Friday, March 27 2009
Part 5: Toy Story 2 to Titus (November - December 1999)
On this final day of PopMatters' 1999 overview, awards season hype gives way to pure acting prowess and definitive directorial flair.
Wednesday, June 18 2008
So I Married an Axe Murderer (Deluxe Edition)
This has become more dated than either of the Wayne’s World movies, and is so seeped in ‘90s iconography it serves as a visual time capsule.
Thursday, August 23 2007
The Architect
Anthony LaPaglia delivers a brilliantly understated performance as a man who has the ability to build, but not maintain, and the desire to reconstruct, but not renovate.
Wednesday, June 6 2007
Kids’ DVDs: June 2007
Given that babies and young children love nothing more than repetition, repetition, and... um.... repetition, I can't understand why even the pointiest of heads would think children between the ages of six months and three years could possible need 23 different Baby Einstein DVDs.
Tuesday, November 21 2006
Happy Feet (2006)
The penguins learn to refine their engrained vocal skills not in the interest of spiritual uplift or any such, but, basically, to get laid.
Thursday, October 13 2005
Without a Trace
The agents are often too late to save the missing or realize that the missing is alive but better off wherever he or she has landed than back at home.
Wednesday, September 8 2004
Whispers in the Dark (1992)
What emerges here is a painfully generic potboiler briefly masquerading as softcore porn.
Monday, September 30 2002
Without a Trace
Insofar as it depicts agents who think and verify before acting, Without a Trace unexpectedly provides an antidote to the current media crime-fighting frenzy.
Wednesday, May 15 2002
The Salton Sea (2002)
Danny's story is part noiry nightmare, part scam saga, and part junkie-underground travelogue.
