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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

The Best Film Obsessions in 2007

[7.Jan.08] :. Whether by luck or some kind of hive rejuvenation, 2007 saw a whole lot of terrific American movies.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2006

The Year in Crime

[8.Jan.07] :. The best four films of the year are all essentially crime pictures. Though they are stylish, none could be deemed pulp, or at least not in the Tarantino/Rodriguez sense of the word.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2006

 

TV

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Lord of the Nerds

[19.May.03] :. Buffy is often mentioned specifically as a "female empowerment" show, but one of its most inviting aspects is the way its cast has always been uncommonly split between guys and girls.

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There Will Be Blood

[8.Apr.08] :. However fictional, Daniel Plainview is like history come to life -- more Frankenstein's monster than wax doll.

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Hitman

[19.Mar.08] :. Too dry for teenagers, and not sophisticated enough for anyone who has ever seen an espionage movie better than Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever.

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Revolver

[17.Mar.08] :. Ritchie's understanding of the term "psychological" seems to be rooted in the idea that people, like, have conflicting thoughts, like, inside their head and stuff.

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Margot at the Wedding

[6.Mar.08] :. Vivid impressions that make us look closely into Baumbach's fascinating, semi-miserable world.

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Quiet City & Dance Party, USA

[11.Feb.08] :. In keeping with his emphasis on conversational pauses and microscopic moments, Katz shows off a hushed, near-solitary side of New York.

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DVDs   Wedding Daze

DVDs   The Simpsons Movie

DVDs   Titanic: 10th Anniversary Edition

DVDs   The TV Set

DVDs   Face/Off

DVDs   30 Rock - Season 1

DVDs   Blades of Glory

DVDs   Pathfinder

Film   The Ten

DVDs   The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season

DVDs   Gray Matters (2006)

Books   I Like Food, Food Tastes Good by Kara Zuaro

DVDs   Seinfeld - Season 8

TV   Veronica Mars

Film   Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007)

Film   Meet the Robinsons (2007)

DVDs   The Science of Sleep (La Science des rêves) (2006)

DVDs   The Prestige (2006)

DVDs   Oasis: Morning Glory - A Classic Album Under Review [DVD]

DVDs   The Quiet (2005)

DVDs   The Covenant (2006)

DVDs   An Evening With Kevin Smith 2 - Evening Harder (2006)

Film   For Your Consideration (2006)

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The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season

[13.Oct.06] :. The Simpsons deals with the serious issues -- repression, crises of faith, and fractured families -- that most sitcoms either ignore or confine to "special" quasi-dramatic episodes.

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DVDs   Beavis & Butt-head - The Mike Judge Collection, Vol. 3: The Mike Judge Collection, Vol. 3

DVDs   The Great New Wonderful (2005)

Film   Beerfest (2006)

DVDs   Find Me Guilty (2006)

Film   The Descent (2005)

Film   The Benchwarmers (2006)

Film   Ask the Dust (2006)

DVDs   Star Wars: Clone Wars, Volume 2 (2005)

DVDs   DuckTales - Volume One

Film   Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)

DVDs   Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

DVDs   Beavis & Butt-head, Vol. 1 - The Mike Judge Collection

DVDs   Toy Story: 10th Anniversary Edition (1995)

DVDs   The Transporter: Special Delivery Edition (2002)

DVDs   Home Movies: Season 2

DVDs   Tommy Boy: Holy Schnike Edition (1995)

DVDs   Undeclared: The Complete Series

Film   9 Songs (2005)

DVDs   Gone in 60 Seconds: Director's Cut (2000)

DVDs   Star Trek: Insurrection (Special Collector's Edition) (1998)

DVDs   The Lone Gunmen - The Complete Series

TV   Veronica Mars

TV   Degrassi: The Next Generation

TV   Arrested Development

DVDs   The American Astronaut (2004)

DVDs   Get Shorty (Special Edition) (1995)

DVDs   De-Lovely (2004)

Film   William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (2004)

DVDs   Home Movies, Season One

Film   Dig! (2004)

DVDs   Godzilla: The Monster Wars Trilogy (1998)

DVDs   Naked in New York (1993)

DVDs   Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)

DVDs   Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - Trackers (1999)

Film   King Arthur (2004)

Film   Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)

Film   Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

Film   Saved! (2004)

Film   Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)

TV   The Kids in the Hall: Season One (1989-1990) (2004): CAST - PopMatters Film Review

DVDs   A League of Their Own (1992)

DVDs   The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Film   Broken Lizard's Club Dread (2004)

DVDs   The Critic: The Complete Series

Film   The Big Bounce (2004)

DVDs   The X-Files: The Complete Eighth Season

Film   Big Fish (2003)

Film   Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

Film   Stuck on You (2003)

DVDs   The Great Gatsby (1974)

Film   The Cooler (2003)

DVDs   The Dark Crystal (1982)

Film   Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

DVDs   Cool World (1992)

DVDs   Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Film   Anything Else (2003)

DVDs   John Denver and the Muppets: Rocky Mountain Holiday

DVDs   Hook (1991)

DVDs   Nobody's Fool (1994)

DVDs   The Whole Bean

Film   Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)

Film   Johnny English (2003)

Film   Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

DVDs   Party Girl (1995)

DVDs   Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

Film   Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) (2003)

Film   People I Know (2003)

Film   The Man From Elysian Fields (2001)

Film   The Real Cancún (2003) - PopMatters Film Review )

Film   House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

Film   Cowboy Bebop (2003)

Film   View From the Top (2003)

Film   Agent Cody Banks (2003)

DVDs   Sideways (2004)

DVDs   Home Movies: Season 4

DVDs   King of the Hill: The Complete Season Six

TV   Lost

TV   The Simpsons

TV   Veronica Mars

 
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