Trouble With the Curve (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
Drama / Movie Reviews / Movies / Pop Culture / Reviews / Video / Video Reviews

Trouble With the Curve (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE (2012) Starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard, Robert Patrick, Chelcie Ross, Ed Lauter, Scott Eastwood, Raymond Anthony Thomas, Bob Gunton, Clifton Guterman, George Wyner, Jack Gilpin and Matt Bush. Screenplay by Randy Brown. Directed by Robert Lorenz. Distributed by Warner Bros. 111 minutes. Rated PG-13. After … Continue reading

Invictus (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
Drama / Movie Reviews / Movies / Politics / Pop Culture / Reviews / Sports / Video / Video Reviews

Invictus (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

INVICTUS (2009) Starring Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng, Matt Stern, Julian Lewis Jones, Adjoa Andoh, Marguerite Wheatley, Leleti Khumalo, Patrick Lyster, Penny Downie, Sibongile Nojila, Bonnie Henna, McNeil Hendricks and Scott Eastwood. Screenplay by Anthony Peckham. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Distributed by Warner Bros Pictures.  134 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Invictus had the potential … Continue reading

Gran Torino (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
Drama / Movie Reviews / Movies / Pop Culture / Reviews / Video / Video Reviews

Gran Torino (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

GRAN TORINO (2008) Starring Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Christopher Carley, Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes, Dreama Walker, Brian Howe, John Carroll Lynch, William Hill, Chee Thao and Doua Moua. Screenplay by Nick Schenk. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Distributed by Warner Bros.  116 minutes.  Rated R. Word is the Gran Torino may be screen legend’s final ride … Continue reading

Clint Eastwood Becomes a Changeling
Actors / Directors / Drama / Films / Interviews / Movies / Mystery / Oscar Nominees / Politics / Pop Culture / Psychology / Video

Clint Eastwood Becomes a Changeling

Clint Eastwood Becomes a Changeling by Brad Balfour An avowed Republican in Hollywood is nearly as rare as the giant Comodo Dragon — and they’ve had the spiteful bite of one as well.  But with Barack Obama’s victory, they’ve made themselves pretty scarce since election day. Hell, even a straight-shooting, no bullshitter like Clint Eastwood — long known as … Continue reading

Emmy Rossum – Can’t Slow Her Down
Actresses / Interviews / Movies / Music / Music Videos / Musicals / Opera / Pop Culture / Rock & Roll / Singers / Soul / Television / Video

Emmy Rossum – Can’t Slow Her Down

Emmy Rossum Can’t Slow Her Down by Jay S. Jacobs When you’ve spent most of your life working to make a name in one field, it takes a certain leap of faith to put it on hold to try something different, just when your career has taken off. Emmy Rossum has taken that leap. At … Continue reading

Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless – She’s Lacey and She’s Cagney
Actresses / Classic Television / Drama / Interviews / Mystery / Pop Culture / Television / Video

Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless – She’s Lacey and She’s Cagney

Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless She’s Lacey and She’s Cagney by Jay S. Jacobs It was a series that broke all the rules.  A cop drama in which the two leads were both women – looking at the personal and professional lives of two women making their way in a man’s world and not only keeping up, but … Continue reading

Flags of Our Fathers (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
Drama / Movie Reviews / Movies / Oscar Nominees / Politics / Pop Culture / Reviews / Video / Video Reviews

Flags of Our Fathers (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS  (2006) Starring Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Barry Pepper, John Benjamin Hickey, John Slattery, Jamie Bell, Paul Walker, Robert Patrick, Neil McDonough, Melanie Lynskey, Tom McCarthy, Judith Ivey, George Grizzard, Harve Presnell, Len Cariou, Gordon Clapp, Tom Verica, David Clennon and David Rasche. Screenplay by William Broyles, Jr. and Paul … Continue reading

Ken Watanabe – Cinematic Survivor
Actors / Drama / Interviews / Movies / Oscar Nominees / Pop Culture / Video

Ken Watanabe – Cinematic Survivor

KEN WATANABE CINEMATIC SURVIVOR by Brad Balfour With Oscar-nominated Japanese actor Ken Watanabe playing General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima, director Clint Eastwood assured audiences that he employed a actor equal in stature to the commander who held the island of Iwo Jima for several weeks against overwhelming odds. The Battle of Iwo Jima … Continue reading

Hilary Swank – Hitting a Million
Actresses / Drama / Interviews / Movies / Oscar Nominees / Pop Culture / Sports / Video

Hilary Swank – Hitting a Million

Hilary Swank Hitting a Million by Brad Balfour When actress Hilary Swank won her Oscar for the indie film Boys Don’t Cry, it was feared she’d be cursed with too much success too early in her career. But given her exemplary performance as boxer wanna-be Maggie Fitzgerald in the Clint Eastwood-directed Million Dollar Baby, she’s proven to … Continue reading

Million Dollar Baby (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
Drama / Movie Reviews / Movies / Oscar Nominees / Pop Culture / Reviews / Sports / Video / Video Reviews

Million Dollar Baby (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2005) Starring Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker, Bryan O’Byrne, Anthony Mackie, Margo Martindale, Riki Lindhome, Michael Peña, Benito Martinez, Bruce MacVittie, David Powledge, Joe D’Angerio, Miguel Peréz and Morgan Eastwood. Screenplay by Paul Haggis. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Distributed by Warner Bros. 137 minutes. Rated … Continue reading