Nightmare Alley (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Nightmare Alley (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021) Starring Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn, Holt McCallany, Clifton Collins Jr., Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Beaver, Mark Povinelli, Romina Power, Paul Anderson, David Hewlett, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Dian Bachar, Troy James, Drew Nelson and Linden Porco. Screenplay by Guillermo … Continue reading

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

DON’T WORRY, HE WON’T GET FAR ON FOOT (2018) Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Tony Greenhand, Beth Ditto, Mark Webber, Ronnie Adrian, Kim Gordon, Udo Kier, Carrie Brownstein, Ethan Tindukasiri, Sunny Suljic, Cree Kawa, Nolan Gross, Leo Phoenix, Emilio Rivera, Ken Tatafu, Angelique Rivera, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Anne Lane, Jessica Jade Andres and … Continue reading

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

LION (2016) Starring Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, Sunny Pawar, Abhishek Bharate, David Wenham, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Divian Ladwa, Priyanka Bose, Deepti Naval, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Pallavi Sharda and Eamon Farren. Screenplay by Luke Davies. Directed by Garth Davis. Distributed by The Weinstein Company.  121 minutes.  Rated PG-13. A few months ago, when I asked Oscar-nominated … Continue reading

Luke Davies – An Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Enters the Lion Den
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Luke Davies – An Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Enters the Lion Den

Luke Davies An Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Enters the Lion Den by Jay S. Jacobs When Luke Davies first heard the story of Saroo Brierley – an Indian man who lost his way home as a five year old boy, ended up getting adopted by a couple in Australia, and only found his birth family 25 years … Continue reading

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

CAROL (2015) Starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, Carrie Brownstein, Cory Michael Smith, John Magaro, Kevin Crowley, Nik Pajic, Trent Rowland, Sadie Heim, KK Heim, Amy Warner, Michael Haney, Wendy Lardin, Pamela Evans Haynes, Greg Violand and Michael Ward. Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy. Directed by Todd Haynes. Distributed by The … Continue reading

Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, Phyllis Nagy & Todd Haynes Look Back at the Lost World of 60 Years Ago with Carol
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Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, Phyllis Nagy & Todd Haynes Look Back at the Lost World of 60 Years Ago with Carol

Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, Phyllis Nagy & Todd Haynes Look Back at the Lost World of 60 Years Ago with Carol by Jay S. Jacobs “There was not a moment when she did not see Carol in her mind, and all she saw, she seemed to see through Carol.” That … Continue reading

Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara, Garrett Hedlund, Levi Miller, Jason Fuchs and Joe Wright Give A New Life to Peter Pan In Prequel
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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

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

Her Modern romance has become more and more complicated, but this is undoubtedly the first love story between a human being and a computer operating system. Surprisingly, Her does not treat its story as a comedy of a human in love with an inanimate object –  like the fine 2007 comic drama Lars and the Real Girl.  No, … Continue reading

Spike Jonze, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara and Olivia Wilde Give Life To Her
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Spike Jonze, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara and Olivia Wilde Give Life To Her

Spike Jonze, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara and Olivia Wilde Give Life To Her by Brad Balfour Copyright ©2013 PopEntertainment.com.  All rights reserved.  Originally Posted: October 17, 2013. http://popentertainment-interviews.tumblr.com/post/96395346849/spike-jonze-joaquin-phoenix-amy-adams-rooney Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) is tired of trying to meet girls sometimes in near-future Los Angeles (which looks a lot like modern day Shanghai). He’s a sensitive guy … Continue reading

Waifish Rooney Mara Reveals Some of Herself in Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
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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