SWING VOTE (2008) Starring Kevin Costner, Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton, Dennis Hopper, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, Nathan Lane, George Lopez, Judge Reinhold, Charles Esten, Mare Winningham, Mark Moses, Willie Nelson, Richard Petty, Chris Matthews, Larry King, James Carville, Tucker Carlson, Mary Hart, Arianna Huffington and Bill Maher. Screenplay by Jason Richman and Joshua Michael Stern. … Continue reading
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
PAUL BLART: MALL COP (2009) Starring Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Keir O’Donnell, Bobby Cannavale, Stephen Rannazzisi, Shirley Knight, Raini Rodriguez, Peter Gerety, Adam Ferrara, Jamal Mixon, Adhir Kalyan, Erick Avari, Gary Valentine and Allen Covert. Screenplay by Kevin James and Nick Bakay. Directed by Steve Carr. Distributed by Columbia Pictures. 87 minutes. Rated PG. I’m … Continue reading
Slumdog Millionaire (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008) Starring Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Mahur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irfan Khan, Tanay Hemant Chheda, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail. Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy. Directed by Danny Boyle. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 121 minutes. Rated R. British director Danny Boyle’s labor-of-love drama … Continue reading
The Lodger (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
THE LODGER (2009) Starring Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West, Simon West, Donal Logue, Rachael Leigh Cook, Mel Harris, Philip Baker Hall, Rebecca Pidgeon, Daphne Ashbrook, Kirk Fox, David Sullivan and Ernie Grunwald. Screenplay by David Ondaatje. Directed by David Ondaatje. Distributed by Sony Pictures. 95 minutes. Rated R. There is a lot of history … Continue reading
The Tale of Despereaux (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX (2008) Featuring the voices of Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson, Frank Langella, Sigourney Weaver, Tracey Ullman, Christopher Lloyd, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin Kline, Richard Jenkins, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Tony Hale, Ciarán Hinds, Frances Conroy, Charles Shaughnessy, Bronson Pinchot and James Nesbitt. Screenplay by Gary Ross and Kate DiCamillo. Directed … Continue reading
The Wrestler (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE WRESTLER (2008) Starring Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis, Todd Barry, Wass Stevens, Judah Friedlander, Ernest Miller, Dylan Summers, Tommy Farra, Mike Miller, Marcia Jean Kurtz, John D’Leo, Ajay Naidu and Gregg Bello. Screenplay by Rob Siegel. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 115 minutes. Rated R. Much … Continue reading
Frost/Nixon (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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
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