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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

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The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XIX

by Marisa LaScala

[31.Oct.08] :. The way The Simpsons not only apes, but also twists familiar cultural touchstones shows reveals again that it's still smarter than all other parodists.

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The Simpsons: Season 20 Premiere

by Leigh H. Edwards

[26.Sep.08] :. For its 20th season premiere, The Simpsons takes aim at all the big targets: bounty hunting, the IRA, and erotic baking.

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

High Redefinition: The 30 Best TV Shows of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[18.Jan.08] :. In memoriam of a TV season cut down before its prime time, PopMatters staff celebrates the Top 30 TV Shows of 2007. Some are old favorites. Others have barely made their impression felt. But at a time when all broadcast fortunes are up in the air, they definitely deserve the recognition.

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

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

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The Simpsons Movie

by Jesse Hassenger

[21.Dec.07] :. The Simpsons Movie may be familiar, but it's bigger and visually richer than what we're used to, as well as funnier than many of the show's more recent episodes.

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Part 3 - The New Networks

by PopMatters Staff

[10.Oct.07] :. It would never work... no one challenged the reigning broadcast junta and survived. No surprise then that the upstarts snuck in and changed the face of TV forever.

The Simpsons: Season 19 Premiere

by Tricia Olszewski

[21.Sep.07] :. Springfield, destroyed at the end of the movie, is still in ruins, and Bart careens off of pieces of the dome that had quarantined the city.

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

by Tricia Olszewski

[14.Sep.07] :. Instead of neuroses that are black-tinged and deep-seated, most of I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With's navel-gazing is genial to the point of being childlike.

Woohoo! Satire seeing a revival

by Jonathan Last [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[8.Aug.07] :. On the weekend of July 27-29, “The Simpsons Movie” grossed $74 million, the fifth-largest opening weekend of 2007. It was also the most surprising hit of the year. Industry analysts had...

The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season

by Jesse Hassenger

[6.Aug.07] :. Season 10 marked the beginning of The Simpsons' metamorphosis from mere long-running comedy series to cultural institution.

20 essential things I’ve learned from Homer Simpson

by Bobby Bryant [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[1.Aug.07] :. The time has come at last. This weekend, Americans stood in line, grabbed a tub of buttery popcorn, sat down in the dark and awaited The Word. And from a dozen Dolby-sound speakers it thundered...

Creator as surprised as anyone by success of ‘The Simpsons’

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

[30.Jul.07] :. LOS ANGELES—Matt Groening stopped by a Borders bookstore the other night and bought a CD of the 1967 album “The Who Sell Out.” There are a few cynics who would see an irony in...

The Simpsons Movie

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Jul.07] :. If you understand the Simpsons to be at once the most egregious and exemplary dysfunctional family in U.S. popular culture, Marge's stalwart strength isn't nearly so spectacular as Bart and Homer's bizarrely symphonic pandemonium.

Short Cuts - In Theaters: The Simpsons Movie

by Bill Gibron

[26.Jul.07] :. You’re gonna hear a lot of talk in the next few days about The Simpsons Movie - and not all of it will focus on the film itself. Some of it will center on Fox’s failed strategy...

The voice of Bart Simpson says don’t have a cow about the movie

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[26.Jul.07] :. "Their idea of a 10-year-old boy might be different from yours. But for that one, I gambled. One voice. I was hired on the spot."

It’s ‘The Simpsons,’ bigger than ever

by Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[24.Jul.07] :. "The Simpsons" is toweringly unsentimental, just as it can be ragingly silly, but its message -- and, yeah, there was always a message.

The evolution of ‘The Simpsons’

by Chuck Barney [Contra Costa Times (MCT)]

[23.Jul.07] :. Matt Groening's zany creation, in the words of author Chris Turner ("Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Defined a Generation"), has gone from being a "subversive smart bomb" that exploded upon prime time, to "pop-cultural wallpaper".

Monkey Business (Part 3: July)

by Bill Gibron

[3.May.07] :. Finally, a month with only one remaining series contender. All wizard based Potter-y aside, this will be the most tenuous time for the business called show. After a strong start, the eccentric collection of entertainments here could make or break this potentially record shattering motion picture season.

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

by Matt Mazur

[26.Mar.07] :. The Pursuit of Happyness is the male version of a "chick flick": aimed at wringing tears from even the most macho dude in the house.

Net-Works: The Best TV of 2006

by PopMatters Staff

[10.Jan.07] :. You won't have to look far along your television dial to discover the Top TV picks from PopMatters staff. From 20 upward, each entry represents the boob tube at its best.

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Dec.06] :. As quick and resolute as Chris may be, he's still caught up in the fiction around him, The Pursuit of Happyness, which is not nearly so smart.

The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season

by Bill Gibron

[14.Mar.06] :. To the bickering camps of Simpson's fans, let's keep it 'real', shall we?

The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season

by Kevin Wong

[24.Aug.05] :. The commentary tracks repeatedly demonstrate the mutual respect and camaraderie of the Simpsons veterans.

The Simpsons

by Bill Gibron

[26.May.05] :. In sharp contrast to the terrific family-based installments, Matt Groening and company have started to let their left leanings show through.

The Simpsons Christmas 2

by Brian James

[28.Dec.04] :. The Simpsons has flown below the radar, with the freedom of a cult show and the luxuries of a mass audience.

The Simpsons Gone Wild

by Stephen Haag

[5.Oct.04] :. It's all harmless, but wince-inducing, like an embarrassing baby photo.

The Simpsons

by Jesse Hassenger

The truth is that a typical Simpsons episode today does not stack up to one picked at random from a decade ago.