CHERRY (2010) Starring Kyle Gallner, Laura Allen, Brittany Robertson, Esai Morales, D.C. Pierson, Matt Walsh and Zosia Mamet. Screenplay by Jeffrey Fine. Directed by Jeffrey Fine. Distributed by Fresh Shrimp Productions. 99 minutes. Not Rated. Cherry does a good job of being tasteful with a potentially awkward scenario – a shy seventeen-year-old college freshman finds himself … Continue reading
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (2010) Starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Ellen Wong, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Jason Schwartzman, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Brie Larson, Brandon Routh, Mae Whitman, Chris Evans, Satya Bhabha, Shota Saito, Keita Saito, Ben Lewis, Nelson Franklin, Michael Lazarovitch, Thomas Jane and Bill Hader. Screenplay by … Continue reading
Fair Game (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
FAIR GAME (2010) Starring Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Noah Emmerich, Bruce McGill, Liraz Charchi, Khaled Nabawy, David Andrews, Ty Burrell, Jessica Hecht, Tom McCarthy, Ashley Gerasimovich, Quinn Broggy, Adam LeFevre, Sam Shepard and Polly Holliday. Screenplay by Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth. Directed by Doug Liman. Distributed by Summit Entertainment. 108 minutes. Rated PG-13. It’s … Continue reading
Oceans (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
OCEANS (2010) Narrated by Pierce Brosnan. Written by Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Christophe Cheysson, François Sarano and Laurent Debas. Directed by Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud. Distributed by DisneyNature. 84 minutes. Rated G. In a move that helps to prove that the Walt Disney Corp. is not just a soulless profit-making entity, they have created … Continue reading
Don’t Let Me Drown (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
DON’T LET ME DROWN (2009) Starring EJ Bonilla, Gleendilys Inoa, Damian Alcazar, Yareli Arizmendi, Gina Torres, Ricardo Antonio Chavira, Dennis Kellum, Raul Castillo and Adrian Martinez. Screenplay by Maria Topete and Crus Angeles. Directed by Crus Angeles. Distributed by Image Entertainment. 105 minutes. Rated R. Don’t Let Me Drown is a surprisingly good little picture which … Continue reading
Red, White & Blue (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
RED, WHITE AND BLUE (2010) Starring Noah Taylor, Amanda Fuller, Marc Senter, Nick Ashy Holden, Patrick Crovo, Jon Michael Davis, Sally Jackson and Lauren Schneider. Screenplay by Simon Rumley. Directed by Simon Rumley. Distributed by IFC Films. 104 minutes. Not Rated. Red, White and Blue turns out to be a much different film than we expect … Continue reading
It’s Kind of a Funny Story (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY (2010) Starring Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis, Lauren Graham, Jim Gaffigan, Zoë Kravitz, Aasif Mandvi, Daniel London and Adrian Martinez. Screenplay by Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden. Directed by Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden. Distributed by Focus Features. 101 minutes. Rated PG-13. Mental hospitals have gotten … Continue reading
Michael McDonald: This Christmas – Live in Chicago (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
MICHAEL McDONALD: THIS CHRISTMAS – LIVE IN CHICAGO (2010) Featuring Michael McDonald, Pat Coil, Bernie Chiaravalle, Vince Denham, Lanice Morrison, Yvette Preyer and Drea Rhenee. Directed by Joe Thomas. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 85 minutes. Not Rated. A few years ago in the movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin, there was a running gag in which the manager … Continue reading
The Social Network (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010) Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Josh Pence, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara and Aaron Sorkin. Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. Directed by David Fincher. Distributed by Sony Pictures. 121 minutes. Rated PG-13. There are very few things in the world that I can think of … Continue reading
Catfish (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CATFISH (2010) Featuring Yaniv Schulman, Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost, Angela Wesselman, Vincent Wesselman and Abby Wesselman. Directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman. Distributed by Rogue Pictures. 94 minutes. Rated PG-13. Ever since The Blair Witch Project became a surprise hit over ten years ago, there have been periodic similar films made – mostly in the horror genre, … Continue reading