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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: June 2009

by Bill Gibron

[28.Apr.09] :. This month's "original" fare offers a take on a Sid and Marty Krofft classic, more battling seizure robots, and the retaking of '70s subway thriller. Everything old is new again.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

 

Film Review

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Jul.08] :. Kit Kittredge is, as her movie and doll-line assert, An American Girl, and so she'll need to face up to her national history, embrace her responsibility, and learn a useful life lesson to boot.

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Short Ends and Leader

Definitely, Maybe (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[29.Jun.08] :. One really does have to feel bad for the Romantic Comedy. It’s a genre that’s life support system is more or less irretrievably broken. Of course, part of the problem lies in the two...

Short Ends and Leader

 

News

Seven speedy minutes with ‘Nim’s Island’ star Jodie Foster

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[4.Apr.08] :. Making a movie is only part of an actor’s job. Most also give interviews just before their latest films hit theaters. Jodie Foster has been interviewed most of her life. The only challenge in...

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Film Review

Nim’s Island

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Apr.08] :. The focus in Nim's Island is most earnestly on the relationship that develops between 11-year-old Nim and Alex (Jodie Foster) from San Francisco.

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Film Review

Definitely, Maybe

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Feb.08] :. As much as she wants her dad's story to be a kind of hybrid surprise, Maya early on comprehends its conventionality.

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When a film is remade in the U.S.A.

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[2.Aug.07] :. Catherine Zeta-Jones dons a crisp white apron, cinches it around her waist, and gets busy cooking up asparagus terrine, quail with truffle sauce, blood-red entrecote, and other signature dishes that...

 

No Reservations (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Jul.07] :. That No Reservations can't imagine an alternative life for Kate makes all the energetic food-loving seem a little sad -- more sublimation than revelation.

 

Zeta-Jones and Eckhart dish about ‘No Reservations’

by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[26.Jul.07] :. "Though there are times," she laughs, "when I just ... can't ... help but steal that last chicken nugget off their plate."

 

Monkey Business (Part 3: July)

by Bill Gibron

[3.May.07] :. Finally, a month with only one remaining series contender. All wizard based Potter-y aside, this will be the most tenuous time for the business called show. After a strong start, the eccentric collection of entertainments here could make or break this potentially record shattering motion picture season.

 

The Ultimate Gift (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Mar.07] :. As in 300, all plot events, visual compositions, and supporting others are in place to redeem, enlighten, and celebrate the straight white male protagonist.

 

The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.07] :. For many of the movies on PopMatters' 2006 list of the year's best films, it is clear that a heavy personal and professional stake was riding on the final product.

 

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

by Kate Williams

[8.Jan.07] :. Little Miss Sunshine is that rare comedic film that earns its laughs through textured characterizations and authentic, humanizing contradictions.

 

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

by Daynah Burnett

[26.Jul.06] :. Even as Sheryl and Grandpa try to soothe little Olive, her father's "refuse to lose" credo creates a mountain of expectation.

 

Signs (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Aug.02] :. PULL.