http://www.starpulse.com/news// Daily entertainment news covering celebrity, music, movie & TV news en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2013/02/02/date_movie_diatribe_1_silver_linings_p?ref_src=news_rss Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:00:32 -0500 438279@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Home (Non Feat) Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin The date movie. We’ve all been here. Be it a night out with your wife or hubby, a first date with someone you met online, or simply something you enjoy doing with your boyfriend or girlfriend, of...
The date movie. We’ve all been here. Be it a night out with your wife or hubby, a first date with someone you met online, or simply something you enjoy doing with your boyfriend or girlfriend, of...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2013/01/27/parker_peters_out?ref_src=news_rss Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:02:05 -0500 437679@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin The pulpy, B-movie thriller Parker is a curious choice for Director Taylor Hackford. Hackford is probably most known as the man behind An Officer and a Gentleman, Ray, Everybody’s All American, The...
The pulpy, B-movie thriller Parker is a curious choice for Director Taylor Hackford. Hackford is probably most known as the man behind An Officer and a Gentleman, Ray, Everybody’s All American, The...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2013/01/11/1600_penn_cant_escape_west_wings_foot_?ref_src=news_rss Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:47:31 -0500 432390@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ TV News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Television Comedy Paul Meekin I’ve spent a fair amount of time in pitch-rooms. Hearing people toss ideas back and forth for show ideas, spec scripts, the occasional web-series or sketch, eventually makes you realize that trul...
I’ve spent a fair amount of time in pitch-rooms. Hearing people toss ideas back and forth for show ideas, spec scripts, the occasional web-series or sketch, eventually makes you realize that trul...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/12/09/review_young_adult_is_immature?ref_src=news_rss Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:21:33 -0500 299031@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin I have a superstition that a studio's confidence in a film can often be determined by length of the movie's Wikipedia page. Young Adult's Wikipedia is about 800 words long if you subtract links and...
I have a superstition that a studio's confidence in a film can often be determined by length of the movie's Wikipedia page. Young Adult's Wikipedia is about 800 words long if you subtract links and...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/11/12/review_a_very_harold_and_kumar_3d_chri?ref_src=news_rss Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:34:46 -0500 290388@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin When the first Harold and Kumar came out in 2004, it was sort of a breath of fresh air from the Apatow comedies that were popular at the time. It was a road picture, it was irreverent, it was deter...
When the first Harold and Kumar came out in 2004, it was sort of a breath of fresh air from the Apatow comedies that were popular at the time. It was a road picture, it was irreverent, it was deter...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/11/12/review_jedgar_lacking_identity_?ref_src=news_rss Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:26:23 -0500 290382@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin The gay love story occupies a curious place in the minds of populist cinema goers of late: Novelty. Throughout Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar, the audience would snicker and laugh to one-another, just a...
The gay love story occupies a curious place in the minds of populist cinema goers of late: Novelty. Throughout Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar, the audience would snicker and laugh to one-another, just a...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/10/30/dont_waste_your_money_with_in_time_get?ref_src=news_rss Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:58:07 -0400 284640@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin In Time, in the softest of science fictions, asks audiences to believe humans have somehow been genetically engineered to stop aging at 25, and that once you hit 25, the glowing green digital timer...
In Time, in the softest of science fictions, asks audiences to believe humans have somehow been genetically engineered to stop aging at 25, and that once you hit 25, the glowing green digital timer...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/10/29/review_the_rum_diary_a_lackadaisical_b?ref_src=news_rss Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:00:11 -0400 284595@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Home Features Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin I left the screening of The Rum Diary feeling as if the pacific ocean itself had washed over me. There was a warmth in my belly, and this sort of slack smile on my face as I pondered what I would w...
I left the screening of The Rum Diary feeling as if the pacific ocean itself had washed over me. There was a warmth in my belly, and this sort of slack smile on my face as I pondered what I would w...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/10/15/review_texas_killing_fields_may_bore_y?ref_src=news_rss Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:00:58 -0400 279240@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Home Features Movie Reviews Paul Meekin “Texas Killing Fields” is practical. It's effective. It hits the notes necessary. But in the end it's simply unsatisfying. “Texas Killing Fields” then, is like getting socks for Christmas. Or rathe...
“Texas Killing Fields” is practical. It's effective. It hits the notes necessary. But in the end it's simply unsatisfying. “Texas Killing Fields” then, is like getting socks for Christmas. Or rathe...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/10/08/review_footloose_more_of_a_jitterbug_t?ref_src=news_rss Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:00:52 -0400 276780@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Home (Non Feat) Home Features Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin Grief is confounding in that, over time, it can hypnotize and make us do some rash and terrible things. We can lash out at the ones we love most, drown ourselves in vices like food and alcohol, or ...
