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

Off the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Jan.09] :. Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember.

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

 

Film Review

Mad Money

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Jan.08] :. Mad Money borrows liberally and carelessly from Set It Off, still a smart, angry film about class divisions that have only grown wider since 1996.

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Film DVD Review

Because I Said So (2007)

by Matt Mazur

[7.Jun.07] :. Two long hours that I will sadly never get back.

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Film Review

Because I Said So (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Feb.07] :. Tacky and terminally bland, Because I Said So sets up one basic joke -- the interfering mother -- and runs it into the ground.

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Film DVD Review

Reds (1981)

by Matt Mazur

[16.Nov.06] :. Warren Beatty's personal best film stands among the most spectacular films of the '80s and has retained its dignity with age.

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Film DVD Review

The Family Stone (2005)

by Marisa Carroll

[1.May.06] :. In trying to balance the competing forces of farce and pathos, the film is at times funny and moving, though there are so many characters and subplots that some get lost in the shuffle.

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The Family Stone (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Dec.05] :. The self-congratulating, liberal-leaning Stones are addled when good boy Everett (Dermot Mulroney) brings home the very bad fiancée.

 

The Godfather: Part II (1974)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Jul.05] :. Francis Ford Coppola's focus on his family, in the film and his memory, could not be more poignant or more public.

 

Father of the Bride: 15th Anniversary Edition (1991)

by Nikki Tranter

[12.Jul.05] :. Maybe it's asking too much for a lighthearted comedy to raise any significant questions. But it can't be asking too much to expect the film to make sense.

 

Something’s Gotta Give (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Mar.04] :. Something's Gotta Give is best when it backs off the cute dialogue and the actors create their own moments.

 

Something’s Gotta Give (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Dec.03] :. Overstays its welcome, yes, but worse, it pretends like it's news when it isn't.

 

Pasadena

by Sara Tucker

PULL.

 

Town and Country (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

In case you're still looking for an effective pro-gun control message, this is it, and from Mr. NRA President himself.

 

Hanging Up (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

A few nights after seeing Hanging Up, unable to sleep and channel-surfing, I came upon an Oprah episode, one of those repeats that air 2 or 3 in the morning. Its format is one of...