Friday, January 25 2008
Digital Dynamite: The 30 Best DVDs of 2007
It was the year of the behemoth box set, the multi-disc triumph that tried to give long suffering fans everything their demanding little digital hearts ever desired. Here are PopMatters' 30 picks for the best DVDs of the year.
Monday, March 19 2007
The Holiday (2006)
Even though the nostalgic aspects are mildly graceful, the contemporary characters' every move is still riddled with cliché and schmaltz.
Tuesday, February 27 2007
The Dean Martin Double Feature (1960)
These films are perfect for a rainy weekend at home; almost four hours of light nonsense you won’t have to think about at all.
Friday, December 8 2006
The Holiday (2006)
The Holiday pretends its happy endings are premised on the women realizing their capacities as leading ladies. Really, what they're doing is finding the "right" men.
Wednesday, March 22 2006
Coney Island
Coney Island deals with the darkness beneath the parks' bright surfaces with discretion, resisting the urge to play every clown image for maximum Carnival of the Soul eeriness.
Monday, January 3 2005
How to Steal a Million (1966)
When Simon enters the picture, it doesn't take much (a few batted eyelashes and Audrey Hepburn in a nightie) for him to overlook her father's crimes.
Tuesday, March 18 2003
Making the Misfits (2001)
There's a cautionary tale in the notion that life sometimes imitates art enough to destroy both, and this piece might have striven harder to assess which is the greater American tragedy.
