Rod Stewart Storyteller – The Complete Anthology 1964-1990 (Warner Brothers 9 25987-2) ©1990 Description: It may just seem like Rod Stewart has been around forever. This box set makes it even seem more to be so. It is a long… and somehow in four disks rather lean… show of a distinguished career. What’s Good About … Continue reading
Freddie Got Fingered (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
FREDDY GOT FINGERED (2001) Starring Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlin, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Harland Williams, Anthony Michael Hall, Julie Hagerty and Drew Barrymore. Screenplay by Tom Green and Derek Harvie. Directed by Tom Green. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 87 minutes. Rated R. Do you remember the worst film you ever saw? Well, that … Continue reading
You’re Never Alone With… Ian Hunter
You’re Never Alone With… Ian Hunter by Ken Sharp After a long hiatus from recording, ex-Mott The Hoople frontman Ian Hunter is back, all guns blazing, with one of the best records of his career, Rant. We spoke with Ian Hunter about thirty years of rock and roll service. Rant is one of this year’s … Continue reading
Bridget Jones’s Diary (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY (2001) Starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Paul Brooke, Felicity Montagu, Shirley Henderson, Sally Phillips and James Callis. Screenplay by Helen Fielding, Andrew Davies and Richard Curtis. Directed by Sharon Maguire. Distributed by Miramax Pictures. 98 minutes. Rated R. Renée Zellweger is the biggest of many good … Continue reading
Blow (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BLOW (2001) Starring Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens, Franka Potente, Jordi Molla, Miquel Sandoval, Max Perlich, Bob Goldthwait, Michael Tucci and James King. Screenplay by David McKenna and Nick Cassavettes. Directed by Ted Demme. Distributed by New Line Pictures. 124 minutes. Rated R. There is a long tradition in Hollywood … Continue reading
Heartbreakers (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
HEARTBREAKERS (2001) Starring Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Jeffrey Jones, Nora Dunn, Anne Bancroft, Julio Oscar Machoso, Ricky Jay, Shawn Colvin, Carrie Fisher, Kevin Nealon and Elya Baskin. Screenplay by Robert Dunn, Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur. Directed by David Mirkin. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. 123 minutes. Rated PG-13. … Continue reading
Jill Sobule – Too Cool…
Jill Sobule Too Cool… by Jay S. Jacobs It’s Friday evening at the Upstage; a new Philadelphia venue built in a beautiful old bank building that has been used as a Goth nightclub for the last several years. Lloyd Cole, the Scottish cult-singer who turned some heads with his 80s band the Commotions, is unpacking … Continue reading
See Spot Run (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SEE SPOT RUN (2001) Starring David Arquette, Leslie Bibb, Michael Clarke Duncan, Anthony Anderson, Paul Sorvino, Joe Viterelli, Angus T. Jones, Steve Schirripa, Kimberly Hawthorne and Constance Marie. Screenplay by Dan Baron. Directed by John Whitesell. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 95 minutes. Rated PG-13. See Spot Run. Run, Spot, run! See the hideous movie … Continue reading
Hannibal (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
HANNIBAL (2001) Starring Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Giancarlo Giannini, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, Frankie R. Faison, Francesca Neri, Zeljko Ivanek, Hazelle Goodman, David Andrews and Francis Guinan. Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and David Mamet. Directed by Ridley Scott. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. 131 minutes. Rated R. A lot of people said that Jodie Foster and … Continue reading
Saving Silverman (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SAVING SILVERMAN (2001) Starring Jason Biggs, Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Amanda Peet, Amanda Detmer, R. Lee Ermey and Neil Diamond. Screenplay by Hank Nelken and Greg DePaul. Directed by Dennis Dugan. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. This movie is a train-wreck in so many ways that I don’t even know where to … Continue reading