SKYLINE (2010) Starring Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Donald Faison, David Zayas, Crystal Reed, Neil Hopkins. Robin Gammell, Tanya Newbould, J. Paul Boehmer, Phet Mahathongdy O’Donnell, Byron McIntyre, Jackie Marin, Tony Black and Eliza Till. Screenplay by Joshua Cordes and Liam O’Donnell. Directed by The Brothers Strause. Distributed by Rogue Pictures. 94 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
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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
Sara Paxton Takes a Sharp Left Turn to the Last House
Sara Paxton Takes a Sharp Left Turn to the Last House by Jay S. Jacobs It’s never easy for a child star to make the jump to serious adult roles. For every Jodie Foster or Elijah Wood there are dozens of actors who can’t seem to get work once they hit puberty. Sara Paxton has … Continue reading
Debra Messing – Starting Over Again
Debra Messing Starting Over Again by Jay S. Jacobs Debra Messing has a problem that most actresses would kill for. When you are known indelibly for a role which hits the pop-culture jackpot, sometimes it’s not easy to get the public to see you as anyone else. Messing spent eight years playing Grace Adler on Will … Continue reading
Jesse McCartney – Comin’ Back Again
Jesse McCartney Comin’ Back Again by Deborah Wagner At the age of 21, this kid has done a lot. From TV to Broadway, the silver screen, and now the release of his third solo album Departure, Jesse McCartney is flying high with a hit single “Leavin’” and an exciting new page in the book of his … Continue reading
A Very Brady Musical – Lloyd Schwartz and Hope Juber Reimagine the Family Business
A Very Brady Musical Lloyd Schwartz and Hope Juber Reimagine the Family Business by Ronald Sklar For the producers of The Brady Bunch, it was more like Family Affair. Creator Sherwood Schwartz (who also gave the world Gilligan’s Island) worked closely with his son, Lloyd, and still does. However, for those five sunshine-day seasons on ABC, the Schwartz team lived, … Continue reading
Steven Strait – An Actor Travels to Civilization in 10,000 BC
Steven Strait An Actor Travels to Civilization in 10,000 BC by Brad Balfour No one ever expected a special-effects laden epic conceived and crafted by producer/director Roland Emmerich to be concerned about gaps in logic or story structure. So it goes with the German-born impressario’s latest faux-legend, the prehistoric 10,000 BC. From his civilization-destroying tentpole pictures … Continue reading
Ron Livingston Rescues Holly and Finds Something of Himself
Ron Livingston Rescues Holly and Finds Something of Himself by Brad Balfour When I first met Ron Livingston, he was a featured personality at the New York Independent Television Fest kicking off his Fox TV show, Standoff (he starred as Matt Flannery, a senior FBI negotiator). He had come to my attention previously through the film The Cooler, but … Continue reading
Rue Melo – This is Her House
Rue Melo This is Her House by Jay S. Jacobs In Paris – where Rue Melo was born – the word rue means road. Although it isn’t her given name (“Rue is actually a nickname that I grew up with,” she explains) somehow it totally fits her. The 23-year-old singer has lived a bit of a gypsy … Continue reading
Bobby (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
BOBBY (2006) Starring Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Laurence Fishburne, Brian Geraghty, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Joshua Jackson, David Krumholtz, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Svetlana Metkina, Demi Moore, Freddy Rodriguez, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Sharon Stone, Jacob Vargas, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Elijah Wood. Screenplay … Continue reading