Rosamund Pike United She Stands by Jay S. Jacobs It’s Sunday afternoon at the Peninsula Hotel on Fifth Avenue in New York. Actress Rosamund Pike has come down with a terrible cold. She has developed a case of laryngitis, her voice a hoarse croak, while on the road for a publicity tour for her film … Continue reading
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Carol (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CAROL (2015) Starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, Carrie Brownstein, Cory Michael Smith, John Magaro, Kevin Crowley, Nik Pajic, Trent Rowland, Sadie Heim, KK Heim, Amy Warner, Michael Haney, Wendy Lardin, Pamela Evans Haynes, Greg Violand and Michael Ward. Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy. Directed by Todd Haynes. Distributed by The … Continue reading
Reese Witherspoon Finds New Life In Making Wild
Reese Witherspoon Finds New Life In Making Wild by Brad Balfour Along with Wild‘s author Cheryl Strayed, co-star Laura Dern, and producing partner Bruna Papandrea, Reese Witherspoon made appearances throughout New York when the film version of Wild was first released in December. The 38-year-old actress came to Fox Searchlight’s Christmas reception for media and … Continue reading
Still Alice (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
STILL ALICE (2015) Starring Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish, Victoria Cartagena, Erin Drake, Shane McRae, Stephen Kunken, Seth Gilliam, Erin Darke, Daniel Gerroll, Orlagh Cassidy, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Maxine Prescott, Rosa Arredondo, Caleb Freundlich and Charlotte Robson. Screenplay by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. Directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash … Continue reading
Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Genova & Wash Westmoreland Stare Down a Debilitating Disease with Still Alice
Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Lisa Genova & Wash Westmoreland Stare Down a Debilitating Disease with Still Alice by Jay S. Jacobs It is pretty much agreed that Julianne Moore is one of a handful of the finest actresses working in film. Therefore it is even more shocking that she has never won an … Continue reading
Sandra Bullock, Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman & Jonás Cuarón – Defying and Defining Gravity
Sandra Bullock, Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman & Jonás Cuarón – Defying and Defining Gravity by Jay S. Jacobs Even before she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Blind Side in 2010, Sandra Bullock was happy to take chances when taking on a role. However, never in her long and varied career has she gotten … Continue reading
Michael Haneke – Makes A Loving Statement in Amour
Michael Haneke Makes A Loving Statement in Amour by Brad Balfour A cultivated couple in their 80s, retired music teachers Georges and Anne have a nice apartment in a fine Parisian neighborhood. One night, after seeing a former student perform, Anne blanks out at home, presaging the condition to come. Afterwards, surgery to correct her blocked … Continue reading
Quvenzhané Wallis – The Young Actress Gets Playful in Beasts of The Southern Wild
Quvenzhané Wallis The Young Actress Gets Playful in Beasts of The Southern Wild by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2013 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: February 12. 2013. They’re getting younger and younger these days – precocious stars who make their first movies before hitting puberty, garnering awards and accolades they don’t even quite comprehend. That’s certainly the … Continue reading
Michelle Williams – Her Uncanny Performance in My Week With Marilyn Turns Heads and Wins Award Noms
Michelle Williams Her Uncanny Performance in My Week With Marilyn Turns Heads and Wins Award Noms by Brad Balfour Who knew that when actress Michelle Williams first appeared as the bad girl in Dawson’s Creek, she would have the uncanny good sense to take on roles which offered her real challenges? From a supporting part in Brokeback Mountain to the lead in Wendy and … Continue reading
Melissa Leo – Down by the Frozen River
Melissa Leo Down by the Frozen River by Brad Balfour There was early Oscar® buzz about the work veteran actress Melissa Leo has done in Frozen River ever since the feature won last year’s Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for director Courtney Hunt (her feature film debut). Now, of course, her first nomination for Best Actress … Continue reading