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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: July 2009

by Bill Gibron

[29.Apr.09] :. In a rare attempt at novelty, July jets along with only Harry Potter and the Ice Age crew sampling continuing series spoils. The rest provide unknown pleasures.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

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Adult-targeted animation among DVD releases this month

by Robert W. Butler [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[25.Mar.09] :. Things are busy on the animation front with three noteworthy efforts - all of them aimed squarely at adult audiences - making their DVD debuts this month. They include a spin-off of the big...

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Watchmen: Tales from the Black Freighter/Under the Hood (2009)

by Bill Gibron

[23.Mar.09] :. As it continues to underperform at the box office, it’s obvious now that the entire Watchmen phenomenon was one magical adventure that few were prepared to meet head on - or even...

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Zack Attack

by Bill Gibron

[11.Feb.09] :. How did he do it? How did Zack Snyder go from motion picture no one (well, he did direct a Michael Jordan documentary short and a Morrissey video) to helmer of hits like Dawn of the Dead and...

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RocknRolla

by Cynthia Fuchs

[31.Oct.08] :. Violence is the primary form of communication among all the film's macho posturers.

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‘Rocknrolla’ Marks Ritchie’s Return

by Bill Gibron

[30.Oct.08] :. It’s been easy to dismiss Guy Ritchie as of late. The soon to be former Mr. Madonna has done little outside the limelight to distinguish himself, and the career choices he’s made since...

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Fast chat with ‘Rocknrolla’ director Guy Ritchie

by John Anderson [Newsday (MCT)]

[8.Oct.08] :. TORONTO—Probably better known as Madonna’s husband than as a director of high-style, high-attitude, comic-book-type thrillers (“Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”), Guy...

Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008

by Bill Gibron

[10.Sep.08] :. What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.

Seven speedy minutes with ‘Nim’s Island’ star Jodie Foster

by Rick Bentley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[4.Apr.08] :. Making a movie is only part of an actor’s job. Most also give interviews just before their latest films hit theaters. Jodie Foster has been interviewed most of her life. The only challenge in...

Nim’s Island

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Apr.08] :. The focus in Nim's Island is most earnestly on the relationship that develops between 11-year-old Nim and Alex (Jodie Foster) from San Francisco.

Shattered

by Jake Meaney

[28.Feb.08] :. Come for the Brash Young Ad Exec getting his come-uppance from Mysterious Sinister Stranger, but stay for the extras.

P.S. I Love You

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Dec.07] :. For all his plain-speaking, down-homey affect, Harry Connick, Jr. remains something of a mystery.

Three Hundred

by Marisa LaScala

[13.Aug.07] :. 300's penchant for drama and exaggeration is proof that a far-reaching vision and hyperbole can come together to tell a much better story than one based purely on historical facts.

Spartan Spectators

by Andrea Tallarita

[14.Jun.07] :. The earnestness of 300 assaults reality so effectively that it ends up destroying myth.

Iranian exiles see film ‘300’ as an attempt to vilify Persians

by Vik Jolly [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[22.Mar.07] :. The Hollywood blockbuster “300” has fueled conversations in the Iranian exile community across the United States, even spawning demands for an apology from the film’s...

Short Cuts - In Theaters: 300

by Bill Gibron

[16.Mar.07] :. 300 defies description. Every attempt by mainstream critics to categorize or contextualize the film is more or less wrong. This is not some manner of anti-war propaganda piece (or worse, a...

300 (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Mar.07] :. Spartans! Simple and resonant, this call to identity comes up frequently in 300, the film based on Frank Miller's graphic novel.

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.

Dear Frankie (2005)

by Lesley Smith

[4.Mar.05] :. Dear Frankie uses humor to acknowledge and, temporarily, transcend the fragility of human survival.

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Dec.04] :. You might read this as a not-so-subtle indictment of the bourgie masses who consume popular culture: their taste sucks.

Timeline (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Apr.04] :. For a group of scientists, they are almost shockingly inattentive to details and to historical facts.

Timeline (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Dec.03] :. Based on Michael Crichton's novel, Richard Donner's movie features a creaky father-son reconciliation story framed by a bizarre collision of Sci-Fi and Medieval Tymes.

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Nov.03] :. 'She's really pretty handy with knives and guns, this girl.'"

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Jul.03] :. The focus on her irate face reveals Lara's resolve, fury, and urgency. She's not playing.

Dracula 2000 / Shadow of the Vampire (2000) - PopMatters Film Review )

by Todd R. Ramlow

Frankly, it doesn't seem coincidental that these films are being released around the holidays; certainly Dracula's bloodsucking lust appeals on some level to our own holiday consumer frenzies.