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Childstar (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on October 8, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

CHILDSTAR (2005) Starring Don McKellar, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mark Rendall, Dave Foley, Kristin Adams, Brendan Fehr, Michael Murphy, Peter Paige, Alan Thicke, Gil Bellows, Noam Jenkins, Toby Proctor and Eric Stoltz. Screenplay by Don McKellar and Michael Goldbach. Directed by Don McKellar. Distributed by Sundance Channel Home Entertainment. 99 minutes. Rated R. There are few … Continue reading →

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Candid Camera – Five Decades of Smiles (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on October 5, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Candid Camera Five Decades of Smiles (Rhino Video-2005) Candid Camera – the original reality show – began life on radio as Candid Microphone in 1947, at the dawn of the television age. Its creator, Allen Funt, would spend the rest of his life championing this can’t-miss concept, making it the longest-running entertainment program in history – with good reason. … Continue reading →

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El Crimen Ferpecto (The Perfect Crime) (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on October 4, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

EL CRIMEN FERPECTO (THE PERFECT CRIME) (2005) Starring Guillermo Toledo, Mónica Cervera, Luis Varela, Fernando Tejero, Kira Miró, Enrique Villén, Alicia Andújar, Eduardo Gómez, Javier Gutiérez, Montse Mostaza, Gracia Olayo, Isabel Osca, Rosario Pardo, Manuel Tallafé, Penélope Velasco, Juan Viadas, Gerard Casau, Hilario Pino, Óscar Sueiro and Javier J. Valencia. Screenplay by Jorge Guerricaechevarría and … Continue reading →

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George Clooney, David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson and Grant Heslov – Patriotic Acts

Posted on October 1, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

George Clooney, David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson and Grant Heslov Patriotic Acts by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2005 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: October 1, 2005. The word legendary is tossed about way too cavalierly, however Edward R. Murrow is legitimately a legend of television broadcasting. The newsman took his radio fame (from his current affairs show … Continue reading →

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Richard Lewis is No Longer in Pain … Well Sort of …

Posted on October 1, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Richard Lewis is No Longer in Pain … Well Sort of … by Ronald Sklar “It wasn’t a very romantic proposal,” Richard Lewis tells me about how he offered to tie the knot with his wife. “It wasn’t in front of the Eiffel Tower. In fact, it was in the bedroom — I had tall … Continue reading →

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Las Vegas – Season One Uncut & Uncensored (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on September 30, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Las Vegas Season One – Uncut & Uncensored (Universal/NBC-2004) As glittery, fast-paced, fun and frantic as the city that inspires it, the series Las Vegas is an overwhelming triumph of style over substance. Full of greed, action, jackpots, neon lights and beautiful women and men, the show is as good an advertisement for the gambling capital as … Continue reading →

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Nine Lives (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on September 30, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

NINE LIVES (2005) Starring Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, K. Callan, Elpidia Carrillo, Glenn Close, Stephen Dillane, Dakota Fanning, William Fichtner, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Holly Hunter, Jason Isaacs, Joe Mantegna, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Mary Kay Place, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Lawrence Pressman, Aidan Quinn, Miguel Sandoval, Amanda Seyfried, Sissy Spacek and Robin Wright Penn. Screenplay by … Continue reading →

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Peter Falk Reveals a Few Things

Posted on September 28, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

PETER FALK REVEALS A FEW THINGS by Brad Balfour Though by now veteran actor Peter Falk may always be playing a bit of Peter Falk in every role he does, that archetype works perfectly well when he plays the oh-so-Jewish father in Paul Reiser’s feature, The Thing About My Folks. If any movie does a classic riff on the … Continue reading →

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Sir Ben Kingsley Travels Through Time as Two Very Different Characters

Posted on September 24, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

SIR BEN KINGSLEY TRAVELS THROUGH TIME AS TWO VERY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS by Brad Balfour While veteran actor Sir Ben Kingsley remains one of our greatest working thespians–having accrued numerous Academy nominations and won an Oscar for Gandhi – he rarely has two films with such different roles being released virtually at the same time. In Peter … Continue reading →

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Perry King – A Different Story