BEE GEES – IN OUR OWN TIME (2010) Featuring Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb (archival footage) & Andy Gibb (archival footage). Directed by Skot Bright. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 116 minutes. Not Rated. Over thirty years on from their blindingly bright supernova of stardom, in which the Bee Gees rivaled the Beatles for … Continue reading
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Catfish (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CATFISH (2010) Featuring Yaniv Schulman, Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost, Angela Wesselman, Vincent Wesselman and Abby Wesselman. Directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman. Distributed by Rogue Pictures. 94 minutes. Rated PG-13. Ever since The Blair Witch Project became a surprise hit over ten years ago, there have been periodic similar films made – mostly in the horror genre, … Continue reading
Anders Østergaard – Doc Director’s Powerful Burma VJ Gets an Oscar Nom
Doc Director’s Powerful Burma VJ Gets an Oscar Nom by Brad Balfour When Danish documentarian Anders Østergaard took on the challenge to make Burma VJ, he had no idea how much he would advance the cause of citizen journalism. A collective of 30 anonymous and underground video journalists (VJs), The Democratic Voice of Burma, recorded the 100,000+ protestors … Continue reading
Director John Walter – Talkin’ About a Theater of War and Meryl Streep
Director John Walter Talkin’ About a Theater of War and Meryl Streep by Brad Balfour While Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep garners attention for her role as the authoritarian nun in Doubt, another film – the doc Theater of War out now – offers insight into Steep as an actress, and it grapples with the nature of war as … Continue reading
Johnny Cash’s America (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
JOHNNY CASH’S AMERICA (2008) Featuring Johnny Cash (archival footage), June Carter Cash (archival footage), Rosanne Cash, Cindy Cash, John Carter Cash, Joanne Cash, Rick Rubin, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Al Gore, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Snoop Dogg, Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle, John Mellencamp, Vince Gill, Ozzy Osborne, Rep. Lamar Alexander and Tim Robbins. Narrated by … Continue reading
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER* (2008) Featuring Christopher Bell, Mike “Mad Dog” Bell, Mark “Smelly” Bell, Rosemary Bell, Sheldon Bell, Donald Hooton, Floyd Landis, Carl Lewis, Ben Johnson, Jay Cutler, Lyle Alzado, George W. Bush, Barry Bonds, Hulk Hogan, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Written by Christopher Bell, Alex Buono and Tamsin Rawady. Directed by Christopher Bell. … Continue reading
Michael Moore Heats up the Debate with SiCKO
Michael Moore Heats up the Debate with SiCKO by Brad Balfour What can be said about the 53-year-old Michael Moore that hasn’t been said before? He’s probably one of the first documentary directors – if not the first – to become a household word in his own right, almost a celebrity who commands gossip-porn coverage … Continue reading
Air Guitar Nation (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
AIR GUITAR NATION (2007) Featuring David “C. Diddy” Jung, Dan “Björn Türoque” Crane, Hadia “Jam Toast” Ackerman, Lance “The Shred” Kasten, Ryan Kelly, John “Johnny Rocket” Fillon, Ralph “Rufus Sewer” Martin, John Daniel Harding Jr., Lucy “Snatchface” Harrison, Rory “Air Do Well” O’Flaherty, Craig “Czar” Zahler, Paul Fichera, Erika Szanto, Elena Berkowitz, Melinda Murphy, Julie … Continue reading
Pauley Perrette – NCIS Punk
Pauley Perrette NCIS Punk by Jay S. Jacobs When you think of scientists in the Naval police corps, do you picture someone in pitch-black retro clothes, with goth boots, spider-web tattoos and with a serious caffeine addiction? If you do, chances are that notion is thanks to Pauley Perrette. Perrette plays Abby, the overstimulated-but-quite-brilliant lab worker on … Continue reading
Spike Lee – Knows What It Means to Miss New Orleans
Spike Lee Knows What It Means to Miss New Orleans by Jay S. Jacobs Spike Lee has experienced many things in the twenty years since he exploded out of NYU with She’s Gotta Have It and Do the Right Thing. His films have looked unflinchingly at some of the most polarizing subjects of modern life; race relations, drug abuse, … Continue reading