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True Blood

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Jun.09] :. True Blood's second season showcases the similarities between fundamentalisms -- whether Christian or pagan.

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

The Best Television Performers of 2008

by Michael Abernethy

[14.Jan.09] :. More than anything, though, I wish all those political pundits would take some time off, to rest and let their vocal cords recuperate. That truly would make for a happy new year.

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

 

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

As Charged - Top 10 TV Guilty Pleasures of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[12.Jan.09] :. If television is indeed a vast cultural and artistic wasteland, then the 10 examples of culpable amusement selected by our staff must represent something significant -- or perhaps we're just way too addicted to the old boob tube.

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

 

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

Back to Basics - The 30 Best TV Shows of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[12.Jan.09] :. The Year in TV was a lot like the US economy: struggling until summer and then tanking under the hope of a 2009 comeback. Still, our staff found 30 solid reasons to be cheerful come entertainment investment time.

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

 

TV Review

True Blood

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Sep.08] :. The goofy vampire romance in True Blood is granted another perspective by Tara (Rutina Wesley), who at least seems aware of life outside of Bon Temps, Louisiana.

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TV Review

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.May.07] :. Premiering this Sunday on HBO, Bury My Heart illustrates the tensions, presumptions, and inequities represented by the Dawes Act.

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X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.May.06] :. It's a superhero movie, so all these choices involve massive destruction -- buildings disintegrating, fireballs flying, bodies detonating.

 

The Squid and the Whale (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Nov.05] :. As Noah Baumbach's film tracks Walt's slow evolution during the months surrounding his parents' divorce, it keeps something of a distance, wry and observant.

 

Darkness: Unrated Version (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Apr.05] :. Ooky ambiguity is one thing. Incoherence is another.

 

X2: X-Men United (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Dec.03] :. At once all powerful and utterly powerless, this involuntary terrorist is the first mutant you meet in X2.

 

Buffalo Soldiers (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Aug.03] :. The soldiers rebel in trivial but telling ways, more often than not imitating the very systems they think they're bucking.

 

X2: X-Men United (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.May.03] :. At once all powerful and utterly powerless, this involuntary terrorist is the first mutant you meet in X2.

 

The 25th Hour (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Dec.02] :. The 25th Hour opens with huge, hard-hitting shots of the March 2002 tribute to the Twin Towers, the towers of light.

 

X-Men (2000)

by Sabadino Parker

Beware the genesis of a new movie franchise, namely, X-Men, adapted from the best-selling comic book series of all time. Comics aficionados have been awaiting the film since the 1980s, when...

 

Finding Forrester (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Just when did Gus Van Sant get religion? The once adventurous and near-miracle-working director (he convinced William S. Burroughs to appear in Drugstore Cowboy and coaxed the best performance...

 

Almost Famous (2000)

by Ben Varkentine

And yet, for a rock 'n' roll film set in the '70s, Almost Famous has surprisingly little sex and drugs on screen (though both are much discussed). Even when two or three of the 'band-aids' decide to deflower William, mainly to alleviate their boredom, it comes off more like a slumber party game than an act of real sexuality.

 

Almost Famous (2000)

by Mike Ward

Maybe in the deceptive world of fame (or almost-fame), this is the best version of intimacy available, although it's easier to attribute it to the characters' superficiality, and maybe a certain starry-eyed idealism on Cameron Crowe's part.