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

Outside the Lines - The Top 20 International/Indie Films of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[15.Jan.09] :. With many indie/international films receiving more and more mainstream approval from unfamiliar audiences, many of the titles here could be considered part of the overall 2008 Best Of. But their individuality and multicultural appeal keep them a quality concept apart.

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

Film DVD Review

Beowulf (2007)

by Jarrett Berman

[3.Mar.08] :. Crawling with mermaids and monsters, irony, and gore, Beowulf delivers the goods, without betraying its core narrative.

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Colin Farrell is not your ordinary hit man

by John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)]

[14.Feb.08] :. Bruges, the Belgian port city known for its medieval architecture and Flemishness, is referred to in such unspeakable terms during the upcoming “In Bruges” that one would have expected...

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In Bruges

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Feb.08] :. For all the showy action and spurty blood, it's the evolving intimacy between Ken and Ray that is most compelling in In Bruges.

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‘Beowulf’ screenwriter says don’t expect `300’ in Viking horns

by Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[16.Nov.07] :. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Fantasy author Neil Gaiman automatically turns down offers to rewrite others’ work for the screen, but in the case of “Beowulf,” whose 8th-century author...

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Beowulf

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Nov.07] :. Beowulf is the model man, outrageous and arrogant, and so admired far and wide.

tHarrisons Flowers

by Boyd Williamson

[7.Aug.07] :. If there were an award given to actors for retaining their dignity in undignified movies, Andie MacDowell would surely win for her performance in Harrison’s Flowers.

Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Dec.05] :. As tends to happen in Neil Jordan's films about spirited outsiders, Kitten's sense of limbo doesn't limit him as much it inspires him to resist expectations.

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.May.05] :. As history, it is mightily revisionist -- a blacksmith named turns inadvertent defender of Jerusalem, devoted to the notion that Muslims and Christians can get along.

In My Country (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Mar.05] :. In the midst of this outrage, the film negotiates the intricacies of ubuntu by offering instances where a desire for revenge seems impossible to resist.

The Village (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Jan.05] :. 'I have to keep doing things that scare me, and this certainly scares me,' says M. Night Shyamalan.

The Village (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Aug.04] :. Noah is so wrapped up in his own emotions that he seems, at first, the most literal embodiment of the film's critique of a post-9/11 American isolationism.

Cold Mountain: Collector’s Edition (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Jul.04] :. Anthony Minghella's image of the birds in snow articulates Cold Mountain's aesthetic and themes, its interest in collision and reverie, in nostalgia and resistance.

Troy (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

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

Cold Mountain (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Dec.03] :. The first scene in Cold Mountain is sensational and sickening, an apt introduction to what will be a Civil War saga.

28 Days Later (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Oct.03] :. In time for Halloween, Fox has released the DVD of 28 Days Later, a frankly brilliant and scary scary movie.

28 Days Later (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Jun.03] :. Restless, irksome, strange: there's not much downtime in Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later.

Dark Blue (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Feb.03] :. This is a scary city, where scary figures hang out on scary corners and slouch with scary insouciance. No wonder the cops are tense.

Gangs of New York (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Dec.02] :. Daniel Day-Lewis wears a tall stovepipe hat in Martin Scorsese's long-awaited Gangs of New York.

Harrison’s Flowers (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Mar.02] :. Goes at both war and romance from a decidedly oblique angle.

The Tailor of Panama (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

'The Tailor of Panama' [is] an international spy movie with a little more on its mind than the usual Bondian gizmos and girls -- yes, please note the cute nod, in Brosnan's casting as a chic and arrogant operative, to his most famous role, and it's not Remington Steele.

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)

by Lucas Hilderbrand

The first Mission: Impossible film was an elaborately nonsensical piece of eye candy, little more than an excuse to outfit Tom Cruise in tight black clothes. For the much-delayed and big...