CALL JANE (2022) Starring Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku, Cory Michael Smith, Grace Edwards, John Magaro, Aida Turturro, Bianca D’Ambrosio, Bruce MacVittie, Rebecca Henderson, Maia Scalia, Sean King and Alison Jaye. Screenplay by Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi. Directed by Phyllis Nagy. Distributed by Roadside Attractions. 121 minutes. Rated R. … Continue reading
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Chappaquiddick (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
CHAPPAQUIDDICK (2017) Starring Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Ed Helms, Jim Gaffigan, Clancy Brown, Taylor Nichols, Olivia Thirlby, Bruce Dern, Thomas Kee, Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell, John Fiore, Jason Mulcahy, Andria Blackman, Tamara Hickey, Lexie Roth, Victor Warren, Alison Wachtler, Susan Garibotto and Matthew Lawler. Screenplay by Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan. Directed by John Curran. Distributed … Continue reading
Ridley Scott – Legendary Director Launches The Martian
Ridley Scott Legendary Director Launches The Martian by Brad Balfour When an established, serious, award-winning director like Ridley Scott makes a space movie – something associated with solemn drama – humor isn’t expected from its star. Yet in The Martian, where Matt Damon stars as American astronaut Mark Watney, who has been accidentally left behind on Mars after a mission disaster, the humor humanizes the situation. … Continue reading
Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell Talk About Becoming Superheroes in Making Fantastic Four
Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell Talk About Becoming Superheroes in Making Fantastic Four by Brad Balfour In the aftermath of Fantastic Four‘s opening, critical reaction hasn’t exactly been glowing. From established critics to the blogosphere, from the Rotten Tomato reporters to serious fan-geeks, this Fantastic Four re-imagining hasn’t fared well — though maybe it is an overreaction, given … Continue reading
Waifish Rooney Mara Reveals Some of Herself in Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
Waifish Rooney Mara Reveals Some of Herself in Ain’t Them Bodies Saints by Brad Balfour Against the backdrop of 1970s Texas Hill Country, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints tells a gothic American tale of three characters straddling various sides of the law – outlaw Bob Muldoon (Casey Affleck), his wife Ruth Guthrie (Rooney Mara), and local … Continue reading
10 Years (A Movie Review)
http://www.popentertainment.com/10years.htm 10 Years The high school reunion is one of those odd rites of passage that is alternately fascinating and depressing. Who got married? Who got divorced? Who got skinny? Who got fat? Who got rich? Who is unemployed? Who still looks amazing? Who looks even better? Who got bald? Who had kids? Who … Continue reading
Jenna Dewan-Tatum – American Reunion
http://www.popentertainment.com/dewantatum.htm Jenna Dewan-Tatum American Reunion by Jay S. Jacobs When former dancer and model Jenna Dewan took the female lead in a low-budget dance movie called Step Up, she knew it was going to change her life. She just had no idea how much. At the time, Dewan was better known as a dancer than … Continue reading
Peep World (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
PEEP WORLD (2011) Starring Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz, Judy Greer, Kate Mara, Taraji P. Henson, Ron Rifkin, Lesley Ann Warren, Alicia Witt, Stephen Tobolowsky, Octavia Spencer, Paige Orr, Nicholas Hormann and the voice of Lewis Black. Screenplay by Peter Himmelstein. Directed by Barry W. Blaustein. Distributed by IFC Films. 89 … Continue reading
Iron Man 2 (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
IRON MAN 2 (2010) Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Garry Shandling, Clark Gregg, John Slattery, Jon Favreau, Kate Mara, Leslie Bibb, Olivia Munn and Adam ‘DJ AM’ Goldstein. Screenplay by Justin Theroux. Directed by Jon Favreau. Distributed by Paramount Pictures. 125 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
The Open Road (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
THE OPEN ROAD (2009) Starring Jeff Bridges, Justin Timberlake, Kate Mara, Mary Steenburgen, Harry Dean Stanton, Ted Danson, Lyle Lovett and Louis Herthum. Screenplay by Michael Meredith. Directed by Michael Meredith. Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13. The Open Road is not the most original film ever; however as formulaic films go, it’s … Continue reading