Tuesday, April 12 2011
Joss Whedon 101: Cabin in the Woods
Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard's Cabin in the Woods has been as star-crossed as a show can be. Although Goddard and Whedon had finished principle filming, MGM requested a year delay to convert the film to 3D, and then promptly went bankrupt.
Monday, November 26 2007
Studio 60 Live on the Sunset Strip: The Complete Series
Despite its purported faults (critics were divided), Studio 60 Live on the Sunset Strip holds up well on DVD, as viewers can quickly proceed to the next episode without losing momentum, without losing the smart, subtextual thread of the prior episode.
Wednesday, January 10 2007
Net-Works: The Best TV of 2006
You won't have to look far along your television dial to discover the Top TV picks from PopMatters staff. From 20 upward, each entry represents the boob tube at its best.
Time Encapsulating: The Best DVDs of 2006
From solid single issues to amazingly complete film and television compilations, the works highlighted here argue for DVD's continued importance.
Monday, September 18 2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip plays a lot like a lip-glossed The West Wing. Not a bad thing necessarily, but not a radical rethinking of primetime TV either.
Wednesday, November 16 2005
The West Wing
There are growing overlaps between politics, news, and entertainment. Hard news has taken a back seat to feature journalism and talk shows, real politics to realpolitik.
Friday, June 3 2005
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
If its resolutions are at times too neat, the movie can also be refreshing, allowing the girls to be confused, perceptive, foolish, mad, and generous.
Monday, November 1 2004
The West Wing
The West Wing has locked itself into philosophical stasis, determined to air its liberal credentials via Bartlett and his staff yet equally determined never to challenge the status quo.
Sunday, January 1 1995
The West Wing
As is often the case with presidential terms, the Bartlett administration ended with great pomp and little circumstance.


































