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Jack Patrick RodgersFeatures FilmYou Know His Name: A History of James Bond[27.Apr.07] :. James Bond was the perfect hero for Great Britain of the 1950s, still licking its post-war wounds and eager for a champion who defended old-fashioned values like upper-class snobbery.  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2006Geek Goes Mainstream[9.Jan.07] :. The year 2006 saw many examples of so-called geeks breaking into the mainstream. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2006 Reviews DVDsSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street[2.Apr.08] :. Burton indulges in meticulously designed, deliberately artificial sets, cinematography that makes the world monochromatic, protagonists with pale skin and sunken eyes – but it's that passion coursing beneath the surface that makes this film feel more alive than anything he's done in years.  DVDs1968 with Tom Brokaw[25.Feb.08] :. This documentary is filled with revealing moments, both big and small, that show just how much – and how little – things have changed.  ComicsThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier[8.Jan.08] :. I hope that Moore decides to put the world of League aside and returns to telling stories about people.  DVDsRescue Dawn[18.Dec.07] :. Werner Herzog has made a career out of profiling men with impossible dreams who end up fighting against nature and society to make them a reality.  DVDsI Am Cuba (Soy Cuba)[10.Dec.07] :. I Am Cuba is a showcase for some of the most astonishingly complex long takes ever devised. Even today, its virtuosic camerawork is breathtaking. DVDs InterviewDVDs Shanghai KissDVDs Heroes: Season OneDVDs The Drifters: Greatest Hits LiveDVDs The Spanish-American War: First InterventionFeatured Article DVDsMy Neighbor Totoro (2007)[27.Jul.07] :. Cinematic flights of imagination don’t come more satisfying than this. Comics Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 #1-4DVDs Hex - The Complete First SeasonFeatured Article DVDsArmy of Shadows (1969)[31.May.07] :. A timeless and decidedly sober look at the desultory nature of everyday life during wartime. DVDs Whisper of the Heart (1995)PopMatters Pick DVDsHacking Democracy (2006)[9.Apr.07] :. This film shows a growing, dangerous mentality in American political and corporate life: the widespread refusal to acknowledge any problem, to accept any responsibility for mistakes made, or to fix any error until a disaster occurs and enrages the public. DVDs Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)DVDs Stranger Than Fiction (2006)DVDs Babel (2006)DVDs Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)DVDs The Beauty Academy of Kabul (2004)Comics Fables: 1001 Nights of SnowfallFeatured Article DVDsBattle Royale (2002)[20.Dec.06] :. Battle Royale is ultraviolence with a bleeding heart; A Clockwork Orange meets My So-Called Life. Comics FablesComics Lost Girls |
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