Star Trek Into Darkness (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Star Trek Into Darkness (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (2013) Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoë Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Alice Eve, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller, Heather Langenkamp and Leonard Nimoy. Screenplay by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof. Directed by JJ Abrams. Distributed by Paramount Pictures.  132 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Hardcore … Continue reading

The Way Way Back (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Way Way Back (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

The Way, Way Back The Way, Way Back is nothing you haven’t seen before: a coming-of-age drama set at a beach resort during summer vacation.  However, it is rare that these somewhat overdone plot points are done as smartly and confidently as done here by co-writers/co-directors Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, who shared the Best … Continue reading

Paranoia (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Paranoia (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

PARANOIA (2013) Starring Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Amber Heard, Lucas Till, Richard Dreyfuss, Embeth Davidtz, Julian McMahon, Josh Holloway, Angela Sarafyan, William Peltz, Kevin Kilner, Christine Marzano, Charlie Hofheimer and Mark Moses. Screenplay by Jason Hall and Barry L. Levy. Directed by Robert Luketic. Distributed by Relativity Media.  106 minutes.  Rated PG-13. We … Continue reading

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADÈLE BLANC-SEC (2010) Starring Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Jacky Nercessian, Philippe Nahon, Nicolas Giraud, Laure de Clermont, Gérard Chaillou, Serge Bagdassarian and Claire Pérot. Screenplay by Luc Besson. Directed by Luc Besson. Distributed by Shout! Factory.  107 minutes.  Rated PG. The box of this French film has … Continue reading

I Give It a Year (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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I Give It a Year (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

I GIVE IT A YEAR (2013) Starring Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Anna Faris, Simon Baker, Minnie Driver, Jason Flemyng, Stephen Merchant, Olivia Colman, Jane Asher, Terence Harvey, Nigel Planer, Clare Higgins, Alisha Bailey, Kerry Howard, Daisy Haggard and Joseph Millson. Screenplay by Dan Mazer. Directed by Dan Mazer. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 97 minutes. Rated … Continue reading

The Conjuring (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Conjuring (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

THE CONJURING (2013) Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston, Shanley Caswell, Hayley McFarland, Joey King, Mackenzie Foy, Kyla Deaver, Shannon Kook, John Brotherton, Sterling Jerins, Marion Guyot, Morganna Bridgers and Amy Tipton. Screenplay by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes. Directed by James Wan. Distributed by New Line Cinema. 112 minutes. Rated … Continue reading

The Bates Haunting (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Bates Haunting (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

The Bates Haunting The Bates Haunting is both a cheesy low-budget horror film and an infomercial, all wrapped up in a big, blood-red bow. The product it is hawking is The Haunted Hayride and Bates Motel, a well-known Halloween attraction in Glen Mills, PA (which is in the suburbs of Philadelphia).  Every year, a local … Continue reading

When Comedy Went to School (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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When Comedy Went to School (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

When Comedy Went to School (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review) Like most people under a certain age, I missed the hey-day of the Catskill Mountain Resorts, which mostly was from the 1930s to the early 1960s.  However, I do remember in the early 1980s, while on a road trip to Canada, stopping in New York state … Continue reading

Girl Most Likely (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Girl Most Likely (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Girl Most Likely Okay, I have a confession to make. One of the main reasons I saw Girl Most Likely was simply the fact that it was partially filmed in Ocean City, NJ, a town that I have visited most of my life, and I wanted to see what the town looked like on film. … Continue reading

Still Mine (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Still Mine (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

STILL MINE (2013) Starring James Cromwell, Geneviève Bujold, Rick Roberts, Julie Stewart, Campbell Scott, Jonathan Potts, Chuch Shamata, Ronan Rees, George R. Robertson, Barbara Gordon and Zachary Bennett. Screenplay by Michael McGowan. Directed by Michael McGowan. Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films. 103 minutes. Rated PG-13. There is nothing quite so tragic as the ravages of … Continue reading