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The Spiderwick Chronicles (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Spiderwick Chronicles (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES (2008) Starring Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Mary-Louise Parker, David Strathairn, Joan Plowright, Nick Nolte, Andrew McCarthy, Jordy Benattar and the voices of Martin Short, Chris Parson and Seth Rogen. Screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick and David Berenbaum and John Sayles. Directed by Mark Waters. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 101 minutes. Rated PG. Fantasy … Continue reading

Get Smart (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Get Smart (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

GET SMART (2008) Starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Terrence Stamp, David Koechner, Terry Crews, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, Patrick Warburton, James Caan, Bill Murray and Bernie Koppel. Screenplay by Tom J. Astle & Matt Ember. Directed by Peter Segal. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures.  110 minutes.  Rated PG-13. I … Continue reading

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

CONTROL (2007) Starring Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Craig Parkinson, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson, Toby Kebbell, James Anthony Pearson, Harry Treadaway, Matthew McNulty, Andrew Sheridan, Robert Shelly, Richard Bremmer and Tanya Myers. Screenplay by Deborah Curtis and Matt Greenhalgh. Directed by Anton Corbijn. Distributed by The Weinstein Co.  121 minutes.  Rated R. Joy Division was … Continue reading

Drillbit Taylor (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Drillbit Taylor (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

DRILLBIT TAYLOR (2008) Starring Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann, Troy Gentile, Nate Hartley, David Dorfman, Danny R. McBride, Josh Peck, Alex Frost, Leslie Mann, Stephen Root, Lisa Ann Walker, Beth Littleford, David Koechner, Janet Varney, David Bowe, Lisa Lampanelli, Frank Whaley and Adam Baldwin. Screenplay by Seth Rogen and Kristofor Brown. Directed by Steven Brill. Distributed … Continue reading

Another Happening from Director M. Night Shyamalan
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Another Happening from Director M. Night Shyamalan

Another Happening from Director M. Night Shyamalan by Brad Balfour Like his work or not, director M. Night Shyamalan employs big ideas and challenges himself and his viewers with unusual and dark storylines with the framework to express them. After his incredible success with The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs, he was hailed as a youthful wunderkind with a … Continue reading

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

THE HAMMER (2008) Starring Adam Carolla, Oswaldo Castillo, Heather Juergensen, Harold House Moore, Jonathan Hernandez, Chris Darga, Constance Zimmer, Tom Quinn and Jane Lynch. Screenplay by Kevin Hench. Directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld. Distributed by The Weinstein Company.  88 minutes.   Rated R. Perhaps the biggest surprise about radio jock/comedian/dancing star Adam Carolla’s starring film debut is … Continue reading

Mary McCormack – Hiding In Plain Sight
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Mary McCormack – Hiding In Plain Sight

Mary McCormack Hiding In Plain Sight by Jay S. Jacobs Mary McCormack has spent most of the past decade circling stardom and with the new USA Network series In Plain Sight; she may finally touch down as a full-blown star.  In the new series – created by first-time producer David Maples – McCormack plays Mary Shannon, … Continue reading

Josh Radnor, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan – How I Met Your Mother Goes Home
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Josh Radnor, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan – How I Met Your Mother Goes Home

Josh Radnor, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan – How I Met Your Mother Goes Home by Jay S. Jacobs McGee’s Pub, a famous old watering hole in New York, is not the type of place that you expect to have a glamorous Hollywood screening party.  However, on June 3, 2008, McGee’s was … Continue reading

Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

AMATEUR PORN STAR KILLER 2  (2008) Starring Kai Lanette and Shane Ryan. Screenplay by Kai Lanette and Shane Ryan. Directed by Shane Ryan. Distributed by Alter Ego Cinema.  80 minutes.  Not Rated. When I received the press release about this film – bragging about how the original Amateur Porn Star Killer movie had been made for a … Continue reading

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (2008) Starring Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent, Igor Jijikine, Alan Dale, Joel Stoffer, Neil Flynn, V.J. Foster and Chet Hanks. Screenplay by David Koepp. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Distributed by Paramount Pictures.  126 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Twenty-seven … Continue reading