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Repo!: The Genetic Opera (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[20.Jan.09] :. Vision is hard to come by in today’s ‘crank ‘em out and count the pennies’ Hollywood. Bankability and commercial viability often trump things like talent, imagination and...

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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.

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Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest

by Evan Sawdey

[21.Nov.08] :. Quest marks the first full-length animated outing for the Doctor -- and, with any luck, it will be his last.

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008

by Bill Gibron

[11.Sep.08] :. Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.

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Imagine Me & You (2005)

by Marisa Carroll

[3.Aug.06] :. Heck's heartbreak, the most resonanting aspect of this film, is not necessarily a bad thing, but it sure does drain the piss out of Luce and Rachel's final, loving, lesbian embrace.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

by Todd R. Ramlow

[18.Jun.02] :. As to the rejection of my understanding of the connection between lesbianism and witchcraft on 'Buffy', I have never said that BVS's creator or writers made a conscious (and consciously homophobic) decision to directly cast lesbianism as social pathology and physical addiction.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

by Andrew Gilstrap

[10.Jun.02] :. To think of Willow and Tara only in terms of their lesbianism is to do a disservice to lovers who were fully realized, regardless of their gender or orientation.

 

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

by Todd R. Ramlow

[4.Jun.02] :. This was a tragic ending to one of prime-time television's most engaging love stories. More disturbing, as well as more socially and politically troublesome, however, is that Tara's death completes what has become a rather homophobic and pathological representation of lesbian desires and relationships over the course of the past season.

 

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel

by John G. Nettles

Given Buffy's track record for playing with conventions, there may be hope for Dawn Summers on the horizon, but as of now she is definitely the Scrappy-Doo of the Scooby Gang.

 

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

by Michael Abernethy

With so much going for it, why isn't 'Buffy' the hottest show on television?