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

Digital Dynamite: The 30 Best DVDs of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[25.Jan.08] :. 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.

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

 

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

The Best Big Screen Eye Candy of 2007

by Daynah Burnett

[4.Jan.08] :. When flipping through my mental catalog of the year's films, certain scenes stand out. This past year offered a veritable feast of visual goodies.

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

 

Film DVD Review

Bobby (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Apr.07] :. As reporter Warren Wilson remembers, "That would have been less of an impact on me, had I been shot [as he nearly was], than Kennedy being killed, stopped, in a moment in America's history, when we needed him and his advocacy more than ever before."

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Movies don’t always have to be picture perfect to gain our loyalty

by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)]

[9.Apr.07] :. Tarantino compares the "grindhouse" experience with the raw power of "punk rock."

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Grindhouse (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Apr.07] :. Where the olden days movies were fierce, these are more nostalgic for a moment that's amplified in the remembering. These retreads are surely giddy, but they're also indulgent, just as they mean to be.

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Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Talk Grindhouse

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[6.Apr.07] :. The celebrated directors discuss their new double-feature, a salute to the grindhouse film era, and offer a hit list of grindhouse classics for your viewing pleasure.

 

Harsh Times (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Mar.07] :. Their suits make Jim and Mike look out of place and time, even as they are deeply and desperately immersed in their moment.

 

The PopMatters ‘Short Ends & Leader’ Spring Film Preview

by Bill Gibron

[2.Mar.07] :. In order to separate the worthy from the worthless, PopMatters' "Short Ends & Leader" editor is highlighting 10 new films he's looking forward to this spring.

 

Harsh Times (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Nov.06] :. Harsh Times is something of a blunt instrument.

 

Lady in the Water (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Jul.06] :. Story's whiter-than-white skin, bloody cuts, color-shifting hair, and need to keep wet make her a bizarre amalgamation of fantasies, alternately "male" and "childish."

 

Six Feet Under

by Ryan Vu

[12.Sep.05] :. Six Feet Under's lack of delicacy is easy to mistake for exploitation. Where other shows hint, this one acts out.

 

Six Feet Under

by Terry Sawyer

[24.Aug.04] :. Six Feet Under has become crass, each episode an empathy decathlon topped off with ghoulishly deferred catharsis.

 

Six Feet Under

by James Oliphant

[9.Jun.03] :. Six Feet Under's challenging third season reminds us that the gulf between it and rest of the widgets that pass for television shows is monumental.