FACTORY GIRL (2006) Starring Sienna Miller, Hayden Christiansen, Guy Pearce, Jimmy Fallon, Mena Suvari, Shawn Hatosy, Meredith Ostrom, Jack Huston, Tara Summers, James Naughton, Illeana Douglas, Don Novello, Colleen Camp and Edward Herrmann. Written by Captain Mauzner. Directed by George Hickenlooper. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 87 minutes. Rated R. I guess it is questionable … Continue reading
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Sweet Land (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SWEET LAND (2007) Starring Elisabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Alan Cumming, Lois Smith, Ned Beatty, John Heard, Tom Gilroy, Alex Kingston, Robert Hogan, Karen Landry, Patrick Heusinger and Paul Sand. Screenplay by Ali Selim. Directed by Ali Selim. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 110 minutes. Rated PG. Hollywood does not make enough films that can literally … Continue reading
License to Wed (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
LICENSE TO WED (2007) Starring John Krasinski, Mandy Moore, Robin Williams, Eric Christian Olsen, Christine Taylor, Josh Flitter, DeRay Davis, Peter Strauss, Grace Zabriskie, Roxanne Hart, Mindy Kaling, Angela Kinsey, Rachael Harris, Brian Baumgartner, Jess Rosenthal and Nicole Randall Johnson. Screenplay by Kim Barker, Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio. Directed by Ken Kwapis. Distributed … Continue reading
Cashback (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CASHBACK (2007) Starring Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Shaun Evans, Michelle Ryan, Stuart Goodwin, Michael Dixon, Michael Lambourne, Marc Pickering and Nick Hancock. Screenplay by Sean Ellis. Directed by Sean Ellis. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 102 minutes. Rated R. Unrequited love is never so interesting to anyone else as it is to the victim. We’ve all … Continue reading
Ratatouille (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
RATATOUILLE (2007) Featuring the voices of Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Ian Holm, Janeane Garafolo, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn, Brad Garrett, Will Arnett, Julius Callahan, James Remar, John Ratzenberger, Teddy Newton, Tony Fucile, Jake Steinfeld and Peter O’Toole. Screenplay by Brad Bird. Directed by Brad Bird. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 110 minutes. Rated G. If … Continue reading
Shadoe Stevens – Voice on the Air
Shadoe Stevens Voice on the Air by Ronald Sklar When asked if he was indeed the world’s youngest DJ, at age 11, in Jamestown, North Dakota, Shadoe Stevens answers like a true native. “Yah,” he says, in that clipped Midwestern drawl, like a character out of the flick Fargo. The answer is true, but the “yah” … Continue reading
Broken English (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BROKEN ENGLISH (2007) Starring Parker Posey, Drea DeMatteo, Melvil Poupaud, Gena Rowlands, Peter Bogdanovich, Roy Thinnes, Michael Panes, Philip Pavel, Justin Theroux, Tim Guinee and Dana Ivey. Written by Zoe Cassavettes. Directed by Zoe Cassavettes. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 96 minutes. Rated PG-13. Broken English writer/director Zoë Cassavettes is the latest to make a mark from … Continue reading
Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy and Mamie Gummer – Some Enchanted Evening
Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy and Mamie Gummer – Some Enchanted Evening by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on June 29, 2007. Susan Minot’s novel Evening was embraced by a huge readership upon being released. The novel is about the choices people make and how they are formed by them. A woman at the end of … Continue reading
Natasha Richardson – Late in the Evening
Natasha Richardson Late in the Evening by Jay S. Jacobs In Evening, Natasha Richardson plays a difficult role, that of an adult daughter watching her mother slowly losing the fight for life. The part is probably doubly heart-wrenching for the actress because her own mother – screen legend Vanessa Redgrave – plays the elderly woman coming … Continue reading
Action (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
Action The Complete Series – Uncut and Unbleeped (1999) (Sony Home Video-2006) Of the unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century – JFK’s assassination, Y2K, the popularity of tattoos – probably the most baffling of all was the cancellation of the dish-dirty Fox comedy Action. The series, starring an amazingly funny Jay Mohr in a tour … Continue reading