What a Weird Pandemic Summer It’s Been – We need Bruce Springsteen To Save The Day by Brad Balfour Around this time of the year, I usually look back so as to orient myself about going forward. But, what a wack summer it’s been. Having suffered through the coronavirus – literally and conceptually – I … Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
The Fight (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE FIGHT (2020) Featuring Lee Gelernt, Brigitte Amiri, Dale Ho, Joshua Block and Chase Strangio. Directed by Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman and Eli Despres. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 96 minutes. Not Rated. In the 1995 political comedy The American President, the fictional President Andrew Shepherd (as played by Michael Douglas) was attacked by his reelection … Continue reading
John Lewis: Good Trouble (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE (2020) Featuring Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Anthony Johnson, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Colin Allred, Rep. Marc Veasey, Rep. Beto O’Rourke, Lizzie Fletcher, Stacey Abrams, Michael Collins, Henry Lewis, Rosa Lewis-Tyner, Samuel Lewis, Ethel Lewis-Tyner, Bernard Lafayette Jr., Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., Diane Nash, Rep. … Continue reading
Irresistible (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
IRRESISTIBLE (2020) Starring Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis, Topher Grace, Natasha Lyonne, Will Sasso, CJ Wilson, Brent Sexton, Alan Aisenberg, Debra Messing, Christian Adam, Will McLaughlin, Eve Gordon, Andrea Frankle, Jason Davis, Jason Kirkpatrick, Charles Green, Kevin Maier and Tom Key. Screenplay by Jon Stewart. Directed by Jon Stewart. Distributed by Focus … Continue reading
American Muslim (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
AMERICAN MUSLIM (2019) Featuring Mohamed Bahi, Debbie Almontaser, Aber Kawas, Imam Shamsi Ali, Kobir Chowdhury, Rafael Espinal, Bedor Elhanafi Bahi, Zaid Nagi, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Rabbi Marisa Alana James, Rev. Khader El-Yateem and Linda Sarsour. Directed by Adam Zucker. Distributed by Longnook Pictures. 82 minutes. Not Rated. Screened for Cinematters: New York Social Justice Film … Continue reading
Bombshell (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BOMBSHELL (2019) Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, Connie Britton, Liv Hewson, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Mark Duplass, Rob Delaney, Malcolm McDowell, Allison Janney, Alice Eve, Stephen Root, Richard Kind, Robin Weigert, Amy Landecker, Mark Moses, D’Arcy Carden, Kevin Dorff, Anne Ramsay, Tricia Helfer and Jennifer Morrison. Screenplay by Charles Randolph. Directed … Continue reading
Screwdriver (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SCREWDRIVER (MAFAK) (2018) Starring Ziad Bakri, Areen Omari, Jameel Khoury, Yasmine QaddumiMariam Basha, Amir Khoury, Wassim Mousa, Mohammad Adawi, Huthayfa Jalamna, Adham Abu Aqel, Munther Bannourah, Abedalrahman Zubaidi, Ibrahim Jawhari, Israa Darawsha, Nidal Taha, Bassam Jarbawi, Imad Mizro, Amira Habash, Faleh Faleh, Maya Omaia Keesh, Ahmad Jubeh, Sanad Amina and Doraid Liddawi. Screenplay by Bassam … Continue reading
The Report (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE REPORT (2019) Starring Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Corey Stoll, Jon Hamm, Linda Powell, John Rothman, Joanne Tucker, Maura Tierney, Michael C. Hall, Ian Blackman, Dominic Fumusa, Fajer Kaisi, Zuhdi Boueri, Douglas Hodge, T. Ryder Smith, Carlos Gomez, Ted Levine, Tim Blake Nelson, Ratnesh Dubey, Scott Shepherd, Caroline Krass, Matthew Rhys, Kate Beahan and James … Continue reading
Les Misérables (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
LES MISÉRABLES (2019) Starring Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djebril Zonga, Steve Tientcheu, Issa Perica, Al-Hassan Ly, Almamy Kanoute, Raymond Lopez, Jeanne Balibar, Nizar Ben Fatma, Luciano Lopez, Jaihson Lopez, Sana Joachaim, Lucas Omiri, Rocco Lopez, Zordon Cauret, Steve Cauret, Diego Lopez, Omar Soumare, Abdelkader Hoggui and Djeneba Diallo. Screenplay by Ladj Ly & Giordano Gederlini … Continue reading
The Day Shall Come (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE DAY SHALL COME (2019) Starring Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick, Danielle Brooks, Kayvan Novak, Denis O’Hare, Jim Gaffigan, Miles Robbins, Pej Vahdat, Adam David Thompson, Mousa Kraish, James Adomian, Malcolm Mays, Andrel McPherson, Curtiss Cook Jr., Drew Gehling, Andrew James Bleidner, Stephany Liriano, Michael Braun, Rodney Richardson and Calah Lane. Screenplay by Chris Morris and … Continue reading