SPIDER-MAN (2002) Starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Willem Dafoe, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Bill Nunn, Elizabeth Banks and Joe Manganiello. Screenplay by David Koepp. Directed by Sam Raimi. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. Rated PG-13. 121 Minutes. Going back to my young comic-book geek days, Spider-Man was always my favorite superhero. Unlike … Continue reading
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Murder By Numbers (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
MURDER BY NUMBERS (2002) Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt, Agnes Bruckner, Chris Penn, R.D. Call and Tom Verica. Screenplay by Tony Gayton. Directed by Barbet Schroeder. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 120 minutes. Rated R. The 1924 Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb murder case… in which two well-to-do college students committed … Continue reading
Changing Lanes (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CHANGING LANES (2002) Starring Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, Amanda Peet, William Hurt, Kim Staunton, Dylan Baker and Matt Malloy. Screenplay by Michael Tolkan and Chap Taylor. Directed by Roger Michell. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 98 minutes. Rated R. Changing Lanes is a good film, though it all too often does feel … Continue reading
Panic Room (A PopEntertainment com Movie Review)
PANIC ROOM (2002) Starring Jodie Foster, Forest Whittaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto, Kristen Stewart, Ann Magnuson, Ian Buchanan, Andrew Kevin Walker and Patrick Bauchau. Screenplay by David Koepp. Directed by David Fincher. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 112 minutes. Rated R. In a college fiction class, my professor said that the most difficult stories to write … Continue reading
The Time Machine (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE TIME MACHINE (2002) Starring Guy Pearce, Mark Addy, Samantha Mumba, Omero Mumba, Orlando Jones, Sienna Guillory, Phyllida Law, Yancey Arias, Laura Kirk, Josh Stamberg, Alan Young, John W. Momrow, Max Baker, Jeffrey M. Meyer, Myndy Crist and Jeremy Irons. Screenplay by John Logan. Directed by Simon Wells. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 96 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
Crossroads (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CROSSROADS (2002) Starring Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zöe Saldana, Taryn Manning, Justin Long, Jamie Lynn Spears, Kool Moe Dee, Dan Aykroyd and Kim Cattrall. Screenplay by Shonda Rhimes. Directed by Tamra Davis. Distributed by Zomba Films/Paramount Pictures. 93minutes. Rated PG-13. There are some people out there, more cynical than me, who would say that Crossroads is a … Continue reading
Gosford Park (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
GOSFORD PARK (2001) Starring Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emily Watson, Alan Bates, Derek Jacobi, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Richard E. Grant, Jeremy Northam, Bob Balaban and Ryan Phillippe. Screenplay by Julian Fellowes. Directed by Robert Altman. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 138 minutes. Rated R. Gosford Park has been promoted as the return of the British … Continue reading
Beauty and the Beast (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BEAUTY & THE BEAST (1992) Starring 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. How do you take a nearly perfect piece of entertainment and make … Continue reading
Impostor (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
IMPOSTOR (2002) Starring Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D’Onofrio, Mekhi Phifer, Tony Shalhoub, Elizabeth Pena, Lindsay Crouse, Shane Brolly, Tim Guinee, Gary Dourdan, Jason Beck, Judy Jean Burns, Rosalind Chao, Clarence Williams III and Ivana Milacevic. Screenplay by Scott Rosenberg. Directed by Gary Fleder. Distributed by Dimension Films. 102 minutes. Rated R. To be completely … Continue reading
Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS – THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001) Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Ian Holm, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, John Rhys-Davies, Cate Blanchett, Dominic Monaghan, Hugo Weaving, Andy Serkis, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler and Christopher Lee. Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Phillippa Boyens and Peter Jackson. Directed by … Continue reading