My Sister’s Keeper (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on November 16, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

MY SISTER’S KEEPER (2009) Starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, Jason Patric, Alec Baldwin, Evan Ellingson, Joan Cusack, Heather Wahlquist, Thomas Dekker, David Thornton, E.G. Daily and Emily Deschanel. Screenplay by Jeremy Leven and Nick Cassavetes. Directed by Nick Cassavetes. Distributed by New Line Cinema. 109 minutes. Rated PG-13. Though I do appreciate a … Continue reading →

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Richard Curtis – The King of Romantic Comedy Embraces His First Love with Pirate Radio

Posted on November 13, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Richard Curtis The King of Romantic Comedy Embraces His First Love with Pirate Radio by Jay S. Jacobs Richard Curtis is mostly known in the US for his romantic comedies. That is only natural; the man has penned some of the great romances of the last two decades – movies which were wonderfully British and … Continue reading →

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Pirate Radio (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on November 13, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

PIRATE RADIO (2009) Starring Tom Sturridge, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Talulah Riley, January Jones, Rhys Darby, Chris O’Dowd and Emma Thompson. Screenplay by Richard Curtis. Directed by Richard Curtis. Distributed by Focus Features. 129 minutes. Rated R. Although Richard Curtis is best known in the US as the … Continue reading →

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Up (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on November 10, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

UP (2009) Featuring the voices of Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo, Jerome Ranft, John Ratzenberger, David Kaye, Elie Docter and Jeremy Leary. Screenplay by Jeremy Leary. Directed by Pete Docter. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 96 minutes. Rated PG. Pixar just keeps upping the ante with their films. You keep … Continue reading →

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Paranormal Activity (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on November 5, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (2009) Starring Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong, Randy McDowell, Ashley Palmer and Tim Piper. Screenplay by Oren Peli. Directed by Oren Peli. Distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. 99 minutes. Rated R. Somewhere in the mania to build a gorier mousetrap, the makers of horror films forgot one very basic truism: what … Continue reading →

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More Than This – The Roxy Music Story (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)

Posted on October 31, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

MORE THAN THIS – THE ROXY MUSIC STORY (2009) Featuring Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay, Brian Eno, Paul Thomson, Eddie Jobson, Gary Tibbs, Chris Thomas, Rhett Davies, Bob Clearmountain, Siouxsie Sioux, John Taylor, Martyn Ware, Steve Jones, Nile Rodgers, Goldfrapp and Bono. Directed by Bob Smeaton. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 54 minutes. Not … Continue reading →

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Orphan (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on October 23, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

ORPHAN (2009) Starring Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, Jimmy Bennett, Aryana Engineer, Margo Martindale, Karel Roden, Rosemary Dunsmore, Jamie Young, Lorry Ayers, Brendan Wall and Genelle Williams. Screenplay by David Leslie Johnson. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures. 123 minutes. Rated R. Poor Vera Farmiga. This is the second … Continue reading →

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Derek Luke – Finds That Working on Television Doesn’t Have to Be Traumatic

Posted on October 18, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Derek Luke Finds That Working on Television Doesn’t Have to Be Traumatic by Jay S. Jacobs In recent years, more and more actors are making the leap from feature films to television. What once had been a bit of a taboo has exploded, with many name movie actors finding stimulating work on series television – … Continue reading →

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Turning Green (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on October 18, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

TURNING GREEN (2005) Starring Timothy Hutton, Colm Meaney, Alessandro Nivola, Donal Gallery, Killian Morgan, Jill Harding, Billie Traynor, Brid Ni Chionaola, Deirdre Monaghan, Glenn Gannon, Gavin O’Connor, Sinead C. Kavanagh and Katherine Kendall. Screenplay by Michael Aimette and John G. Hoffman. Directed by Michael Aimette and John G. Hoffman. Distributed by New Films International. 85 … Continue reading →

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The Proposal (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on October 13, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

THE PROPOSAL (2009) Starring Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Betty White, Denis O’Hare, Malin Akerman, Oscar Nuñez, Aasif Mandvi and Niecy Nash. Screenplay by Pete Chiarelli. Directed by Anne Fletcher. Distributed by Touchstone Pictures. 108 minutes. Rated PG-13. A movie like The Proposal tends to cause a moral dilemma for a movie reviewer. … Continue reading →

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