ANNIE HALL (1977) Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall, Janet Margolin, Colleen Dewhurst, Christopher Walken, Donald Symington, Helen Ludlam, Mordecai Lawner, Joan Newman, Jonathan Munk, Ruth Volner, Martin Rosenblatt, Beverly D’Angelo, Shelley Hack, Jeff Goldblum, Lucy Lee Flippen, Gary Muledeer, Marshall McLuhan, Dick Cavett and Sigourney Weaver. Screenplay … Continue reading
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Sara Paxton Confronts Her Ghosts in The Innkeepers
Sara Paxton Confronts Her Ghosts in The Innkeepers by Jay S. Jacobs When we last left Sara Paxton, she was taking a huge chance in her career. After working most of her young career in light, comic roles, Paxton had taken a film very unlike any she had ever tried before – a remake of … Continue reading
Julie Benz – Living Life off the Ricochet
Julie Benz Living Life off the Ricochet by Jay S. Jacobs Julie Benz has made a career as part of mysterious, dark, brooding TV drama, so it’s not a huge surprise that her latest role – that of the wife of a southern judge involved in a murder in the TNT adaptation of Sandra Brown’s best selling … Continue reading
West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Edition (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
WEST SIDE STORY: 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION (1961) Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Simon Oakland, Ned Glass, William Bramley, Tucker Smith, Tony Mordente, David Winters, Eliot Feld, Bert Michaels, David Bean, Robert Banas, Scooter Teague, Harvey Hohnecker, Tommy Abbott, Susan Oakes, Gina Trikonis, Carole D’Andrea, Jose De Vega, Jay Norman, … Continue reading
The Greening of Whitney Brown (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE GREENING OF WHITNEY BROWN (2011) Starring Sammi Hanratty, Aidan Quinn, Brooke Shields, Kris Kristofferson, Charlotte Matthews, Slade Pearce, Anna Colwell, Keith David, Natalia Dyer, Lily Rashid, Kodie Lake, Cameron Gaskins, Tim Lake and Dick Vermeil. Screenplay by Gail Gilchriest. Directed by Peter Odiorne. Distributed by Arc Entertainment. 87 minutes. Rated PG. The Greening of … Continue reading
Five Star Day (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
5 STAR DAY (2010) Starring Cam Gigandet, Jena Malone, Brooklyn Sudano, Max Hartman, Julianna Guill, Will Yun Lee, Nick Chinlund, Tad Hilgenbrink, Richard Riehle, Mark Boone Junior, Patricia Belcher, Chris J. Johnson, Yvette Freeman, Cesar Garcia and Bruno Alexander. Screenplay by Danny Buday. Directed by Danny Buday. Distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures. 97 minutes. Not … Continue reading
Act of Vengeance a.k.a. Rape Squad (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
ACT OF VENGEANCE a.k.a. RAPE SQUAD (1974) Starring Jo Ann Harris, Peter Brown, Jennifer Lee, Lisa Moore, Connie Strickland, Patricia Estrin, Lada Edmund Jr., Tony Young, Steve Kanaly, Ross Elliot, John Pickard, Ninette Bravo, Stanley Adams, Joan McCall, Anneka DeLorrenzo, Jay Fletcher, Marie O. Henry, Ginger Mason, Holly Harris, James Kingsley, Esther Sutherland and Clint … Continue reading
Basia – New Day for Her
Basia New Day for Her by Jay S. Jacobs “Once upon a time it was for real. Nothing mattered then, we were together.” Those are the first lines of “From Now On,” the first song that Basia Trzetrzelewska ever wrote with her long-time musical collaborator Danny White nearly thirty years ago. And somehow, decades after … Continue reading
Jim Sturgess – Life in One Day
Jim Sturgess Life in One Day by Jay S. Jacobs Jim Sturgess has been courting stardom for years. First he turned heads in the States with The Other Boleyn Girl. When that film ended up only catching art house notice, he returned as the star of the slick Hollywood formula film 21 with Kevin Spacey. Then he showed off … Continue reading
Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle – The Changing of The Guard
Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle The Changing of The Guard by Jay S. Jacobs The odd-couple police drama is a staple, but you won’t find many more eccentric than John Michael McDonagh’s comedy drama about an uptight US FBI agent hooked up with an antisocial local cop in the boonies of Ireland. Starring Irish actor … Continue reading