THE PERFECT SLEEP (2009) Starring Anton Pardoe, Roselyn Sanchez, Patrick Bachau, Peter J. Lucas, Tony Amendola, Pavel Lychnikoff, Sam Thakur, Dominiquie Vandenberg, Cameron Daddo, Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Michael Paré, John Fleck and Dmitri S. Boudrine. Screenplay by Anton Pardoe. Directed by Jeremy Alter. Distributed by Unified Pictures. 103 minutes. Rated R. The poster from The … Continue reading
Ari Folman – An Israeli Director Dances with the Dogs of War In Waltz with Bashir
Ari Folman An Israeli Director Dances with the Dogs of War In Waltz with Bashir by Brad Balfour Of all the films nominated for a Foreign Language Oscar this year, director Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir reaped substantial press and stirred the most controversy. A documentary fashioned as an animated film, it is as much an imagined … Continue reading
Patrick Warburton – Always Challenging the Rules
Patrick Warburton Always Challenging the Rules by Jay S. Jacobs Patrick Warburton isn’t all that manly. Hollywood thinks it has Warburton figured out. Because he cuts such an imposing figure – with his strong, impressive frame, his chiseled aging-model looks and his distinctive baritone voice – television and film has a tendency to cast him as funny, … Continue reading
In the Electric Mist (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
IN THE ELECTRIC MIST (2008) Starring Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard, Kelly Macdonald, Mary Steenburgen, Justina Machado, Ned Beatty, James Gammon, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Levon Helm, Buddy Guy, Julio Cedillo, Alana Locke, Bernard Hocke, Steve Broussard and John Sayles. Screenplay by Jerzy Kromolowski and Mary Olson-Kromolowski. Directed by Bertrand Tavernier. Distributed by Image … Continue reading
Extreme Movie (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
EXTREME MOVIE (2008) Starring Michael Cera, Jamie Kennedy, Matthew Lillard, Frankie Muniz, Ryan Pinkston, Cherilyn Wilson, Vanessa Chester, Shasa Dabner, Christina DeRosa, Jane Silvia Epstein, Andy Milonakis, Kyle Gass and Vanessa Lengies. Screenplay by Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobson and Will Forte & John Solomon and Andy Samberg & Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone … Continue reading
The Last House on the Left (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (2009) Starring Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, Garret Dillahunt, Spencer Treat Clark, Martha MacIsaac, Aaron Paul, Riki Lindhome and Joshua Cox. Screenplay by Adam Alleca and Carl Ellsworth. Directed by Dennis Iliadis. Distributed by Rogue Pictures. 110 minutes. Rated R. Yet another horror classic from my childhood is … Continue reading
Taken (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
TAKEN (2009) Starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Katie Cassidy, Famke Janssen, Xander Berkeley, Olivier Rabourdin, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky, Holly Valance, Goran Kostic, Rasha Bukvic, Helena Soubeyrand, Gérard Watkins and Camille Japy. Screenplay by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. Directed by Pierre Morel. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 93 minutes. Rated PG-13. … Continue reading
Anne Hathaway Celebrates Rachel Getting Married and Her Oscar Nom
Anne Hathaway Celebrates Rachel Getting Married and Her Oscar Nom by Brad Balfour There is loads of irony that 26-year-old actress Anne Hathaway was featured in two vastly different films about weddings this season. Bride Wars was a noxious bit of inconsequential fluff (directed by once credible Gary Winick) loaded with cringe-inducing clichés about the madness … Continue reading
…Around (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
…AROUND (2009) Starring Rob Evans, Molly Ryman, Ron Brice, Marcel Torres, Berenice Mosca, Veronica Heffron, David Joseph Boyd, David Joseph Boyd, Ali Tobia, Amy Hoerler, Julie Tran, Shawn Mahoney, Steven Grgas, Kristopher Torres and Nabil Vinas. Screenplay by David Spaltro. Directed by David Spaltro. Distributed by Wandering/Cut Films. 104 minutes. Not Rated. Writer/director David Spaltro’s … Continue reading
The Haunting of Molly Hartley (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE HAUNTING OF MOLLY HARTLEY (2008) Starring Haley Bennett, Chace Crawford, Shannon Marie Woodward, Shanna Collins, AnnaLynne McCord, Marin Hinkle, Nina Siemaszko, Josh Stewart, Randy Wayne, John Newton, Jessica Lowndes and Jake Weber. Screenplay by John Travis and Rebecca Sonnenshine. Directed by Mickey Liddell. Distributed by Freestyle Releasing. 86 minutes. Rated PG-13. The title The Haunting … Continue reading