Articles tagged "christopher eccleston"

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: August 2009

by Bill Gibron

[30.Apr.09] :. With names like Tarantino, Lee, and Zombie, the final month of the season pulls out all the film geek stops. Still, the only guarantee is familiarity, not freshness.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

 

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

Part 1: The Thin Red Line to Star Wars Episode I (January - May 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[23.Mar.09] :. The first part of PopMatters' look back at the films of 1999 is bookended by the long awaited return of two cinematic auteurs of wildly different styles, Terrence Malick and George Lucas.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

 

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

Back to Basics - The 30 Best TV Shows of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[12.Jan.09] :. The Year in TV was a lot like the US economy: struggling until summer and then tanking under the hope of a 2009 comeback. Still, our staff found 30 solid reasons to be cheerful come entertainment investment time.

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

 

PopMatters Picks: The Best of TV on DVD Feature

Part 2 - Outsider Influences

by PopMatters Staff

[9.Oct.07] :. TV was at a standstill. On one side -- the status quo. On the other -- the innovators from outside the mainstream. Guess who ended up winning the 'classics’ argument?

PopMatters Picks: The Best of TV on DVD

 

TV Review

Doctor Who

by Ryan Vu

[12.Apr.06] :. Doctor Who retains the old Who's oh-so-British irreverence, so it actually lives up to the appellation 'kid's show for adults'.

Recent TV reviews

 

Film DVD Review

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.

Recent DVD reviews

 

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.

 

The Others (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Written, directed, and scored by the young Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar, 'The Others' explores the evolving relationship between Grace and the servants, especially Mrs. Mills, as this mirrors Grace's changing perception of herself, in the world.

 

Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Contrary to its titular promise of speed speed speed, this latest Jerry Bruckheimer actioner takes pretty much forever to get to its wholly predictable and humdrum finale. Gone in 60 Seconds...