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Pride & Prejudice (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Pride & Prejudice (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) Starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Jena Malone, Tom Hollander, Rosamund Pike and Judi Dench. Screenplay by Deborah Moggach. Directed by Joe Wright. Distributed by Focus Features. 129 minutes. Rated PG. It seems quite incredible that Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice has been filmed as many times as it … Continue reading

Brokeback Mountain (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Brokeback Mountain (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005) Starring Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anna Hathaway, Randy Quaid, Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Valerie Planche, Graham Beckel, David Harbour, Kate Mara, Roberta Maxwell, Peter McRobbie, Scott Michael Campbell, David Trimble and Larry Reese. Screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. Directed by Ang Lee. Distributed by Focus Features.  134 minutes.  … Continue reading

Alyson Hannigan Makes Her Dates
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Alyson Hannigan Makes Her Dates

ALYSON HANNIGAN MAKES HER DATES by Brad Balfour Though 29-year-old actress Alyson Hannigan made her rep as Willow Rosenberg, the dorky lesbian sorceress pal of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she has really established herself as a new comic talent through her work in films like those in the American Pie series of films and her new TV show How … Continue reading

The Best of the Electric Company (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Best of the Electric Company (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

The Electric Company The Best of the Electric Company (Shout! Factory-2006) HEY, YOU GUYS! Just when you thought you couldn’t recapture any more of your TV-watching childhood, The Electric Company has surprisingly and blessedly come to DVD. Nowhere near as good as you remember it – with crude graphics, cheesy synthesizers and overlong segments (it’s stuffed to the … Continue reading

I Love Lucy – The Complete Fourth Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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I Love Lucy – The Complete Fourth Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

I Love Lucy The Complete Fourth Season (1954-1955) (Paramount-2005) Do we really love Lucy, or have we been brainwashed to think we do, like in The Manchurian Candidate? When the laughter subsides, is Lucy truly deserving of our love? Is she as overwhelmingly funny as we are led to believe? Does the Empress have no clown … Continue reading

National Lampoon’s Pucked (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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National Lampoon’s Pucked (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S PUCKED (2006) Featuring Jon Bon Jovi, Estella Warren, David Faustino, Nora Dunn, Cary Elwes, Curtis Armstrong, Pat Kilbane, Jonathan Furr, Dot Marie Jones, Danielle James, J. David Shapiro, Dana Barron, Mark Povinelli, Al Wiggins, Sal Catalano, Angela Bennett and Gizza Elizondo. Screenplay by Matty Simmons and William Dozier & Sal Catalano & Shakes … Continue reading

Music Scene – The Best of 1969-1970 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Music Scene – The Best of 1969-1970 (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Music Scene The Best of 1969-1970 (Volumes 1 & 2) (MPI Home Video-2000) The train wreck that is Music Scene – an uncomfortable, pre-Saturday Night Live mix of youthful comedy and popular music – is worth watching if only for its noble attempt to do what it did before what it did was done right. This ABC variety … Continue reading

Curious George (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Curious George (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

CURIOUS GEORGE  (2006) Featuring the voices of Drew Barrymore, Shane Baumel, David Cross, Will Ferrell, Hailey Noelle Johnson, Eugene Levy, Nadia Lewis, Ed O’Ross, Joan Plowright, Dick Van Dyke and Frank Welker. Screenplay by Ken Kaufman. Directed by Matthew O’Callaghan. Distributed by Universal Pictures.  77 minutes.  Rated G. Between the sometimes overwhelmingly stuffed frames of … Continue reading

Anthony Hopkins – The World’s Humblest Thespian
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Anthony Hopkins – The World’s Humblest Thespian

Anthony Hopkins The World’s Humblest Thespian by Jay S. Jacobs You don’t want to upset Anthony Hopkins, do you? Then, whatever you do, don’t ask him to recite a certain famous line of his. “They want me to do the fava bean speech all the time,” the acclaimed actor acknowledges, laughing. “If someone comes up … Continue reading