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No Means Ho: Debating ‘Observe and Report’‘s Most Controversial Scene

by Bill Gibron

[13.Apr.09] :. Rape? Or the Reality of Relationships circa 2009? Jody Hill's Observe and Report is being vilified over that very question.

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Observe and Report

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[10.Apr.09] :. Observe and Report proposes that a man who feels worthless is capable of a violent rage. If this sounds edgy, it's not.

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‘Observe’ Mines Humor Out of Pain, Peculiarity

by Bill Gibron

[10.Apr.09] :. It’s safe to say that, somewhere down the line, Jody Hill is going to make a truly f*cked-up masterpiece. He’s going to drop all the idiosyncrasies and preplanned insularity, dig deep...

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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

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The House Bunny

by Brendon Bouzard

[22.Aug.08] :. The House Bunny is truly toxic, telling women to hate their bodies and hide their talents.

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The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview Feature

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008

by Bill Gibron

[1.May.08] :. Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.

The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview

My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

by Kelley Schei

[1.Feb.07] :. This film hovers somewhere between sappy romantic comedy and action movie, falling back on lazy gender-reversal jokes and super hero tropes.

Scary Movie 4 (2006)

by Ron Mashate

[1.Sep.06] :. This isn't a movie so much as a series of set pieces with a theme of parody in mind, only to quickly devolve into toilet humor of the most literal kind and asinine, gross-out histrionics.

My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Jul.06] :. Eddie Izzard brings a whole other dimension to My Super Ex-Girlfriend, being wily and subversive rather than flamboyant.

Scary Movie 4 (2006)

by Noah Davis

[21.Apr.06] :. The problem is that none of this is surprising. We've seen these jokes on late night television, heard them on the radio or even thought of them ourselves.

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Apr.06] :. While the movie's poetry is often stunning, the DVD docs are decidedly and disappointingly banal.

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Dec.05] :. It's Alma's silence that makes Brokeback Mountain feel so serious. Her pain is neither exquisite nor elegiac. It is only hard.

Lost in Translation (2003)

by Sharon Mizota and Oliver Wang

[23.Feb.04] :. Lost in Translation one-ups its peers with better music, prettier shots, and a more charismatic lead, but its racism is all the more insidious for being wrapped in a pleasing package.

Scary Movie 3 (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Oct.03] :. Just when you thought the Scary Movie franchise had run out of ideas, here it comes again -- looking like it's run out of ideas.

Lost in Translation (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Sep.03] :. . . . about seeing and not seeing at the same time, a series of incredibly precise, meticulous images of faces and hands and doorframes.

Scary Movie (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

A pretty high school student, knowing the killer is close to breaking through her bedroom door, calls 911 on her PC. Her eyes wide and her heart pounding, she types in her message: “White woman...

Scary Movie 2 (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Truth be told, it's hard to call out 'Scary Movie 2' for being excessively disgusting and stupid, since that's precisely how the sequel to the most profitable R-rated movie in history is selling itself.