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

As Charged - Top 10 TV Guilty Pleasures of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[12.Jan.09] :. If television is indeed a vast cultural and artistic wasteland, then the 10 examples of culpable amusement selected by our staff must represent something significant -- or perhaps we're just way too addicted to the old boob tube.

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

 

TV Review

CSI: Miami: Season Seven Premiere

by Todd R. Ramlow

[22.Sep.08] :. CSI: Miami foregrounds, in its best episodes, the effects of transnational capitalism.

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TV DVD Review

C.S.I. Miami: The Fifth Season

by Marco Lanzagorta

[6.Dec.07] :. By possessing a superior moral stand and a precise sense for justice, and by never having to justify his actions to anybody, Horatio is the perfect embodiment of the quintessential Old West crime fighter.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best of TV on DVD Feature

Part 5 - Beyond the Envelope

by PopMatters Staff

[12.Oct.07] :. The format forced the issue among cult and commercial products. And TV on DVD highlighted the cream of the creative, forward thinking crop.

PopMatters Picks: The Best of TV on DVD

 

TV DVD Review

CSI Miami: Season Two

by David Leonard

[28.Feb.05] :. CSI Miami celebrates wars on terror, drugs, and crime that disproportionately affect communities of color.

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TV DVD Review

CSI Miami: The Complete First Season

by Mary Colgan

[6.Jul.04] :. CSI Miami presents cases so clinically that it can introduce issues as scandalous as anything on reality TV without appearing exploitative.

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C.S.I.: Miami

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Sep.02] :. PULL

 

Proof of Life (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Alice is quite visibly 'alone,' differentiated by her race and class from the folks who populate the streets, marketplaces, and televised protests against the oil company. And indeed, Alice's bond with Terry begins with the fact that he's Anglo, and she feels she can 'trust' him.

 

Proof of Life (2000)

by Renee Scolaro Rathke

The camera pans across the protest scene focusing briefly on a placard in Spanish but conveniently translated to English in subtitle: 'Shoot the Imperialist Bastards.' This sudden interjection is startling, set against a backdrop of relative fluff.