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Film Review

Angels & Demons

by Todd R. Ramlow

[15.May.09] :. A Harvard professor is an unlikely candidate for the hero of a summer blockbuster, and Angels & Demons demonstrates exactly why. The film is filled with talk, talk, talk.

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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: May 2009

by Bill Gibron

[27.Apr.09] :. May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas.

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The International

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Feb.09] :. Tom Tykwer's thriller shrewdly introduces Lou (Clive Owen) as he observes rather than acts.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

 

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Male

by PopMatters Staff

[9.Jan.08] :. From the tender and eerie precision of Sam Riley's depiction of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Control to yet another superlative performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, PopMatters highlights the best male actors of 2007.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

 

Film DVD Review

Night on Earth

by Emma Simmonds

[9.Nov.07] :. Night on Earth consists of a pleasingly varied collection of tales yet each is infused with the director’s own brand of subtle affection, offbeat musings and wit.

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Viggo Mortensen, director Cronenberg reunite for gangster movie

by Dixie Reid [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[17.Sep.07] :. Viggo Mortensen was busted the other day for smoking at the Ritz-Carlton, one of the city’s fine hostelries. “It could be God, and he couldn’t do it,” sniffed one of the...

 
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Film Review

Eastern Promises

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Sep.07] :. Eastern Promises crosses up and recombines stories of parents and children, even violence and history.

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The Third Miracle (1999)

by Renee Scolaro Rathke

The production notes for The Third Miracle tout it as “a provocative and powerful mystery about a priest who, while investigating the life of a possible American saint, faces temptations...