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A Shortage of Villainy

by Chris Barsanti

[7.May.09] :. While director Abrams' handling of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman's propulsive screenplay is sleek and spiffy, to say the least, it ultimately hews far closer to his television work than might have been wise for a big-screen reboot.

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Meet the cast and crew of ‘Star Trek’

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[7.May.09] :. Here’s a quick look at the “Star Trek” crew. James T. Kirk Played by: Chris Pine Originally played by: William Shatner You know Pine from: “Bottle Shock,”...

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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: May 2009

by Bill Gibron

[27.Apr.09] :. May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

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

Off the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Jan.09] :. Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember.

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

Column: Pop Goes Philosophy

I’m Not There, and Neither Are You

by George Reisch, Peter Vernezze and Paul Lulewicz

[9.Sep.08] :. The Bob Dylan film, I’m Not There, shows that the main puzzle behind pop music’s most enigmatic personality resides right here, within us all.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

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.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Female

by PopMatters Staff

[9.Jan.08] :. From the most sweetly nuanced performance of Jennifer Jason Leigh's career to Cate Blanchett's revelatory portrayal of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There, the women of 2007 were stellar.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Dec.07] :. The primary draw in the National Treasures is Nic Cage, odd and spasmodic, undeniably charismatic.

Director Todd Haynes rediscovers Bob Dylan

by Rene Rodriguez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[26.Nov.07] :. NEW YORK—It was in the year 2000 that filmmaker Todd Haynes rediscovered Bob Dylan all over again. “I had always admired Dylan—I was a fan in high school—but then I kind of...

John from Cincinnati

by Jesse Hicks

[14.Jun.07] :. John Monad looks to be John the Baptist by way of Rain Man, with supernatural gifts and virtually unlimited credit.

Déjà Vu (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Nov.06] :. The movie's leap from contemporary coppish thriller into science fiction is initially jarring.

Capote (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Apr.06] :. As Miller and Kimmel finish one another's sentences and demonstrate a charming sort of sync, the artists here suggest how Capote came to be such a tight, complex, and elegant film.

Capote (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Oct.05] :. Capote reveals the dangers of journalism in search of authenticity and based in intimacy. It also reveals the monster Capote sees in himself -- or more accurately, the monster the movie sees him seeing.

I, Robot (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Dec.04] :. 'It's harder and harder to make straight-ahead sci-fi and straight-ahead comic book movies,' says Akiva Goldsman.

I, Robot (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Jul.04] :. These green-screen jamborees are utterly summer-blockbustery (or maybe just Will-Smithy), but they also tend to substitute for ideas.

Hollywood Homicide (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Oct.03] :. My intention was to make a picture that on one level was a genre movie, summer movie, kind of a cop movie, whatever that genre is, and at the same time, to serve different gods.

The Core (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Sep.03] :. While the film probably can't be recuperated, Jon Amiel's commentary on the DVD works some wonders of its own.

Hollywood Homicide (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Jun.03] :. Short version: Joe's hardheaded and eats cheeseburgers, K.C.'s into fluidity and bean sprouts.

The Core (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Mar.03] :. Settles quickly into the most mundane of plot and character developments.

Ararat (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Nov.02] :. As usual in Egoyan's films, tangled familial relationships inspire chaos and meanness as much as understanding and benevolence.

Swept Away (2002)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[10.Oct.02] :. What Swept Away calls love, I would call the usual terror and degradation that keeps battered women in dangerous relationships.

Thirteen Days (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

There are lots of men in Thirteen Days. Upstanding, committed men, wearing somber suits, short haircuts, and serious looks on their faces. And serious they should be, given that they’re...

Rules of Engagement (2000)

by Mike Ward

Two years ago, many critics praised Saving Private Ryan as a new kind of war film that brought the horrors of war home with an unprecedented, visceral intensity..

Here on Earth (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Kelley Morse (Chris Klein) is a familiar movie character, a prep school boy who has too much money and not enough attention from his father. For graduation, his insensitive dad (Stuart Wilson) is...

Double Jeopardy (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

There's something satisfying about watching a beleaguered woman get revenge on a lowdown-scumsucker of a husband. True, there's also something satisfying about substantive characters and plots without whopping big holes in them. But you can't have everything.