ELEKTRA LUXX (2011) Starring Carla Gugino, Adrianne Palicki, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Malin Akerman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Timothy Olyphant, Marley Shelton, Justin Kirk, Amy Rosoff, Lucy Punch, Kathleen Quinlan, Vincent Kartheiser, Emma Bell, Jesse Garcia, Christine Lakin and Julianne Moore. Screenplay by Sebastian Gutierrez. Directed by Sebastian Gutierrez. Distributed by Sony Pictures. 97 minutes. Rated R. It’s always … Continue reading
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Jennifer Lawrence – Now an Oscar Nominee, the Actress Heats Up Winter’s Bone
Jennifer Lawrence Now an Oscar Nominee, the Actress Heats Up Winter’s Bone by Brad Balfour Thanks to her 2011 Oscar™ nom for Best Actress as Ree Dolly in Winter’s Bone, relative newcomer Jennifer Lawrence has now become one of Hollywood’s latest darlings. Of course, there are the perks of such attention: fancy gowns, cool parties, cute guys … Continue reading
Henry Winkler – Fine Line Between Pleasure and Royal Pains
Henry Winkler Fine Line Between Pleasure and Royal Pains by Jay S. Jacobs It’s always fun to talk with a television icon – particularly one who you grew up watching. I’d be a huge fan of Henry Winkler even if his wasn’t the first autograph that I ever got from a celebrity, because when I … Continue reading
Vik Muniz’s Garbage-Art Transforms a Waste Land Into a Nominee & Award Winner
Vik Muniz’s Garbage-Art Transforms a Waste Land Into a Nominee & Award Winner by Brad Balfour Brazilian conceptualist Vik Muniz has been making remarkable photo-constructs and garnering accolades within the fine art world for years including such places as New York’s Guggenheim Museum. But recently the artist has landed squarely in the public eye so … Continue reading
Lee Unkrich – A Dual Oscar Nominee, Toy Story 3’s Director Muses on Childhood and the Future
Lee Unkrich A Dual Oscar Nominee, Toy Story 3‘s Director Muses on Childhood and the Future by Brad Balfour Now sitting before me is a big box – something like a Borg cube, but not one loaded up with malevolent androids wanting to absorb me into the collective. It is the box set of the … Continue reading
Nicole Kidman – The Oscar-Winning Actress Explores Loss and Grief in Rabbit Hole
Nicole Kidman The Oscar-Winning Actress Explores Loss and Grief in Rabbit Hole by Brad Balfour Everyone experiences loss and grief, but few films show it in such a naked and matter-of-fact manner as does Rabbit Hole. The Aussie actress Nicole Kidman was so passionate about David Lindsay-Abaire’s original Pulitzer Prize-winning play that she signed on … Continue reading
Robert Duvall – Takes the High Road to Get Low
Robert Duvall Takes the High Road to Get Low by Brad Balfour When Get Low hit the festival circuit earlier this year, veteran actor Robert Duvall came to town and did a few interview sessions to discuss this film, his career, and playing roles like the irascible Felix Bush. The grungy, ill-kempt Bush is this mysterious hermit … Continue reading
The King’s Speech (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE KING’S SPEECH (2010) Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Michael Gambon, Jennifer Ehle, Derek Jacobi, Max Callum, James Currie, Claire Bloom and Eve Best. Screenplay by David Seidler. Directed by Tom Hooper. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 118 minutes. Rated R. Going just from the basic description of The … Continue reading
Putty Hill (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
PUTTY HILL (2011) Starring Sky Ferreira, Zoe Vance, James Siebor Jr., Dustin Ray, Cody Ray, Charles “Spike” Sauers, Catherine Evans, Virginia Heath, Casey Weibust, Drew Harris and Marina Siebor. Written by Matt Porterfield & Jordan Mintzer. Directed by Matt Porterfield. Distributed by Cinema Guild. 86 minutes. Not Rated. Particularly in the early going, Matt Porterfield’s Putty … Continue reading
No Strings Attached (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
NO STRINGS ATTACHED (2011) Starring Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline, Greta Gerwig, Lake Bell, Olivia Thirlby, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jake Johnson, Mindy Kaling, Guy Brandum, Talia Balsam, Ophelia Lovibond, Cary Elwes, Abby Elliott, Vedette Lim, Ben Lawson, Jennifer Irwin, Adhir Kalyan and Brian Dierker. Screenplay by Elizabeth Meriwether. Directed by Ivan Reitman. Distributed by … Continue reading