Jessica Lange Don’t Go Changing by Jay S. Jacobs It’s hard to believe after spending all of these years as one of America’s premier actresses, but when Jessica Lange started out, she was that rarest of creatures – a model who could actually act. In the early seventies she graced magazine covers and perfume ads, but Lange never … Continue reading
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Poison – The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Poison – The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock (Capitol/EMI) The subtitle 20 Years of Rock is a bit of a stretch – thirteen of the eighteen songs on this compilation (and all of the top 40 singles) stem from three albums (and one soundtrack contribution) during the band’s white-hot period of 1986 to 1990. Of the … Continue reading
Bret Harrison – That Airport Star
Bret Harrison That Airport Star by Jay S. Jacobs Bret Harrison has been working in Hollywood for less than a decade but already he is making quite a name for himself. He has played significant roles in the series Grounded For Life and movie Orange County. Harrison was chosen by the producers of That 70s Show to replace star Topher … Continue reading
Jarhead (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
JARHEAD (2005) Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Brian Geraghty, Jacob Vargas, Laz Alonso, Evan Jones, Chris Cooper, Dennis Haysbert and Jamie Foxx. Screenplay by William Broyles, Jr. Directed by Sam Mendes. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 123 minutes. Rated R. With the United States deeply divided on the subject of the war of Iraq, … Continue reading
Don’t Come Knocking (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
DON’T COME KNOCKING (2006) Starring Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, Gabriel Mann, Sarah Polley, Fairuza Balk, Eva Marie Saint, Tom F. Farrell, James Gammon, Rodney A. Grant, George Kennedy, Tim Matheson, Julia Sweeney, James Roday, Jeff Parise and Marley Shelton. Screenplay by Sam Shepard. Directed by Wim Wenders. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 122 … Continue reading
The Little Willies – The Little Willies (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
The Little Willies – The Little Willies (Milking Bull/EMI) The Little Willies aren’t just a side project for country-jazz-pop chanteuse Norah Jones and her boyfriend/collaborator Lee Alexander with a bunch of New York muso buddies like Richard Julian, Jim Campilongo and Dan Reiser. They are a legitimate band, a group of separate and equal pub performers … Continue reading
Transamerica (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
TRANSAMERICA (2005) Starring Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Graham Greene, Burt Young, Carrie Preston, Elizabeth Peña, Venida Evans, Jon Budinoff, Raynor Scheine, Grant Monohon, Bianca Leigh, Danny Burstein, Andrea James and Maurice Orozco. Screenplay by Duncan Tucker. Directed by Duncan Tucker. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 103 minutes. Rated R. Felicity Huffman does an … Continue reading
The Pink Panther (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE PINK PANTHER (2006) Starring Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Béyoncé Knowles, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Henry Czerny, Jason Stratham, Roger Rees, Phillip Goodwin and Kristin Chenowith. Screenplay by Len Blum and Steve Martin. Directed by Shawn Levy. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. 93 minutes. Rated PG. The role of Inspector Clouseau (or variations of…) from The Pink … Continue reading
Charles in Charge – The Complete First Season (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
Charles in Charge The Complete First Season (1984-1985) (Universal-2006) Scott Baio, formerly of Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi fame, plays Charles, a stylin’ mid-80s college student (dig those skinny ties, suspenders and sweater vests) who decides to pay for his tuition and get free board by playing nanny for a suburban couple and their group of precocious kids. It … Continue reading
Pride & Prejudice (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) Starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Jena Malone, Tom Hollander, Rosamund Pike and Judi Dench. Screenplay by Deborah Moggach. Directed by Joe Wright. Distributed by Focus Features. 129 minutes. Rated PG. It seems quite incredible that Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice has been filmed as many times as it … Continue reading