West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Edition (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on November 15, 2011 by popenterta • Leave a comment

WEST SIDE STORY: 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION (1961) Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Simon Oakland, Ned Glass, William Bramley, Tucker Smith, Tony Mordente, David Winters, Eliot Feld, Bert Michaels, David Bean, Robert Banas, Scooter Teague, Harvey Hohnecker, Tommy Abbott, Susan Oakes, Gina Trikonis, Carole D’Andrea, Jose De Vega, Jay Norman, … Continue reading →

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Josh Hartnett Pulls the Strings with Bunraku

Posted on September 28, 2011 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Josh Hartnett Pulls the Strings with Bunraku by Brad Balfour The California-born Josh Hartnett had developed a steady career appearing in such Hollywood films as The Faculty, Black Hawk Down, Lucky Number Slevin and Pearl Harbor. In 2002, he starred in an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Othello, O, set in an American high school, as Hugo – the film’s version of Iago. … Continue reading →

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Step Up 3D (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on December 10, 2010 by popenterta • Leave a comment

STEP UP 3D (2010) Starring Rick Malambri, Adam G. Sevani, Sharni Vinson, Alyson Stoner, Keith “Remedy” Stallworth, Kendra Andrews, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Martín Lombard, Facundo Lombard, Oren ‘Flearock’ Michaeli, Joe Slaughter, Daniel ‘Cloud’ Campos, Harry Shum Jr., Jason Etter and Kathy Najimy. Screenplay by Amy Andelson & Emily Meyer. Directed by Jon M. Chu. Distributed … Continue reading →

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Jude Law – Tony or Not Tony, That is the Question

Posted on June 11, 2010 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Jude Law Tony or Not Tony, That is the Question by Brad Balfour With the Tony Awards taking place Sunday, June 13, 2010, the Broadway award season will be over – so nominee Jude Law spoke about his expectations and insights, both in his respective shows and in the season in general. This season has a few … Continue reading →

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Steph Green – Living on the Short Circuit

Posted on February 11, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Steph Green Living on the Short Circuit by Jay S. Jacobs It’s not like film directors just appear working feature films with no prior experience. Most great directors have gotten their feet wet working on short films: including Steven Spielberg (“Amblin’”), Martin Scorsese (“What’s A Nice Girl Like You Doing In A Place Like This?”), … Continue reading →

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Sweet Land (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on July 10, 2007 by popenterta • Leave a comment

SWEET LAND (2007) Starring Elisabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Alan Cumming, Lois Smith, Ned Beatty, John Heard, Tom Gilroy, Alex Kingston, Robert Hogan, Karen Landry, Patrick Heusinger and Paul Sand. Screenplay by Ali Selim. Directed by Ali Selim. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 110 minutes. Rated PG. Hollywood does not make enough films that can literally … Continue reading →

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Salma Hayek Talks Tough and Acts with Vulnerability

Posted on March 11, 2006 by popenterta • Leave a comment

SALMA HAYEK TALKS TOUGH AND ACTS WITH VULNERABILITY By Brad Balfour Wow, can you believe it? Salma Hayek is turning 40 in September. Yet for her to do this interview while battling a cold, you would never believe she was hitting the big four zero, let alone be in her 30s. That’s why, when you see … Continue reading →

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Atom Egoyan – Finding the Truth in Directing

Posted on October 22, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

ATOM EGOYAN FINDING THE TRUTH IN DIRECTING by Brad Balfour For Canadian director Atom Egoyan creating Where the Truth Lies offered a challenge of constructing something that was almost a genre film but not quite. Wrestling with musician/composer Rupert Holmes’ novel of the same name, Egoyan takes a story that plays on the conventions of the classic … Continue reading →

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Curtis Hanson – The Director Steps Into a Woman’s World

Posted on October 15, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Curtis HANSON The director steps into a WOMAN’S WORLD by Brad BALFOUR Veteran director Curtis Hanson loves to confound people. As the Oscar-winning director of L.A. Confidential, who would have thought he would take on a project like 8 Mile – the fictionalized telling of cross-over rapper Eminem’s rise to success in the Detroit ghetto. Yet now he again defies expectations of him by doing … Continue reading →

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Joshua Malina – Hail to the Chief

Posted on May 14, 2003 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Joshua Malina Hail to the Chief by Jay S. Jacobs There are lots of ways that people go about trying to get their first big break in acting. Some people kill themselves working a minimum wage job while floating from audition to audition. Some try other arts, like music or modeling, as an entrance. Some people sit on a stool in … Continue reading →

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