Grief is confounding in that, over time, it can hypnotize and make us do some rash and terrible things. We can lash out at the ones we love most, drown ourselves in vices like food and alcohol, or ...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/09/30/review_whats_your_number_counts_on_che?ref_src=news_rss Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:00:01 -0400 273837@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Home (Non Feat) Home Features Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin “What's Your Number” first looked to be a movie about how silly magazines like Cosmo craze typically well adjusted women into believing (or trying) ridiculous things in the name of romance and pass...
“What's Your Number” first looked to be a movie about how silly magazines like Cosmo craze typically well adjusted women into believing (or trying) ridiculous things in the name of romance and pass...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/09/23/review_a_dolphin_tale_a_whale_of_a_tim?ref_src=news_rss Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:00:11 -0400 271107@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Home (Non Feat) Home Features Movie Reviews Paul Meekin Do me a favor, locate your local corporate coffee shop chain and nab five sugar packets. Thanks. I'd like you to go ahead and pour all those sugar packets down your throat simultaneously. Okay, s...
Do me a favor, locate your local corporate coffee shop chain and nab five sugar packets. Thanks. I'd like you to go ahead and pour all those sugar packets down your throat simultaneously. Okay, s...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/09/17/review_drive_steers_clear_of_movie_cli?ref_src=news_rss Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:12:38 -0400 268068@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movie Reviews Paul Meekin “Drive” is a point blank shotgun blast to your dome. This is not a metaphor. About a half hour into “Drive”, the audience (and myself) started questioning what exactly Director Nicolas Winding Refn...
“Drive” is a point blank shotgun blast to your dome. This is not a metaphor. About a half hour into “Drive”, the audience (and myself) started questioning what exactly Director Nicolas Winding Refn...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/09/15/review_crazy_stupid_love_is_a_thinker_?ref_src=news_rss Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:12:07 -0400 268086@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Starpulse Exclusives Movie Reviews Paul Meekin So, I cooed and ruined everything. There was I was. On a date, to a movie I actually paid for, keenly aware of the dress and the legs (my god those legs) and personality sitting next to me. Th...
So, I cooed and ruined everything. There was I was. On a date, to a movie I actually paid for, keenly aware of the dress and the legs (my god those legs) and personality sitting next to me. Th...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/09/07/review_warrior_a_wimper_not_a_roar?ref_src=news_rss Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:00:51 -0400 264840@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Home Features Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin So a previously violent and drunken wrestling coach, a soldier with undiagnosed PTSD, and a high school science teacher walk into a MMA tournament. I'll let you write the punchline. But if you're w...
So a previously violent and drunken wrestling coach, a soldier with undiagnosed PTSD, and a high school science teacher walk into a MMA tournament. I'll let you write the punchline. But if you're w...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/09/01/a_good_old_fashioned_orgy_is_a_good_ol?ref_src=news_rss Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:35:03 -0400 263004@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Home (Non Feat) Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin If the title "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy" alone doesn't grab you, odds are no one is grabbing you (in the good way) period, and this movie isn't for you. But if it did and someone does, I'd check it...
If the title "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy" alone doesn't grab you, odds are no one is grabbing you (in the good way) period, and this movie isn't for you. But if it did and someone does, I'd check it...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/09/01/5_days_of_war_is_more_like_a_2_hour_gu?ref_src=news_rss Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:44:05 -0400 263010@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movie Reviews Paul Meekin 5 Days of War wants to be Shindler's List so bad it hurts. No really. It hurts. I legitimately got whiplash from throwing my head back in my chair in frustration over just how emotionally manipulat...
5 Days of War wants to be Shindler's List so bad it hurts. No really. It hurts. I legitimately got whiplash from throwing my head back in my chair in frustration over just how emotionally manipulat...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/07/28/attack_the_block_a_delightful_assault_?ref_src=news_rss Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:23:31 -0400 249714@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movie Reviews Paul Meekin What I liked about “Attack the Block” was that it was happy to have fun within it's genre without making fun of the genre itself. “Shaun of the Dead” (which was from the same producers) for examp...
What I liked about “Attack the Block” was that it was happy to have fun within it's genre without making fun of the genre itself. “Shaun of the Dead” (which was from the same producers) for examp...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/07/22/friends_with_benefits_more_like_a_pen_?ref_src=news_rss Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:00:16 -0400 247995@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Home Features Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin Ahhhh, the illusive friend with benefits. Desired by many, possessed by few. Lets face it, unless you’re a professional athlete, government official, or Oprah, finding a woman willing to sleep...
Ahhhh, the illusive friend with benefits. Desired by many, possessed by few. Lets face it, unless you’re a professional athlete, government official, or Oprah, finding a woman willing to sleep...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/07/05/super_is_super_?ref_src=news_rss Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:49:46 -0400 242052@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin A lot of folks probably haven't heard of James Gunn's Indie film “Super”. “Super” follows Rainn Wilson's Frank, A well meaning but weird (and he knows it) fellah whose wife, played by Liv Tyler, le...
