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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

Celulloid Culpability - Top 10 Film Guilty Pleasures of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Jan.09] :. Like comedy or music, one's choice in cinematic pleasure can be very personal - and very peculiar. Take this tantalizing list of shameful indulgences. You can argue over their artistic value, but their individuals rewards definitely speak to those who champion them.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008

 

Film DVD Review

Step Brothers

by Jesse Hassenger

[7.Dec.08] :. They're hostile, irritable, and unemployable; it's hilarious but also unsettling.

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Film Review

Step Brothers

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Jul.08] :. In Step Brothers, Nancy (Mary Steenburgen) is the ideal audience, the girl who can't fathom the anti-nuances of masculine ritual.

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Short Ends and Leader

These ‘Brothers’ Offer Offensive Delights

by Bill Gibron

[25.Jul.08] :. Embarrassing as it may seem, we’ve all been there - laughing when the fat man splits his pants, fighting off hysterics after an old lady farts. Even the most erudite among us can’t deny...

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The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview Feature

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008

by Bill Gibron

[30.Apr.08] :. And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming.

The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview

 

TV Review

Tell Me You Love Me

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Sep.07] :. By using visible sex acts to complicate the distinction between what's fake or genuine, the show underscores its thematic focus, on how people lie to each other and themselves.

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The Return (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Nov.06] :. Joanna's restlessness is pathological and symptomatic. "Sometimes," she says, "I think that if I keep moving forward, nothing bad will happen to me."

 

High Crimes (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Apr.02] :. 'High Crimes' is a movie starring Ashley Judd whom someone has determined is the ideal Flinty Woman in Danger.