Melissa McCarthy Shows Another Side of Her Talents with Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Jay S. Jacobs Melissa McCarthy is mostly known for playing broad comic roles, so it comes as a bit of a surprise that she decided to take on the dramatic real-life story of Lee Israel. Israel was a fairly popular … Continue reading
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Love, Gilda (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
LOVE, GILDA (2018) Featuring Amy Poehler, Melissa McCarthy, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Michael Radner, Judy Levy, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Lorne Michaels, Paul Shaffer, Cecily Strong, Laraine Newman, Rose Abdoo, Alan Zweibel, Anne Beatts, Rose Schuster, Andrew Alexander, Janis Hirsch, Marcus O’Hara, Stephen Schwartz, Jordan Walker-Pearlman, Pam Zackheim, Robin Zweibel and archival footage of Gilda … Continue reading
Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone & Akiva Schaffer – SNL Vets Make a Music Mockumentary, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone & Akiva Schaffer SNL Vets Make a Music Mockumentary, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping by Brad Balfour Maybe it’s simply an extended Saturday Night Live bit, but considering the state of the current pop music scene – with self-parodying musicians such as Justin Bieber, Kanye West and Ariana Grande – a … Continue reading
Live From New York! (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
LIVE FROM NEW YORK! (2015) Featuring Dan Aykroyd, Alec Baldwin, John Belushi, Candice Bergen, Dana Carvey, Chevy Chase, Billy Crystal, Jane Curtin, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Al Franken, Bill Hader, Darrell Hammond, Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels, Seth Meyers, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Amy Poehler, Chris Rock, Fred Armisen, Al Gore, Rudolph Giuliani, Ralph … Continue reading
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Team Up to Make a Baby Mama
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Team Up to Make a Baby Mama by Brad Balfour Tina Fey and Amy Poehler — Saturday Night Live veterans and sketch comedy masters — are poised to challenge producer/writer/director Judd Apatow’s hegemony on R-rated comedy. They are the stars of Baby Mama, the opening night film for the 2008 Annual Tribeca Film Festival … Continue reading
Colin Quinn – Tough Guy
Colin Quinn – Tough Guy by Ronald Sklar Originally posted on Mar. 10, 2003. We as Americans have always taken for granted that we know Colin Quinn intimately. Of course, as a nation we’re bound to make that presumption since we feel that we have more or less grown up with the dude. Sure, we learn more than … Continue reading