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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: August 2009

by Bill Gibron

[30.Apr.09] :. With names like Tarantino, Lee, and Zombie, the final month of the season pulls out all the film geek stops. Still, the only guarantee is familiarity, not freshness.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: July 2009

by Bill Gibron

[29.Apr.09] :. In a rare attempt at novelty, July jets along with only Harry Potter and the Ice Age crew sampling continuing series spoils. The rest provide unknown pleasures.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

Film DVD Review

Underworld and Underworld: Evolution

by Stuart Henderson

[8.Feb.09] :. Whereas The Matrix relied on hyper-cool outfits and the beauty of stylized action sequences to help tell its weird little story, Underworld relies on them to try to make us forget that we are watching a story this insipid.

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To his surprise, the big roles keep coming for veteran actor Bill Nighy

by Robert W. Butler [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[5.Jan.09] :. For most of his working life, Bill Nighy has been a journeyman actor. He was a familiar face and voice in his native England, where he worked regularly in theater, TV and radio. But famous?...

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Suspense is ‘Valkyrie’‘s Saving Grace

by Bill Gibron

[23.Dec.08] :. World War II remains the ultimate cinematic backdrop for elements both within and outside the conflict’s control. On the one hand, there are so many fascinating and intricate parts to the...

Short Ends and Leader

Film Review

Valkyrie

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Dec.08] :. Valkyrie's forward motion is stalled repeatedly by hyperbolically symbolic images, which also undercut some nuanced performances.

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Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008

by Bill Gibron

[12.Sep.08] :. Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.

Digital Dynamite: The 30 Best DVDs of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[25.Jan.08] :. It was the year of the behemoth box set, the multi-disc triumph that tried to give long suffering fans everything their demanding little digital hearts ever desired. Here are PopMatters' 30 picks for the best DVDs of the year.

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.

‘Bad Boys’ influenced the British makers of ‘Hot Fuzz’

by Joshua Klein [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[28.Jul.07] :. The British comedy “Hot Fuzz,” out this week on DVD, plays like a compendium of every action movie and cop thriller cliche ever made. The brilliance of creators Simon Pegg and Edgar...

Kids’ DVDs: June 2007

by Roger Holland

[6.Jun.07] :. 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.

Tia Dalma of ‘Pirates’ was a role to dye for

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[25.May.07] :. Tia Dalma, the sultry, scary, tattooed voodoo priestess, played a pivotal role in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. But her part is vastly more important in the third film in...

Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.May.07] :. In the just-in-time for Memorial Day weekend Pirates sequel, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) pursues pleasure with the sort of determination usually associated with moviegoers.

Monkey Business (Part 1: May)

by Bill Gibron

[1.May.07] :. Talk about frontloading your approach. Each week in this first full month of patented popcorn movies finds another famous franchise icon making a major blockbuster bow. Only truly disastrous results from these guaranteed crowd-pleasers will keep the coffers from clogging with cash.

Hot Fuzz (2007)

by Daynah Burnett

[24.Apr.07] :. Hot Fuzz is all about the guys. And who needs girls when you have guns?

‘Hot Fuzz’: Filmakers approve the use of deadly farce

by Phoebe Flowers [South Florida Sun-Sentinel]

[20.Apr.07] :. "The one word that we bristle at is 'spoof.'"

‘Hot Fuzz’: An Over-the-top Brit-riff

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[20.Apr.07] :. Simon Pegg is the silliest David Caruso since the real one in Hot Fuzz, an over-the-top Brit-riff on cop movies, cop shows and the CSI age we live in. All that’s missing are the...

Taking aim at cop movies with ‘Hot Fuzz’

by Jeff Strickler [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[19.Apr.07] :. Most filmmakers hate the city-a-day promotion tours that inevitably end up producing a lot more sitting around—in airports, airplanes, taxis, hotel rooms and restaurants—than promoting....

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Jan.07] :. As much as Barbara judges, you may find yourself in a quandary, not judging so much as taking pleasure in her vile, brilliant perfection.

Flushed Away (2006)

by Daynah Burnett

[8.Nov.06] :. Droll and unfortunately titled, Flushed Away marks a point of no return for British animated films.

Underworld: Evolution (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Jan.06] :. Race here is not an inherent or stable identity, but mutable and mutating.

The Constant Gardener (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Aug.05] :. That might be the film's most potent insight, that the white guy cannot save the day.

Enduring Love (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Nov.04] :. Samantha Morton's face seems a perfect object for gazing on.

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Sep.04] :. Casting Bill Nighy as a zombie -- or more accurately, a zombie to be -- may not be precisely innovative, but it's clever and wholly enjoyable.

Underworld: Extended Cut (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.May.04] :. Such contrasts make Underworld an especially good-looking vampire-werewolf-action film, even if it is over-the-top.

Underworld (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Jan.04] :. Underworld has more on its mind than matching its throbbing rock soundtrack to action sequences.

Love Actually (2003)

by Mary Colgan

[13.Nov.03] :. On occasion, the film allows a jaded sensibility to worm its way into this otherwise picturesque world.

Underworld (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Sep.03] :. The primary point is the look -- the drenching rain, the blazing gunfire, the catsuit.

I Capture the Castle (2003)

by Tracy McLoone

[24.Jul.03] :. The Cottons bluster into the Mortmains' lives, as Americans in British tales will do.

Lawless Heart (2001)

by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece

[28.Feb.03] :. Like the emotions it examines, 'Lawless Heart' is full of conflict and confusion.