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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: June 2009

by Bill Gibron

[28.Apr.09] :. This month's "original" fare offers a take on a Sid and Marty Krofft classic, more battling seizure robots, and the retaking of '70s subway thriller. Everything old is new again.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

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

Part 4: All About My Mother to Sleepy Hollow (October - November 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[26.Mar.09] :. Outsiders and oddballs make up Part Four's formidable filmmakers, an idiosyncratic collection of dreamers and visionaries.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs Feature

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 3

by PopMatters Staff

[16.Oct.08] :. Day Three - The final ten, a cross-culture collection teeming with big ideas, larger than life visions, and perhaps the greatest documentary on rugby you've probably never heard of.

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs

Film DVD Review

What Happens in Vegas

by Sam Maclean

[29.Aug.08] :. As the saying (sort of) goes, what happens in Vegas should stay in Vegas -- so, too with this film.

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Film Review

What Happens in Vegas

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.May.08] :. In What Happens in Vegas, Joy and Jack are fated to fall in lazy-movie-love.

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The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview Feature

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: May 2008

by Bill Gibron

[28.Apr.08] :. In the first act of this four-part production, Tinsel Town decides to do some unbelievable front loading. Will there be room for independent offerings, or former HBO carnal comedy divas? Who knows? Without a doubt, it's an interesting way to start the season.

The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview

Shrek the Third

by Kevin Garcia

[6.Jul.07] :. Is there a rule that decrees all movie-based games be mediocre?

Acting legend Julie Andrews returns in Shrek the Third

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

[18.May.07] :. LOS ANGELES—PUBLICIST: “You’re not going to write that you watched the Kentucky Derby in Julie Andrews’ bedroom, are you?” JOURNALIST: “I wouldn’t do...

Shrek the Third (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.May.07] :. Nothing looks to be ongoing so much as Shrek, except maybe the other sequel machines huffing and puffing this summer.

Monkey Business (Part 1: May)

by Bill Gibron

[1.May.07] :. Talk about frontloading your approach. Each week in this first full month of patented popcorn movies finds another famous franchise icon making a major blockbuster bow. Only truly disastrous results from these guaranteed crowd-pleasers will keep the coffers from clogging with cash.

The Holiday (2006)

by Matt Mazur

[19.Mar.07] :. Even though the nostalgic aspects are mildly graceful, the contemporary characters' every move is still riddled with cliché and schmaltz.

The Holiday (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Dec.06] :. The Holiday pretends its happy endings are premised on the women realizing their capacities as leading ladies. Really, what they're doing is finding the "right" men.

In Her Shoes (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Oct.05] :. In Her Shoes is formula of the quality sort. Formula that showcases big performances and metaphors, and mood-indicating rock songs.

Trippin’

by Leigh H. Edwards

[11.Apr.05] :. Isn't it fun to go see lions? To save the rain forest? C'mon, let's hop on a private jet and go!

Shrek 2 (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.May.04] :. Cute, confident, and utterly stylish in his feathered hat, Puss confronts Shrek and Donkey in the woods: 'Ha ha!'"

Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Oct.03] :. Whatever the writers' ambitious intentions for 'plot,' the movie is essentially a series of first, fabulous dance and stunts scenes, and second, zany costume changes.

There’s Something More About Mary (1998)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Jun.03] :. It's easy to deride the Farrellys' work, to dismiss their brand of humor or their dogged efforts to be 'politically incorrect.' Still, they serve more substantive functions than dosing 12-year-old boys with chickens-up-the-butt jokes.

Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Jun.03] :. Madison Lee draws so near to Nat that she seems ready to lick the younger Angel's pretty, smile-plastered face.

Charlie’s Angels (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Jun.03] :. 'Can you imagine Drew and Cameron and Lucy fighting in this capacity? It would be so sexy! It would be so exciting!'.

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.

The Sweetest Thing (2002)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[11.Apr.02] :. The Sweetest Thing targets moviegoers who seek out the familiar and formulaic.

Vanilla Sky (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Dec.01] :. Moreover, the film asserts, if you're not careful in your dealings with people, you'll end up with no self and no life, in that big empty Times Square in your head.

Shrek (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

hy would anyone want to play a talking donkey? We might suppose that doing voices for an animated movie is less stressful than acting in live-action pictures, that actors are well-compensated, or that doing a movie 'kids can see' is appealing to many movie stars.

Shrek (2001)

by Sabadino Parker

No longer are epic adventures the province of fair maidens and proud knights. According to 'Shrek', everyone is deserving of fair treatment and true love. Even a dragon and a talking donkey.

Charlie’s Angels (2000)

by America Billy

More often than not, when transforming a once-popular TV series into a movie, filmmakers try to update the style, pace, and attitude of the original in order to fit the contemporary context. But as...

Charlie’s Angels (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Drew Barrymore moonwalking to “Billie Jean.” This isn’t to say that you absolutely need to run out to see Charlie’s...

Being John Malkovich (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

The new movie Being John Malkovich is about celebrity culture, as it inspires, frustrates and pummels you into such desire. It offers its protagonists and you the chance to imagine being a celebrity, with one small hitch: the only celebrity you can be is John Malkovich.

Any Given Sunday (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Oliver Stone's movies usually seem more complicated than they are. Partly this comes from his evolving style, from the curiously romantic realism of Platoon, to the assaultive ding-battiness of Natural Born Killers, to the debased lunacy of U-Turn. But mostly it comes from his obsession with a single theme: brutality. Or more precisely, how brutality becomes morality.

Any Given Sunday (1999)

by Tobias Peterson

Whatever you think about Oliver Stone as a director, you can't deny his firm grasp on this country's interests. From Vietnam to JFK to serial killers, Stone's pictures have always depicted major subjects of national fascination. With his latest release, Any Given Sunday, Stone looks to go his previous films one better by focusing on the most popular sport in America.