A lot of folks probably haven't heard of James Gunn's Indie film “Super”. “Super” follows Rainn Wilson's Frank, A well meaning but weird (and he knows it) fellah whose wife, played by Liv Tyler, le...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/07/05/go_right_by_the_art_of_getting_by_when?ref_src=news_rss Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:38:23 -0400 242049@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin “The Art of Getting By” is a movie that’s playing at your local AMC Theater as an Indie attraction. AMC brings these movies to theaters every now and then to give general audiences a chance to see ...
“The Art of Getting By” is a movie that’s playing at your local AMC Theater as an Indie attraction. AMC brings these movies to theaters every now and then to give general audiences a chance to see ...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/06/29/transformers_dark_of_the_moon_?ref_src=news_rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:09:33 -0400 240396@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movie Reviews Paul Meekin So, let it be known that "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" is a colossal failure as a film. Huge. There are plot holes and time line inconsistencies and sometimes entire characters are completely fo...
So, let it be known that "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" is a colossal failure as a film. Huge. There are plot holes and time line inconsistencies and sometimes entire characters are completely fo...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/06/29/conan_obrien_cant_stop_and_he_never_sh?ref_src=news_rss Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:28:07 -0400 239844@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin We’ve heard the story: Conan O’Brien is ousted from his life long dream of hosting “The Tonight Show” by NBC to the tune of 30 million dollars in severance and a six month gag order legally preven...
We’ve heard the story: Conan O’Brien is ousted from his life long dream of hosting “The Tonight Show” by NBC to the tune of 30 million dollars in severance and a six month gag order legally preven...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/06/13/rejoice_and_shout_somewhere_between_m?ref_src=news_rss Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:04:31 -0400 234459@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Music News Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movie Reviews Paul Meekin Throughout the uplifting gospel documentary film “Rejoice and Shout”, something baffling occurred. Instead of letting decades old gospel performances that most of the audience has never seen be cap...
Throughout the uplifting gospel documentary film “Rejoice and Shout”, something baffling occurred. Instead of letting decades old gospel performances that most of the audience has never seen be cap...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/06/01/the_hangover_part_ii_is_a_bad_trip_?ref_src=news_rss Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:52:59 -0400 231030@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin I know I’m over thinking things here, but I couldn’t get over just how damn superficial the “The Hangover: Part II” is. None of the characters have depth, everyone is a jerk, or a liar, or a cheat,...
I know I’m over thinking things here, but I couldn’t get over just how damn superficial the “The Hangover: Part II” is. None of the characters have depth, everyone is a jerk, or a liar, or a cheat,...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/06/01/xmen_first_class_gets_an_a_grade?ref_src=news_rss Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:00:17 -0400 230064@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Home Features Movie Reviews Paul Meekin “X-Men: First Class” has the pop and style and comic book action and humor beloved in this genre. Director Matthew Vaughn, who cut his chops on the hyper-visceral, hyper-violent “Kick-Ass” has acco...
“X-Men: First Class” has the pop and style and comic book action and humor beloved in this genre. Director Matthew Vaughn, who cut his chops on the hyper-visceral, hyper-violent “Kick-Ass” has acco...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/04/17/pom_wonderful_presents_the_greatest_mo?ref_src=news_rss Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:20:02 -0400 212145@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin "POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" is the new feature length documentary from “Super-Size Me” glutton Morgan Spurlock, this time tackling the fairly tight-lipped world of produc...
"POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" is the new feature length documentary from “Super-Size Me” glutton Morgan Spurlock, this time tackling the fairly tight-lipped world of produc...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/04/09/hop_to_hop_as_soon_as_possible?ref_src=news_rss Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:25:04 -0400 212148@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Starpulse Exclusives Movie Reviews Paul Meekin The thing I liked most about “Hop” (and I liked a lot of things), is that it reminded me of old Warner Brothers cartoons and their brand of kid friendly ribald humor. I'm happy to report, Hop is a...
The thing I liked most about “Hop” (and I liked a lot of things), is that it reminded me of old Warner Brothers cartoons and their brand of kid friendly ribald humor. I'm happy to report, Hop is a...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/03/25/win_win_wonderful_worth_while?ref_src=news_rss Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:34:59 -0400 207528@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movie Reviews Paul Meekin Win Win tells the story of Mike, who becomes the legal guardian of Leo a senile old man. A couple of days later, his grandson shows up and through circumstance ends up living with Mike and his wife...
Win Win tells the story of Mike, who becomes the legal guardian of Leo a senile old man. A couple of days later, his grandson shows up and through circumstance ends up living with Mike and his wife...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Paul_Meekin/2011/03/02/the_adjustment_bureau_more_fun_less_sp?ref_src=news_rss Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:00:17 -0500 200475@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Paul Meekin They've shuffled the release date of “The Adjustment Bureau” as many times as they have, probably to avoid comparisons with Christopher Nolan's self-important masterpiece “Inception”. While they're...
They've shuffled the release date of “The Adjustment Bureau” as many times as they have, probably to avoid comparisons with Christopher Nolan's self-important masterpiece “Inception”. While they're...

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