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Tuesday, September 9 2008

Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.


Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!

All the conventional plotting in Horton Hears a Who! needn't overwhelm the more important point, that "a person's a person, no matter how small."


Thursday, January 17 2008

Accepting the Blame: The Top Guilty Pleasures of 2007

PopMatters proffers its collection of 2007's most notable defective faves. And it's okay to laugh. After all, we'd probably do the same to you and your uncomfortable fixations as well.


Friday, January 11 2008

Dane Cook: Rough Around the Edges

Dane Cook's third album of no-brow frat comedy is a monument to Cook's enormous ego, willful ignorance, and mob mentality. Don't confuse hype for talent.


Super Duper Bad: The Worst Films of 2007

From Good Luck Chuck to Julie Taymor's ill-advised Beatlesque '60s tribute Across the Universe, PopMatters presents the dreck of 2007.


Friday, October 26 2007

Dan in Real Life

Dan's behavior is increasingly creepy -- possessive, obsessive, and utterly self-centered.


Friday, September 21 2007

Good Luck Chuck

Who are these people? It's hard to look at the cavorting and cruelty in Good Luck Chuck and not wonder whether you've dropped into an alternate universe.


Thursday, June 14 2007

The Movie Masochist: Television for women and serial killers


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Windy City Heat (2006) (Reviews) [10.Oct.06]
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