Detention (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Detention (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

DETENTION (2011) Starring David Carradine, Preston Jones, Alexa Jago, Billy Aaron Brown, Michael Mitchell, Rachel Sterling, Thomas Calabro, Zelda Williams, Lil J, Maitland McConnell, Catherine Combs, Jeremy Luc and John Capodice. Screenplay by James D.R. Hickox and Stephen Johnston. Directed by James D.R. Hickox. Distributed by American World Pictures.  81 minutes.  Not Rated. Detention certainly is … Continue reading

Bereavement (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Bereavement (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

BEREAVEMENT (2011) Starring Alexandra Daddario, Michael Biehn, Brett Rickaby,  Spencer List, Nolan Gerard Funk, Peyton List, John Savage, Kathryn Meisle, Ashley Wolfe, Greg Wood, Tom McNutt, Jonathan Walker, Jamie Farrell, Shannon Lambert-Ryan and Matthew Mindler. Screenplay by Stevan Mena. Directed by Stevan Mena. Distributed by Crimson Films.  107 minutes.  Not Rated. Bereavement unblinkingly takes on a … Continue reading

Another Happening from Director M. Night Shyamalan
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Another Happening from Director M. Night Shyamalan

Another Happening from Director M. Night Shyamalan by Brad Balfour Like his work or not, director M. Night Shyamalan employs big ideas and challenges himself and his viewers with unusual and dark storylines with the framework to express them. After his incredible success with The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs, he was hailed as a youthful wunderkind with a … Continue reading

Descent (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Descent (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

DESCENT (2007) Starring Rosario Dawson, Chad Faust, Marcus Patrick, Christopher DiBlasio, Vanessa Ferlito, Spencer Grammer, Jacqueline Duprey, Alexie Gilmore, Melissa Gallo, Connor Fux, Sergia Louise Anderson, Scott Bailey, John Budinoff, Isabel Dawson and Tracie Thoms. Screenplay by Talia Lugacy. Directed by Talia Lugacy. Distributed by City Lights Pictures.  110 minutes.  Rated NC-17. In the carnival … Continue reading

Peter Stickles – Something in the Lair
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Peter Stickles – Something in the Lair

Peter Stickles Something in the Lair by Ronald Sklar Photography by Eugene Gallegos When New-York-based actor Peter Stickles yearned for a role he could sink his teeth into, he wasn’t just whistling “Dixie.” As the lead vampire in the new Here TV drama The Lair, Stickles plays a vampire so evil that his name is Damian. … Continue reading

Wes Craven – The Legendary Horror Director Still Has Eyes
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Wes Craven – The Legendary Horror Director Still Has Eyes

Wes Craven The Legendary Horror Director Still Has Eyes by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2007 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Posted: March 30, 2007. What a long, strange cinematic life Wes Craven has had. From his start with the ground-breaking gore fest, Last House on The Left, to The Swamp Thing to A Nightmare on Elm Street, … Continue reading

David Cronenberg – A Director Looks at Violent America
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David Cronenberg – A Director Looks at Violent America

DAVID CRONENBERG A DIRECTOR LOOKS AT VIOLENT AMERICA by Brad Balfour Now transformed from a horror genre master (Rabid, The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome) to a full-blown, critically acclaimed and analyzed auteur, Toronto-based director David Cronenberg finally has made A History of Violence – the film that may be the Oscar-garnering capper of his career. With Cronenberg having … Continue reading

High Tension (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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High Tension (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

HIGH TENSION (HAUTE TENSION) (2005) Starring Cécile DeFrance, Maïwenn, Phillippe Nahon, Franck Khalfoun, Andrei Finti, Oana Pellea, Marco Claudiu Pascu, Jean-Claude de Goros, Bodgan Uritescu and Gabriel Spaihu. Screenplay by Alexandre Aja and Gregory Levasseur. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Distributed by Lion’s Gate Films.  89 minutes.  Rated R. The French aren’t really known for absurdly … Continue reading

Cécile De France – In a Tense Moment
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Cécile De France – In a Tense Moment

CÉCILE DE FRANCE IN A TENSE MOMENT By Brad Balfour With high cheek bones and rich full lips, 30-year-old actress Cécile De France has been dubbed one of the next big things to come out of France recently. The character she plays in the just released slasher/psycho killer flick High Tension might shock people into believing that. Though … Continue reading

Sarah Michelle Gellar – Gets Under the Skin In the Grudge
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Sarah Michelle Gellar – Gets Under the Skin In the Grudge

SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR GETS UNDER THE SKIN IN THE GRUDGE by Brad Balfour Ever since she was discovered by an agent at age four, New York born and bred Sarah Michelle Gellar has been in spotlight from doing commercials, as the groundbreaking star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and film star (Cruel Intentions/I Know What You Did Last Summer). … Continue reading