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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

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 3: The Sixth Sense to Fight Club (August - October 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[25.Mar.09] :. Films that have left a lasting impression on their creators (M. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mendes, David Fincher) make up the majority of Part Three of our Films of 1999 overview.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

Mixed Media

Inglorious Basterds (trailer)

by Jer Fairall

[4.Mar.09] :. “You haven’t seen war until you’ve seen it through the eyes of Quentin Tarantino.”  Out August...

Mixed Media

News

Which road will Oscar take? ‘Benjamin Button,’ ‘Slumdog’ travel on two distinct paths

by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)]

[16.Feb.09] :. New Orleans is 8,870 miles from Mumbai, India, as the crow flies. The Academy Award nominees for best picture set in those cities - “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and...

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[16.Jan.09] :. Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

Iconic - The Top 20 Male Performances of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[14.Jan.09] :. Like the gladiators of old, 2008 resembles a battle of formidable acting gods, especially when looking over the 20 choices presented below. Indeed, if anything, choosing a winner requires more of a leap of faith than any amount of critical skill - they all were that good.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Dec.08] :. It's an inelegant but provocative means to measure Benjamin and Daisy's ostensibly transcendent connection: as he grows young and she grows old, they share but a single moment when their bodies and visions and hopes can easily coincide.

Burn After Reading (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[21.Dec.08] :. The Coen Brothers remains the most predicable unpredictable artists in Hollywood. You can be guaranteed that the minute you think you have them pegged - post-modern nostalgists, retro Hollywood...

Careers of five of Hollywood’s once-red-hot leading men may hang on their big holiday flicks

by John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)]

[19.Dec.08] :. None of the actors listed below will miss a meal in 2009. None will have to tighten his Versace belt, have his Gucci driving shoes resoled or be on the lookout for the repo man. However, in film,...

Being John Malkovich brings many movie roles

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[18.Sep.08] :. TORONTO - John Malkovich is, well, being John Malkovich, although no portals affording entry to his mind seem to be in operation here at the Four Seasons Hotel. The actor, who starred as himself, of...

Burn After Reading

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Sep.08] :. Ozzie (John Malkovich) embodies the problem of the CIA, of the "intelligence community," which is that it reacts to data, then fashions a story about it to comport with the reaction.

Brad Pitt, sexiest man alive, is also one of the silliest

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

[12.Sep.08] :. Being beautiful isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Sometimes you want to be respected for your brains and talent. Just ask Brad Pitt. This weekend audiences will find this cinema...

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.

You Do Not Talk About Fight Club by Read Mercer Schuchardt (ed.)

by Derek Beres

[11.Sep.08] :. Using Sartre and superstring theory as a foundation, Vacker adds a voice to the continuation of Palahniuk’s theme, which deals, essentially, with the will to live -- and more importantly, how to live.

Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

by Bill Gibron

[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.

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.

The up-and-coming Affleck: younger brother Casey, in 2 new films

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[19.Oct.07] :. TORONTO—Don’t underestimate Casey Affleck, the reedy-voiced, baby-faced actor, who is younger brother to Ben. Like the character he plays in “Gone Baby Gone”—the...

Babel: Borders Within

by Rebecca Chang

[1.Oct.07] :. As a director, Inarritu is kinetic, adventurous and deeply motivated by spontaneity of feeling. The new edition of Babel is worth getting ahold of for the extra feature documentary alone.

Babel: Lest We Be United

by Stuart Henderson

[1.Oct.07] :. The great, overarching question one asks during a film such as this is: where is the light? At 143 minutes, this much sadness and tragedy becomes somewhat numbing.

Part 5: The Return of the Auteur

by PopMatters Staff

[22.Jun.07] :. That noise you heard near the start of the new millennium was the creative din of a brash new breed of filmmakers tearing down the traditions of mainstream moviemaking. Their motion picture mission statements -- including the ones featured on this list -- remain the rulebook for new generations of anxious film artists.

Jerry Weintraub is the ‘heart and soul’ of the ‘Ocean’s’ trilogy

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

[8.Jun.07] :. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Frank Sinatra lived two doors down. Cary Grant dropped by regularly. Tom Cruise just bought the house next door. George Clooney sits by the pool. Brad and Angelina have...

Oceans Thirteen (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Jun.07] :. Every time George Clooney or Bernie Mac admits to the lameness of Number Two, the third film in the franchise can't help but promise improvement.

Monkey Business (Part 2: June)

by Bill Gibron

[2.May.07] :. Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.

Babel (2006)

by Jack Patrick Rodgers

[23.Feb.07] :. With a movie that encompasses international relations, broken families, personal epiphanies, romantic longings, painful secrets, and our constant aching need for human connection, Iñárritu might have bitten off more than he could chew.

The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.07] :. For many of the movies on PopMatters' 2006 list of the year's best films, it is clear that a heavy personal and professional stake was riding on the final product.

Mr. & Mrs Smith: Unrated Collector’s Edition (2004)

by Whitney Strub

[5.Jun.06] :. Mr. & Mrs. Smith strips away the niceties of the classical narrative form to revel in pure spectacle, and to surprisingly pleasurable effect.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Nov.05] :. John's casually precise athleticism and stuttering are oddly enchanting.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Jun.05] :. More evocative of Fred Astaire than James Bond, John's killer athleticism reflects a general quickness of mind.

Troy (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.May.04] :. According to Troy, war is all about reputation.

Cool World (1992)

by Jesse Hassenger

[17.Nov.03] :. The doodles are all bulbous heads, puckered lips and low-slung Cro-Magnon shoulders.

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

by Jesse Hassenger

[10.Jul.03] :. During the story's awkward romantic interludes, children and their parents can squirm in boredom together, as a family.

Snatch (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Sep.02] :. Snatch is all about attitude and style. And guys, lots of guys.

Spy Game (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Apr.02] :. The film's assumptions about the Agency, are, in a word, Before September 11, before top secret government agencies (CIA, FBI, etc.) were revealed as not doing what they've been pretending to be doing all this time.

Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Dec.01] :. The background surf, unbuttoned shirt, and look away from the camera -- all this demonstrates just how movie-starness is done. The plot, like I say, is beside the point.

Spy Game (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Nov.01] :. The film's assumptions about the Agency, are, in a word, Before September 11, before top secret government agencies (CIA, FBI, etc.) were revealed as not doing what they've been pretending to be doing all thi

Fight Club (1999)

by Jonathan Beller and Rhonda Baughman

[14.Oct.99] :. Does capitalism have you by the balls? If you're feeling a little limp lately, a little flaccid, emasculated, or impotent, then David Fincher's Fight Club may just have your number. This film kicks butt, and in doing so it also manages to suggest that your need for it and for other butt-kicking films is a late capitalist symptom of contemporary psychosis.

Snatch (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Snatch is all about attitude and style. And guys, lots of guys. Aggressive and jumpy, packed with brutish hooligans and feckless crooks, it’s a guys’ throw-down movie and then...

The Mexican (2001)

by Todd R. Ramlow

'The Mexican' follows the turbulent near-end of the relationship between hapless Mafia gopher Jerry Welbach (Brad) and his obsessive, psycho-babbling girlfriend Samantha Barzel (Julia), who reduces everything in her life to 'blame-shifting' and others' inability to express their emotions.

The Mexican (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

On its good-looking surface (being well-composed and carefully lit), 'The Mexican' is a love story.

The Mexican (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

On its good-looking surface (being well-composed and carefully lit), 'The Mexican' is a love story.