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6 Plots (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
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6 Plots (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)

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6 PLOTS (2012) Starring Alice Darling, Ryan Corr, Penelope Mitchell, Eliza Taylor, Emily Wheaton, Joey Coley Sowry, Damien Harrison, Andrew Clarke, P.J. Lane, Peter Berzanskis, Matt Callan, Peter Flaherty, Saskia Hampele, Steve Hayden, Dean Kirkright, Lulu McClatchy and Nicole Joy Tan. Screenplay by Tim C. Patterson. Directed by Leigh Sheehan. Distributed by Lionsgate.  87 minutes.  … Continue reading →

Beauty and the Beast – 25th Anniversary Edition (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
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Beauty and the Beast – 25th Anniversary Edition (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)

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BEAUTY & THE BEAST – 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION (1992) Featuring the voices of Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers and Richard White.  Screenplay by Linda Woolverton. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.  84 minutes.  Rated G. Twenty-five years on from it’s release, Disney’s Beauty … Continue reading →

What Happened, Miss Simone? (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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What Happened, Miss Simone? (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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WHAT HAPPENED MISS SIMONE? (2016) Featuring Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Shackman, George Wein, Stanley Crouch, Dick Gregory, Ilyasah Shabazz, Ambassador Shabazz, Gerrit De Bruin and archival footage of Nina Simone. Screenplay by Liz Garbus. Directed by Liz Garbus. Distributed by Netflix.  92 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Jazz chanteuse Nina Simone always somehow felt too … Continue reading →

Bridget Jones’s Baby (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Bridget Jones’s Baby (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (2016) Starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Sally Phillips, James Callis, Sarah Solemani, Celia Imrie, Shirley Henderson, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Kate O’Flynn, Ben Willbond, Agni Scott, Enzo Cilenti, Emma Thompson and Ed Sheeran. Screenplay by Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer and Emma Thompson. Directed by Sharon Maguire. Distributed by Universal Pictures.  … Continue reading →

The Darkness (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Darkness (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE DARKNESS (2016) Starring Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, David Mazouz, Lucy Fry, Matt Walsh, Jennifer Morrison, Parker Mack, Paul Reiser, Ming-Na Wen, Trian Long-Smith, Tara Lynne Barr, Krista Marie Yu, Chris Darga, Judith McConnell, Ilza Rosario, Alma Martinez and Katie Ward. Screenplay by Greg Mclean. Directed by Greg Mclean. Distributed by Blumhouse Pictures.  92 minutes.  … Continue reading →

Roots (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Roots (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Roots (Lionsgate Home Video-2016) In 1976, the original Roots miniseries was a defining cultural event.  It was not the first of the miniseries – or “novels for television,” as they dubbed the form at the time.  A 1974 version of Leon Uris’ QB VII was the first miniseries to be filmed by the American networks. … Continue reading →

Styx – Live at the Orleans Theater Las Vegas (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
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Styx – Live at the Orleans Theater Las Vegas (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)

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STYX – LIVE AT THE ORLEANS ARENA LAS VEGAS (2016) Featuring Tommy Shaw, James “JT” Young, Lawrence Gowan, Todd Sucherman, Ricky Phillips and Chuck Panozzo. Directed by Larry Jordan. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment.  132 minutes.  Not Rated. It’s all too easy to forget, thirty-some years after Styx first officially broke up at the height … Continue reading →

The Jungle Book (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Jungle Book (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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THE JUNGLE BOOK (2016) Starring Neel Sethi and the voices of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken, Garry Shandling, Brighton Rose, Emjay Anthony, Max Favreau, Chloe Hechter, Asher Blinkoff, Knox Gagnon, Sara Arrington, Russell Peters, Sam Raimi, Madeline Favreau and Jon Favreau. Screenplay by Justin Marks. Directed … Continue reading →

My King (Mon Roi) (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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My King (Mon Roi) (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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MY KING (MON ROI) (2016) Starring Emmanuelle Bercot, Vincent Cassel, Louis Garrel, Isild Le Besco, Chrystele Saint-Louis Augustin, Patrick Raynal, Paul Hamy, Yann Goven, Djemel Barek, Marie Guillard, Slim El Hedli, Nabil Kechouhen, Norman Thavaud, Amanda Added and Abdelghani Addala. Screenplay by Maïwenn and Etienne Comar. Directed by Maïwenn. Distributed by Film Movement.  124 minutes.  … Continue reading →

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

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CELL (2016) Starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Stacy Keach, Clark Sarullo, Owen Teague, Ethan Andrew Casto, Anthony Reynolds, Erin Elizabeth Burns, Joshua Mikel, Jeffrey Hallman, Mark Ashworth, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Catherine Dyer, E. Roger Mitchell and Alex ter Avest. Screenplay by Stephen King and Adam Alleca. Directed by Tod Williams. Distributed by Saban … Continue reading →