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Afternoon Delight (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Afternoon Delight (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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AFTERNOON DELIGHT (2013) Starring Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor, Jane Lynch, Jessica St. Clair, Michaela Watkins, Josh Stamberg, John Kapelos, Keegan Michael Key and Sawyer Ever. Screenplay by Jill Soloway. Directed by Jill Soloway. Distributed by Film Arcade. 102 minutes. Rated R. Afternoon Delight starts out much like its lead character, trying to shake … Continue reading →

Star Trek Into Darkness (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Star Trek Into Darkness (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (2013) Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Alice Eve, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller, Heather Langenkamp and Leonard Nimoy. Screenplay by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof. Directed by JJ Abrams. Distributed by Paramount Pictures.  132 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Hardcore … Continue reading →

The Way Way Back (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Way Way Back (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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The Way, Way Back The Way, Way Back is nothing you haven’t seen before: a coming-of-age drama set at a beach resort during summer vacation.  However, it is rare that these somewhat overdone plot points are done as smartly and confidently as done here by co-writers/co-directors Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, who shared the Best … Continue reading →

2 Guns (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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2 Guns (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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2 GUNS (2013) Starring Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Edward James Olmos, Bill Paxton, Paula Patton, James Marsden, Fred Ward, Robert John Burke, Greg Sproles, Patrick Fischler. Edgar Arreola, Derek Solorsano, Kyle Russell Clements, Christopher Matthew Cook, Tim Bell, Tait Fletcher, Jesus Jr., Azure Parsons, John McConnell, Jack Landry, Ritchie Montgomery, Ambyr Childers, Robert Larriviere and … Continue reading →

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

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PARANOIA (2013) Starring Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Amber Heard, Lucas Till, Richard Dreyfuss, Embeth Davidtz, Julian McMahon, Josh Holloway, Angela Sarafyan, William Peltz, Kevin Kilner, Christine Marzano, Charlie Hofheimer and Mark Moses. Screenplay by Jason Hall and Barry L. Levy. Directed by Robert Luketic. Distributed by Relativity Media.  106 minutes.  Rated PG-13. We … Continue reading →

The World’s End (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The World’s End (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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The World’s End British comic actors/writers Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and their director/co-writer Edgar Wright, have taken on a very specific place in the movie world.  They make very funny movies based upon beloved film genres.  Shaun of the Dead took on zombie films.  Hot Fuzz played off of action adventure films.  Paul was … Continue reading →

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADÈLE BLANC-SEC (2010) Starring Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Jacky Nercessian, Philippe Nahon, Nicolas Giraud, Laure de Clermont, Gérard Chaillou, Serge Bagdassarian and Claire Pérot. Screenplay by Luc Besson. Directed by Luc Besson. Distributed by Shout! Factory.  107 minutes.  Rated PG. The box of this French film has … Continue reading →

I Give It a Year (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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I Give It a Year (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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I GIVE IT A YEAR (2013) Starring Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Anna Faris, Simon Baker, Minnie Driver, Jason Flemyng, Stephen Merchant, Olivia Colman, Jane Asher, Terence Harvey, Nigel Planer, Clare Higgins, Alisha Bailey, Kerry Howard, Daisy Haggard and Joseph Millson. Screenplay by Dan Mazer. Directed by Dan Mazer. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 97 minutes. Rated … Continue reading →

The Bates Haunting (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Bates Haunting (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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The Bates Haunting The Bates Haunting is both a cheesy low-budget horror film and an infomercial, all wrapped up in a big, blood-red bow. The product it is hawking is The Haunted Hayride and Bates Motel, a well-known Halloween attraction in Glen Mills, PA (which is in the suburbs of Philadelphia).  Every year, a local … Continue reading →

When Comedy Went to School (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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When Comedy Went to School (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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When Comedy Went to School (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review) Like most people under a certain age, I missed the hey-day of the Catskill Mountain Resorts, which mostly was from the 1930s to the early 1960s.  However, I do remember in the early 1980s, while on a road trip to Canada, stopping in New York state … Continue reading →