. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.  107 minutes.  Rated PG. The idea of a post-modern fairytale has been done … Continue reading →

Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Thomas Anderson, Paul Dano and Ciaran Hinds – There Will Be Accolades For There Will Be Blood
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Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Thomas Anderson, Paul Dano and Ciaran Hinds – There Will Be Accolades For There Will Be Blood

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Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Thomas Anderson, Paul Dano and Ciaran Hinds There Will Be Accolades For There Will Be Blood by Brad Balfour Originally posted on December 26, 2007. Though Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, There Will Be Blood, is based on a book published in 1927 which dealt with the emerging oil business in Southern … Continue reading →

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

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JUNO (2007) Starring Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, JK Simmons, Olivia Thirlby, Rainn Wilson, Lucas MacFadden, Daniel Clark, Valerie Tian, Ashley Whillans, Candice Accola, Steven Christopher Parker, Kaaren de Zilva and Sierra Pitkin. Screenplay by Diablo Cody. Directed by Jason Reitman. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 92 minutes. Rated PG-13. … Continue reading →

James McAvoy and Keira Knightley – On the Day of Atonement
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James McAvoy and Keira Knightley – On the Day of Atonement

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James McAvoy and Keira Knightley On the Day of Atonement by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2007 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Posted: December 7, 2007. Playing the star-crossed lovers whose entire futures are blown apart by a little girl’s unfair allegation in Atonement, British actors James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland, The Chronicles of Narnia) … Continue reading →

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

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ATONEMENT (2007) Starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Blethyn, Juno Temple, Michelle Duncan, Gina McKee, Harriet Walters and Anthony Minghella. Screenplay by Christopher Hampton. Directed by Joe Wright. Distributed by Focus Features.  123 minutes.  Rated R. When a film has a title like Atonement, you’re probably not in for an uplifting … Continue reading →

Into the Wild (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Into the Wild (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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INTO THE WILD (2007) Starring Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener, Brian Dierker, Vince Vaughn, Zach Galiafinakis, Kristen Stewart and Hal Holbrook. Screenplay by Sean Penn. Directed by Sean Penn. Distributed by Paramount Vantage.  140 minutes.  Rated R. I suspect that there will be two very polar opposite kinds of reactions … Continue reading →

Dustin Hoffman Makes a Magical Turn
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Dustin Hoffman Makes a Magical Turn

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Dustin Hoffman Makes a Magical Turn by Brad Balfour Dustin Hoffman’s work has been on the American cinematic landscape for so long that you could call him an icon without blinking. Perusing the list of benchmark films Hoffman has been in — from his early films such as The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, and Little Big … Continue reading →

Ang Lee – Expresses Lust with Little Caution
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Ang Lee – Expresses Lust with Little Caution

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Ang Lee Expresses Lust with Little Caution by Brad Balfour Sexually provocative and fraught with violence, Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution [Sie, Jie] powerfully explores the story of a young woman who uses her sexuality to gain the trust of a high-powered Chinese official – a high-ranking collaborator with the ruthless Japanese occupiers during the 1940s. Played by … Continue reading →

Viggo Mortensen Makes His Eastern Promises
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Viggo Mortensen Makes His Eastern Promises

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VIGGO MORTENSEN MAKES HIS EASTERN PROMISES by Brad Balfour It’s entirely understandable why director David Cronenberg has recently cast Viggo Mortensen as his lead in two complementary but very different films (2005’s excellent A History of Violence and the new Eastern Promises). Mortensen inhabits these characters and the characters inhabit him. It is said that when he played Aragorn in Lord … Continue reading →