CYRANO (2022) Starring Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ben Mendelsohn, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Dolan, Joshua James, Ray Strachan, Anjana Vasan, Ruth Sheen, Glen Hansard, Sam Amidon, Scott Folan, Mark Benton, Richard McCabe, Peter Wight, Tim McMullan, Mark Bagnall, Mike Shepherd, Paul Biddiss and Katy Owen. Screenplay by Eric Schmidt. Directed by Joe Wright. … Continue reading
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The Woman in the Window (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (2021) Starring Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Fred Hechinger, Anthony Mackie, Wyatt Russell, Brian Tyree Henry, Tracy Letts, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeanine Serralles, Mariah Bozeman, Daymien Valentino, Donat Balaj, Liza Colón-Zayas and the voices of Anna Cameron, Myers Bartlett, Haven Burton, Ben Davis and Blake Morris. Screenplay by Tracy … Continue reading
Darkest Hour (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
DARKEST HOUR (2017) Starring Gary Oldman, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, Stephen Dillane, Kristin Scott Thomas, Samuel West, Jordan Waller, Beatrice Stein, Ronald Pickup, Nicholas Jones, David Schofield, Richard Lumsden, Malcolm Storry, Hannah Steele, Charley Palmer Rothwell, Anna Burnett and Jordan Waller. Screenplay by Anthony McCarten. Directed by Joe Wright. Distributed by Focus Features. 114 minutes. … Continue reading
Lewis MacDougall – Faces Down a Monster
Lewis MacDougall Faces Down a Monster by Jay S. Jacobs It’s quite an impressive and scary achievement, a twelve-year-old boy, appearing in only his second film, gets the starring role. His character is the main thrust of the movie, and on screen almost the entirety of the film. It is based on a critically acclaimed … Continue reading
Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara, Garrett Hedlund, Levi Miller, Jason Fuchs and Joe Wright Give A New Life to Peter Pan In Prequel
Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara, Garrett Hedlund, Levi Miller, Jason Fuchs and Joe Wright Give A New Life to Peter Pan In Prequel by Brad Balfour Ever since Scottish novelist/playwright J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan first appeared over a hundred years ago, the play and novel became source material for a slew of retellings. No wonder, it’s … Continue reading
Keira Knightley – It’s the End of the World and She Feels Fine
Keira Knightley It’s the End of the World and She Feels Fine by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2012 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: June 21, 2012. We’ve seen Keira Knightley playing so many dour, serious roles in so many period pieces that it can sometimes be easy to forget that she is just a normal, … Continue reading
The Soloist (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE SOLOIST (2009) Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander and Lisa Gay Hamilton. Screenplay by Susannah Grant. Directed by Joe Wright. Distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. 116 minutes. Rated PG-13. The Soloist is one of those films that you really want to love but end up feeling no more than a slightly detached … Continue reading
James McAvoy and Keira Knightley – On the Day of Atonement
James McAvoy and Keira Knightley On the Day of Atonement by Jay S. Jacobs Copyright ©2007 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: December 7, 2007. Playing the star-crossed lovers whose entire futures are blown apart by a little girl’s unfair allegation in Atonement, British actors James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland, The Chronicles of Narnia) … Continue reading
Christopher Hampton – Adapting Atonement
Christopher Hampton Adapting Atonement by Jay S. Jacobs When adapting a complex novel like Ian McEwan’s best-seller Atonement, it was important to find a screenwriter who could do justice to the epic scope and passions on the pages of the book. It made sense to give the job to a writer who has specialized in adaptations, … Continue reading
Keira Knightley – Dual Identities
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY DUAL IDENTITIES by Brad Balfour Though she could easily coast on her adorable smile and refined good looks, twenty-year-old British actress Keira Knightley likes challenges. Within the space of a few days she had to shift from playing the brainy yet biting heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, in the 18th century period drama Pride and Prejudice to … Continue reading