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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

 

Film DVD Review

Confessions of an Action Star

by Jake Meaney

[21.Apr.09] :. Painfully unclever, aggressively unfunny, and occasionally unsubtly racist.

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Film DVD Review

Disturbia

by Bill Gibron

[16.Aug.07] :. Similar to the way Blade Runner effortlessly channels the archetypes of noir inside the wholly original world of a futuristic LA.

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PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own Feature

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.

PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own

 

Film Review

Snow Cake (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.May.07] :. Alex first appears in Snow Cake aboard a plane, embodying an obvious contradiction, in motion and still at the same time.

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The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview Feature

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.

The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview

 

‘Disturbia’ star Shia LaBeouf was destined for an acting career

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

[16.Apr.07] :. "When you look into his eyes, you can see an old soul," said "Disturbia" director D.J. Caruso.

 

Disturbia (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Apr.07] :. For all its revisiting of Rear Window's basic themes, however, Disturbia is most effective when it points to the differences between then and now.

 

Suspect Zero (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Apr.05] :. Part derivative, part original, and part twisted, the film quotes obviously from other serial killer films, beginning with its first shot.

 

Suspect Zero (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Sep.04] :. Suspect Zero opens with a barrage of standard serial killer movie components.

 

Matrix Revolutions (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Nov.03] :. 'Why, Mr. Anderson?'asks Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving), for what seems the umpteenth time.

 

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.May.03] :. Morpheus is a stanch warrior and provocative thinker, as well as a black man in a world where the machines' agents tend to be white men in suits.

 

Red Planet (2000)

by Todd R. Ramlow

WARNING: The following review contains plot spoilers. Dud Planet Red Planet is freshman director Antony Hoffman’s entry into the most recent spate of films that have...

 

Memento (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Imagine that, like Leonard (Guy Pearce), you find yourself in mid-run, with a scary-looking guy with a gun running nearby, and you have to figure out who's chasing whom. In practical terms, it only takes a second to realize that he's chasing you, because he fires his gun at you and heads your way.

 

The Crew (2000)

by F. L. Carr

What do you get when you combine Once Upon A Time in America, Goodfellas, Atlantic City, and add humor? You end up with The Crew, a twisted comedy that makes fun of old...

 

Chocolat (2000)

by Dale Leech

If Lasse Hallström’s Chocolat were a Disney film, it would be Beauty and the Beast. Both are set in quaint mountainside hamlets filled with close-minded people who are led by...