FROST/NIXON (2008) Starring Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Sam Rockwell, Oliver Platt, Matthew Macfayden, Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Andy Milder, Kate Jennings Grant, Gabriel Jarret, Jim Meskimen, Geoffrey Blake, Clint Howard and Patty McCormack. Screenplay by Peter Morgan. Directed by Ron Howard. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 122 minutes. Rated R. The lessons that the … Continue reading
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Various Artists – The Best of Bond… James Bond (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Various Artists – The Best of Bond… James Bond (Verve) The music behind James Bond has always been part of the allure of the super-spy, a loungy, seductive musical canon tailor-made to naked women dancing in silhouette behind the opening credits – vaguely suggesting danger and the good life. As the Bond film series approaches its 50th anniversary, … Continue reading
Lucy Woodward Is Gonna Get You
Lucy Woodward Is Gonna Get You by Jay S. Jacobs If you really want to get Lucy Woodward hot and bothered, all you have to do is bring her… cheese? “Love gets me hot and bothered. [And] I guess, cheese…,” Woodward laughs as we sit together in a Cosi coffee shop in the Olde City section … Continue reading
The X-Files: I Want To Believe (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (2008) Starring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Alvin “Xzibit” Joiner, Mitch Pileggi, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley, Alex Diakun, Nicki Aycox, Fagin Woodcock, Marco Niccoli, Carrie Ruscheinsky and Spencer Maybee. Screenplay by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz. Directed by Chris Carter. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. … Continue reading
Bolt (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BOLT (2008) Featuring the voices of John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Susie Essner, Mark Walton, Malcolm McDowell, James Lipton, Greg Germann, Diedrich Bader, Ronn Moss and Nick Swardson. Screenplay by Dan Fogelman and Chris Williams. Directed by Byron Howard and Chris Williams. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. 96 minutes. Rated PG. Bolt is a good enough, though … Continue reading
Milk (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
MILK (2008) Starring Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Allison Pill, Victor Garber, Denis O’Hare, Joseph Cross, Stephen Spinella, Lucas Grabeel, Brandon Royce, Zvi Howard Rosenman and Kelvin Yu. Screenplay by Dustin Lance Black. Directed by Gus Van Sant. Distributed by Focus Features. 128 minutes. Rated R. For those of you … Continue reading
Labelle – Back to Now (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Labelle – Back to Now (Verve) You wouldn’t normally expect there to be that much expectation for the reunion of a band which broke up about 30 years ago after doing six mostly-ignored and long-forgotten albums on three labels – all of which spawned a total of only one hit single. Of course, that one hit single in … Continue reading
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO (2008) Starring Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Robinson, Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson, Katie Morgan, Traci Lords, Ricky Mabe, Jennifer Schwalbach, Anne Wade, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Tom Savini, Gerry Bednob, Jim Norton, Lena Cheney, Justin Long and Brandon Routh. Screenplay by Kevin Smith. Directed by Kevin Smith. Distributed by The Weinstein … Continue reading
Rachel Getting Married (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (2008) Starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Tunde Adebimpe, Mather Zickel, Deborah Winger, Anna Deavere Smith, Anisa George, Jerome LePage, Beau Sia, Dorian Missick, Tamyra Gray, Fab Five Freddie and Robyn Hitchcock. Screenplay by Jenny Lumet. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 113 minutes. Rated R. Sometimes you … Continue reading
Kung Fu Panda (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
KUNG FU PANDA (2008) Featuring the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, James Hong, Dan Fogler, Michael Clarke Duncan and Kyle Gass. Screenplay by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger. Directed by Mark Osborn & John Stevenson. Distributed by Dreamworks SKG. … Continue reading