Whatever Works (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on June 19, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

WHATEVER WORKS (2009) Starring Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Henry Cavill, Ed Begley Jr., Adam Brooks, Lyle Kanouse, Michael McKean, Carolyn McCormick, Christopher Evan Welch, Conleth Hill, John Gallagher Jr. and Jessica Hecht. Screenplay by Woody Allen. Directed by Woody Allen. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. 92 minutes. Rated PG-13. In Woody Allen’s Stardust … Continue reading →

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Woody Allen, Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood and Patricia Clarkson – Willing to Do Whatever Works

Posted on June 19, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Woody Allen, Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood and Patricia Clarkson – Willing to Do Whatever Works by Jay S. Jacobs It’s a pretty well known fact in the entertainment world that legendary filmmaker Woody Allen hates movie promotion. He almost never does publicity junkets for his films, which is why his last minute decision to … Continue reading →

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Michael Caine – An Oscar Winning Actor Asks, “Is Anybody There?”

Posted on May 7, 2009 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Michael Caine An Oscar Winning Actor Asks, “Is Anybody There?” by Brad Balfour Whatever compelled Oscar-winner Sir Michael Caine to play 80-something retired magician Clarence in Is Anybody There? , it’s fortunate that he did. The septuagenarian Brit takes even a simple, sentimental tale like this and, through his rich performance and nuanced turn, gives us a … Continue reading →

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Vicky Cristina Barcelona (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on August 15, 2008 by popenterta • Leave a comment

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (2008) Starring Javier Bardem, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Penélope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn, Chris Messina, Zak Orth, Pablo Schreiber, Carrie Preston and the voice of Christopher Evan Welch. Screenplay by Woody Allen. Directed by Woody Allen. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 97 minutes. Rated R. You have to love Woody Allen. … Continue reading →

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Colin Farrell and Clémence Poésy – Love and Death in Bruges

Posted on February 8, 2008 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Colin Farrell and Clémence Poésy Love and Death in Bruges by Jay S. Jacobs After a few years of toiling on big-budget blockbusters that only occasionally took flight – Oliver Stone’s Alexander and Michael Mann’s Miami Vice come to mind – Colin Farrell has definitely downsized for his latest two roles. Ironically, in both Martin … Continue reading →

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Joe Franklin – The Man Who Invented Talk

Posted on December 2, 2007 by popenterta • Leave a comment

Joe Franklin The Man Who Invented Talk by Ronald Sklar Joe Franklin, from his infamously nostalgia-cluttered midtown office, claims that he hosted television’s very first talk show. In fact, he insists that it was he who developed the very idea of the eternal genre. “I was hosting a radio show called ‘Vaudeville Isn’t Dead,’” says the Bronx-born … Continue reading →

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The Dick Cavett Show – Comic Legends (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

Posted on February 21, 2006 by popenterta • Leave a comment

The Dick Cavett Show Comic Legends (Shout! Factory-2006) Everybody loves Dick, and these comic legends are not above getting hep to the times and letting it all hang out. Bob Hope, for instance, laments that he hasn’t taken the time to read more books. And a weary Lucille Ball, when asked about the Women’s Liberation … Continue reading →

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Match Point (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on December 9, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

MATCH POINT (2005) Starring Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, Penelope Wilton, Layke Anderson, Alexander Armstrong, Morne Botes, Ewen Bremner, Scott Hanay, Rose Keegan, Paul Keye, Eddie Marsan, James Nesbitt, Steve Pemberton, Rupert Penry-Jones, Miranda Raison, Colin Salmon, Zoe Telford and Margaret Tyzack. Screenplay by Woody Allen. Directed by Woody … Continue reading →

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Michael Rapaport – The War on Television

Posted on September 10, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

MICHAEL RAPAPORT THE WAR ON TELEVISION by JAY S. JACOBS Michael Rapaport is one of the best color guys in show business. It’s rare that he gets the lead role, but when a director needs a legitimate, colorful, smart working-class guy for the second or third role, they dial up Rapaport. He has been the … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers Plays a Perfect Match

Posted on January 7, 2005 by popenterta • Leave a comment

JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS PLAYS A PERFECT MATCH by Brad Balfour For a young actor working with a master director like Woody Allen becomes an honor; it’s an even greater opportunity to perform for him in his first non-American made feature and a drama no less. In Match Point, Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers gets to play … Continue reading →

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