Goo Goo Dolls – Boxes (Warner Bros.) The Goo Goo Dolls have made some serious changes over the years. They first popped onto the pop culture radar in the late 80s as a scrappy punk band on the Metal Blade label. They released a few down and dirty DIY platters, but no matter how hardcore they … Continue reading
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Dana Carvey and Freddie Prinze, Jr. – Making Good First Impressions
Dana Carvey and Freddie Prinze, Jr. Making Good First Impressions by Jay S. Jacobs Everyone has one. An impression, that is. The ability to change your voice and mannerisms to portray another person – usually a celebrity – for a good-natured laugh. While impressions play a huge role in comedy television, it’s rather surprising that … Continue reading
Freddie Highmore and Kerry Ehrin – Closing In On Checkout Time at Bates Motel
Freddie Highmore and Kerry Ehrin Closing In On Checkout Time at Bates Motel by Jay S. Jacobs Season four of the acclaimed drama Bates Motel has taken some turns for the strange and the dark. This should not surprise us too much – after all the main characters of the show are Norman and Norma … Continue reading
Rabin In His Own Words (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
RABIN IN HIS OWN WORDS (2015) Featuring archival footage of Yitzhak Rabin, Leah Rabin, Shimon Peres, Menachem Begin, Golda Meir, David Ben-Gurion, Moshe Dayan, Anwar Sadat, Yasser Arafat, King Hussein, Hosni Mubarak, Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Yitzhak Shamir, Moshe Arens, Benjamin Netanyahu, Dalia Rabin-Pelossof … Continue reading
Nestor Carbonell and Carlton Cuse – Watching Over Bates Motel
Nestor Carbonell and Carlton Cuse Watching Over Bates Motel by Jay S. Jacobs Things are really ramping up on Bates Motel, the best show you may be missing on TV. The fourth season has been had a whirlwind of actions and repercussions as the series sets up its penultimate season. The legendary mother and child … Continue reading
Dough (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
DOUGH (2015) Starring Jonathan Pryce, Jerome Holder, Ian Hart, Philip Davis, Pauline Collins, Natasha Gordon, Malachi Kirby, Daniel Caltagirone, Andrew Ellis, Matt Devere, Daniel Ben Zenou, Joel Beckett, Paul Blackwell, Ben Bishop, John Voce, Deborah Sheridan-Taylor and Melanie Freeman. Screenplay by Yehuda Jez Freedman and Jonathan Benson. Directed by John Goldschmidt. Distributed by Menemsha Films. … Continue reading
Elvis & Nixon (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
ELVIS & NIXON (2016) Starring Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Knoxville, Colin Hanks, Evan Peters, Sky Ferreira, Tracy Letts, Tate Donovan, Ashley Benson, Dylan Penn, Ritchie Montgomery, Danny McCarthy, Ian Hoch and Jeff Caperton. Screenplay by Joey Sagal & Hanala Sagal and Cary Elwes. Directed by Liza Johnson. Distributed by Bleecker Street. 86 … Continue reading
Kevin Spacey, Michael Shannon, Alex Pettyfer, Colin Hanks, Johnny Knoxville & Liza Johnson Dramatize a Famous Meeting of the Minds with Elvis & Nixon
Kevin Spacey, Michael Shannon, Alex Pettyfer, Colin Hanks, Johnny Knoxville & Liza Johnson Dramatize a Famous Meeting of the Minds with Elvis & Nixon by Jay S. Jacobs There are few meetings in American history which are quite as surreal as the December 1970 pow wow between then President Richard Milhaus Nixon and the King … Continue reading
Ice Cube & Deon Cole – Goin’ Back To the Barbershop
Ice Cube & Deon Cole Goin’ Back To the Barbershop by Rachel Disipio and Jay S. Jacobs Ice Cube, whose early career as a member of the groundbreaking gangsta rap group NWA was dramatized by Hollywood with last year’s hit film Straight Outta Compton, is looking back again. At this point in his career, Cube … Continue reading
Barbershop: The Next Cut (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BARBERSHOP: THE NEXT CUT (2016) Starring Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Regina Hall, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Anthony Anderson, Jazsmin Lewis-Kelley, J.B. Smoove, Common, Nicki Minaj, Lamorne Morris, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Margot Bingham, Deon Cole, Troy Garity, Michael Rainey Jr., Diallo Thompson, Tyga, Jamal Woolard, Renell Gibbs, Felicia O’Dell and Elizabeth Dozier. Screenplay by Kenya Barris … Continue reading