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Star Wars – The Phantom Menace (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on May 16, 1999 by popenterta • Leave a comment

STAR WARS EPISODE 1-THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) Starring Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Samuel L. Jackson, Terence Stamp, Ray Park, Ahmed Best, Anthony Daniels, Brian Blessed, Kenny Baker and Ian McDiarmid. Screenplay by George Lucas. Directed by George Lucas. Distributed by 20th Century Fox Pictures. 133 minutes. Rated PG. Okay. I admit … Continue reading →

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Notting Hill (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on May 13, 1999 by popenterta • Leave a comment

NOTTING HILL (1999) Starring Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus, Rhys Ifans, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, Emma Chambers, Emily Mortimer, Lorelei King, John Shrapnel, Roger Frost, Dylan Moran and Alec Baldwin. Screenplay by Richard Curtis. Directed by Roger Michell. Distributed by Polygram Films. 124 minutes. Rated PG-13. It is not easy … Continue reading →

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Election (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on May 5, 1999 by popenterta • Leave a comment

ELECTION (1999) Starring Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein, Loren Nelson, Phil Reeves, Emily Martin, Molly Hagan and Colleen Camp. Screenplay by Alexander Payne. Directed by Alexander Payne. Distributed by MTV Pictures. 103 minutes. Rated R. It’s always nice surprise when a film comes out that actually has some intelligent ideas. So much so that … Continue reading →

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Entrapment (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on April 30, 1999 by popenterta • Leave a comment

ENTRAPMENT (1999) Starring Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rames, Will Patton, Maury Chaykin, Kevin McNally, Terry O’Neill, Madhav Sharma, David Yip, Tim Potter, Eric Meyers, Aaron Swartz and William Marsh. Screenplay by Ron Bass and William Broyles. Directed by Jon Amiel. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 113 minutes. Rated PG-13. This movie takes that old … Continue reading →

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Gregg Oppenheimer – He Loves Lucy

Posted on April 28, 1999 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Gregg Oppenheimer He Loves Lucy by Ronald Sklar Dig this if you can. It’s a Monday night in 1954 and you want to go clothes shopping. Forget it, daddy-o. All the stores in town are closed for the evening and you look like a damned fool for being the only idiot walking the streets. And … Continue reading →

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Peabo Bryson – Unconditional Love (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Posted on April 27, 1999 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Peabo Bryson – Unconditional Love (Private Music) On the first new disk in five years by the soul balladeer extraordinaire, it seems like time has stood still. It is amazing how Unconditional Love feels completely contemporary and yet holds the seductive allure of Bryson’s older work. Bryson’s smooth soul love songs still put the wannabes out now to … Continue reading →

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Peabo Bryson – Feel The Fire

Posted on April 26, 1999 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Peabo Bryson Feel The Fire by Jay S. Jacobs The first time I listened to Peabo Bryson’s music – I mean really listened to it – was the spring of 1984. I was at Pennsylvania State University on a date with Denise, a girl with whom I thought I might just be in love. Before going out, … Continue reading →

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Lost and Found (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on April 23, 1999 by popenterta • Leave a comment

LOST AND FOUND (1998) Starring David Spade, Sophie Marceau, Patrick Bruel, Artie Lange, Mitchell Whitfield, Martin Sheen, Ever Carradine, Stephanie Chang, Neal MacMillan, Lloyd Garroway, Estelle Harris, Marla Gibbs, Rose Marie, Frankie Muniz, Jon Lovitz, Jm J. Bullock and Phil Leeds. Screenplay by J.B. Cooks, Marc Meeks and David Spade. Directed by Jeff Pollack. Distributed … Continue reading →

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The Out-Of-Towners (A PopEntertainment com Movie Review)

Posted on April 2, 1999 by popenterta • Leave a comment

THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS (1999) Starring Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, John Cleese, Mark McKinney, Oliver Hudson, Valerie Perri, Steve Mittleman, Randall Arney, Carlease Burke, Christopher Durang, Mo Gaffney, Josh Mostel, Gregory Jbara, Cynthia Nixon, Joseph Maher, Ernie Sabella, William Deull, Joe Grifasi and Rudolph W. Giuliani. Screenplay by Marc Lawrence. Directed by Sam Weisman. Distributed by Paramount … Continue reading →

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Cookie’s Fortune (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)