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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.

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‘Watchmen’ challenges ratings’ value

by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[16.Mar.09] :. It’s the one point on which “Watchmen” audiences can agree: Director Zack Snyder’s slavishly faithful adaptation of the graphic novel is not best experienced in an auditorium...

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Movie execs finally discover that audiences want to be entertained

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[9.Mar.09] :. Why does Hollywood make so many comic-book movies like “The Dark Knight” and “Watchmen?” Why does Hollywood make so many silly comedies like “Madea Goes to Jail”...

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Watch-meant: The Meaning of $55 Million

by Bill Gibron

[9.Mar.09] :. So what is it? A hit? A flop? Something somewhere in the middle? At a mere $55 million in weekend box office, Warner Brothers (and those litigious hangers-on FOX) must be circling the spin wagons and...

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Watchmen

by Todd R. Ramlow

[6.Mar.09] :. For Rorschach, there are clear lines between good and evil, and in this he is the most traditional of the superheroes in Watchmen.

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‘Watchmen’ role had Billy Crudup turning blue in the face (and everywhere else)

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[6.Mar.09] :. To an outside observer, there is no rhyme or reason for the way Billy Crudup selects acting roles. There are times when he seems to be the darling of the independent film world with movies like...

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Rom-com actress kicks (and bares) some tail in her action-film debut

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[6.Mar.09] :. LOS ANGELES - Malin Akerman most often is in romantic comedies like “27 Dresses” and “The Heartbreak Kid.” That’s easy to understand. The blond, ultra blue-eyed...

For ‘Watchmen’ fans, the long wait is over

by Preston Jones [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[5.Mar.09] :. Before the brooding, morally complex likes of “X-Men,” “Superman Returns” and “The Dark Knight” flickered across multiplex screens, there was...

Psycho Smackdown: ‘Watchmen’‘s Rorschach vs. ‘The Dark Knight’‘s Joker

by Bill Gibron

[4.Mar.09] :. This time next year, if there is any justice left in this baffling business called show, Jackie Earle Haley will be reaping the same kind of universal accolades that followed the late Heath Ledger...

‘This Is Not the Culture I Signed Up For’: Alan Moore and Hollywood

by Ben Hamilton

[4.Mar.09] :. Who will watch the Watchmen? Not their creator, Alan Moore. And while he seems to be alone in his condemnation with the latest adaptation of his work, Moore's steadfast position deserves some real attention.

Who Will Watch ‘Watchmen’?

by Bill Gibron

[3.Mar.09] :. Right now, it’s the studio’s only concern. The film has been completed, the marketing has been revved up, the press has been invited and the (so far mixed) reviews are starting to pour...

Squid Quibbles

by Bill Gibron

[2.Mar.09] :. It is bound to be the biggest issue debated come Friday. It will be far more contentious than how big the box office will be, Dr. Manhattan’s constant state of obvious “endowment”,...

Jackie Earle Haley’s comeback is complete with role in ‘Watchmen’

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[2.Mar.09] :. “Watchmen” may be the most eagerly awaited movie of 2009 - the film of the Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons graphic novel has been the object of breathless Internet anticipation for years. But...

‘300’ director Zack Snyder is ‘Watchmen’ hero

by Frank Lovece [Newsday (MCT)]

[2.Mar.09] :. The clock is ticking on “Watchmen” - finally opening in theaters Friday after more than 20 years of “To Be Continued ...” A comic-book miniseries so ambitious, so culturally...

Who Are the Watchmen?

by Bill Gibron

[12.Feb.09] :. It’s been said before but it bears repeating - when making a movie, casting is everything. You can have the best script, the most accomplished director, and a budget that allows for both to...

Zack Attack

by Bill Gibron

[11.Feb.09] :. How did he do it? How did Zack Snyder go from motion picture no one (well, he did direct a Michael Jordan documentary short and a Morrissey video) to helmer of hits like Dawn of the Dead and...

Dedication

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Aug.07] :. It's Henry's movie, and for all his eccentricities and fixations and rages, he's a very conventional man.

Trust the Man (2005)

by Matt Mazur

[8.Feb.07] :. Trust the Man is definitely enjoyable: as one of the guiltiest of pleasures that you only watch at home during the cold, dark winter, with the curtains drawn, alone and in shame with a whole bag of potato chips.

The Good Shepherd (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Dec.06] :. For Edward, the CIA forms a circular logic: members define the mission and vice versa.

Trust the Man (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Aug.06] :. Trust the Man is primarily focused on women trusting men, because the men find it nearly impossible to trust each other.

Mission Impossible III (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.May.06] :. A movie titled M:I:III can't lean too hard on verbal wit, and so it quickly leaves Laurence Fishburne behind to head out into the actionated field.

Big Fish (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Apr.04] :. Edward's persistent self-inflation frustrates Will, just as its contradictions appeal to Burton.

Big Fish (2003)

by Jesse Hassenger

[8.Jan.04] :. Edward is less obviously an outsider than Burton's other Edwards (Scissorhands and Wood), but equally filled with a winning sense of wonder.

World Traveler (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Apr.02] :. World Traveler returns to the 'problem' of Cal's appearance, as several characters... remark on his beauty.

Charlotte Gray (2001)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[10.Jan.02] :. The obvious reason for the glut of overly celebratory WWII films of the past few years is nostalgia for a time in American life when things like international politics and warfare were clear-cut.

Charlotte Gray (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Jan.02] :. ... challenges the national ideologies, nostalgia and idealization that have become so commonplace in popular cultural imaginings of the 'great war'.

Waking the Dead (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Waking the Dead opens with a television image. In 1974, young Fielding Pierce (Billy Crudup) is watching the news, when he sees that his girlfriend Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) has been killed in a car bomb explosion (reportedly engineered by 'terrorists,' that all-purpose contemporary cultural monster).

Waking the Dead (2000)

by P. Nelson Reinsch

Though some viewers might not compare producer-director Keith Gordon to John Huston as adaptors of literature to film, Gordon makes films which are regularly praised for their 'faithful' transfer of literary texts.

Jesus’ Son (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

The elegance of Maclean's film, however, lies i

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.