Simon Curtis – Director Brings a New Life to Woman in Gold
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Simon Curtis – Director Brings a New Life to Woman in Gold

Simon Curtis Director Brings a New Life to Woman in Gold by Brad Balfour With famed Academy Award winning actress Helen Mirren receiving a special honor from the World Jewish Congress in front of Gustav Klimt’s The Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer 1 — now housed at New York’s Neue Galerie and the basis of the film Woman in Gold — her role as … Continue reading

The Imitation Game (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Imitation Game (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

THE IMITATION GAME (2014) Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Allen Leech, Rory Kinnear, James Northcote, Tom Goodman-Hill, Steven Waddington, Ilan Goodman, Jack Tarlton, Alex Lawther, Tuppence Middleton and Jack Bannon. Screenplay by Graham Moore. Directed by Morten Tyldum. Distributed by The Weinstein Company.  113 minutes.  Rated PG-13. The world … Continue reading

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

THE DEBT (2011) Starring Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Tom Wilkinson, Marton Csokas, Jesper Christensen, Ciarán Hinds, Romi Aboulafia, Tomer Ben David, Ohev Ben David, Jonathan Uziel and Brigitte Kren. Screenplay by Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan. Directed by John Madden. Distributed by Focus Features.  114 minutes.  Rated R. The Debt moves with … Continue reading

Bedknobs & Broomsticks (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Bedknobs & Broomsticks (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

BEDKNOBS & BROOMSTICKS (1971) Starring Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson, Bruce Forsyth, Cindy O’Callaghan, Roy Snart, Ian Weighill, Tessie O’Shea, Arthur E. Gould-Porter, Ben Wrigley and Reginald Owen. Screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi. Directed by Robert Stevenson. Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.  134 minutes.  Rated G. Bedknobs and … Continue reading

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS (2008) Starring David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Amber Beattie, Richard Johnson, Sheila Hancock, Rupert Friend, David Hayman, Jim Norton and Cara Horgan. Screenplay by Mark Herman. Directed by Mark Herman. Distributed by Miramax Pictures.  93 minutes.  Rated PG-13. It’s a given that movies about the Holocaust … Continue reading

Viggo Mortensen and Jason Isaacs Address Good and Wax Philosophical about the Nazis
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Viggo Mortensen and Jason Isaacs Address Good and Wax Philosophical about the Nazis

Viggo Mortensen and Jason Isaacs Address Good and Wax Philosophical about the Nazis by Brad Balfour Originally posted on January 12, 2009. During a snappy roundtable with a few journalists, actors Viggo Mortensen and Jason Isaacs double-teamed to express their thoughts about their disturbing new film, Good, based on the acclaimed British play by CP … Continue reading