BREAKTHROUGH (2019) Starring Chrissy Metz, Josh Lucas, Topher Grace, Marcel Ruiz, Dennis Haysbert, Sam Trammell, Mike Colter, Rebecca Staab, Ali Skovbye, Victor Zinck Jr., Lisa Disrupt, Nancy Sorel, Isaac Kragten, Stephanie Czajkowski, Chuck Shamata, Kristen Harris, Maddy Martin, Nikolas Dukic, Taylor Mosby, Stephanie Sy, Callie Lane, Logan Creran and Kate Yacula. Screenplay by Grant Nieporte. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Religion
Red Cow (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
RED COW (PARA ADUMA) (2018) Starring Avigayil Kovary, Gal Toren, Moran Rosenblat, Dana Sorin, Yael Mor, Shira Blitz, Amit Braverman, Yehuda Schlisser, Maya Gasner, Eli Furmano, Yagel Tamir, Maayen Gottshalk, Elad Samocha, Eli Haviv, Uri Hochman, Avi Mazliah and Tal Nitzan. Screenplay by Tsivia Barkai Yacov. Directed by Tsivia Barkai Yacov. Distributed by Menemsha Films. … Continue reading
The Last (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE LAST (2019) Starring Rebecca Schull, Jill Durso, AJ Cedeno, Reed Birney, Julie Fain Lawrence, Sami Bray, Jagger Nelson, Russell Koplin, Ariel Eliaz, Cara Yeates, David E. Gottfried, Madelyn Barkocy, Amir Royale, Brandon Damiano, Jacob Goodhart, Josh Lerner, Adam Naimoli, Shannon Tyo, Haskiri Velazquez, Grace Woosley, Carolyn Baeumler, Jerry Matz, Elaine Bromka and Nimo Gandhi. … Continue reading
Rebecca Schull and Jeff Lipsky- Saving the Best for The Last
Rebecca Schull and Jeff Lipsky Saving the Best for The Last by Jay S. Jacobs What would you do? That is the main question in the new independent film The Last, a movie that has a shocking and inflammatory subject matter but looks at it from a smart and philosophical viewpoint. What would you do … Continue reading
Joel Edgerton – Rewriting Boy Erased
Joel Edgerton Rewriting Boy Erased By Jay S. Jacobs This seems to be a fertile time for actors to take a more hands-on approach to filmmaking and write and direct their own films. Take Joel Edgerton. The Australian-born actor has been slowly-but-surely building a big name in the States with roles in such films as … Continue reading
Neil Meron and Marc Platt – Resurrecting Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Neil Meron and Marc Platt Resurrecting Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert by Jay S. Jacobs In 1970, a pair of fairly unknown composers named Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice released a concept album called Jesus Christ Superstar, a rock opera about the life of Christ looking through a (then-) modern prism. The record was … Continue reading
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BILAL: A NEW BREED OF HERO (2015) Featuring the voices of Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ian McShane, China Anne McClain, Jacob Latimore, Mick Wingert, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Michael Gross, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Jon Curry, Sage Ryan, Andre Robinson and Dave B. Mitchell. Screenplay by Khurram H. Alavi, Alex Kronemer, Michael Wolfe and Nareg Kalenderian. Directed by Khurram … Continue reading
Macy’s Center City Philadelphia Welcomes the Holidays… Again
Macy’s Center City Philadelphia Welcomes the Holidays… Again Macy’s department stores have had a special relationship with Christmas since back in the days when Edmund Gwynn was proving that the Macy’s Santa was the actual Kris Kringle in the classic holiday film Miracle on 34th Street. The main Macy’s location in the Philadelphia area also has … Continue reading
The Witch (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE WITCH (2016) Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Lucas Dawson, Bathsheba Garnett, Sarah Stephens, Julian Richings and Wahab Chaudhry. Screenplay by Robert Eggers. Directed by Robert Eggers. Distributed by Lionsgate Films. 87 minutes. Rated R. Robert Eggers’ period supernatural drama The Witch is subtitled “A New England Folk Tale,” … Continue reading
The Club (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE CLUB (EL CLUB) (2015) Starring Alfredo Castro, Roberto Farias, Antonia Zegers, Jaime Vadell, Alejandro Goic, Alejandro Sieveking, Marcelo Alonso, Jose Soza, Francisco Reyes, Diego Muñoz, Gonzalo Valenzuela, Catalina Pulido, Paola Lattus, Erto Pantoja and Felipe Ríos. Screenplay by Guillermo Calderon, Daniel Villalobos and Pablo Larrain. Directed by Pablo Larrain. Distributed by Music Box Films. … Continue reading