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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: May 2009

by Bill Gibron

[27.Apr.09] :. May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

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Great TV series aren’t easily duplicated

by Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[25.Feb.09] :. We’ve hit the season when news from Hollywood about possible new fall shows gets the TV world all kaflubbered and jumping to overstatement by declaring trends. The declaration this year, from...

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Jack Bauer is at the head of the class of TV’s tragic heroes

by John Timpane [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[12.Jan.09] :. A distant explosion rings through the jungle. Jack Bauer, longtime protagonist of the Fox show “24,” stiffens, a spasm of muted pain on his face. One of his closest friends has just...

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24: Season Seven Premiere

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Jan.09] :. Jack's interrogation of the suspect Tony, on behalf of the Bureau, is vintage 24, full of close-up grimaces and slams into walls.

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24: Redemption

by Jake Meaney

[8.Dec.08] :. Redemption manages to locate an emotional center than had been missing from 24 since…well, if not ever, since at least the first season.

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24: Redemption

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Nov.08] :. In Africa, where children are forced to soldier, Jack realizes, every day is full of terror -- not just the 24-hour spates he's used to confronting.

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.

Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Male

by PopMatters Staff

[9.Jan.08] :. From the tender and eerie precision of Sam Riley's depiction of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Control to yet another superlative performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, PopMatters highlights the best male actors of 2007.

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.

Filmmaker as artist: With so much talent, what’s a little ego?

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[3.Jan.08] :. It could be a Zen koan, what just came out of Julian Schnabel’s mouth: “Nobody knows better than you what you need to do, even if you don’t know what you’re...

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Nov.07] :. The movie follows the outline of Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir, not only recounting his former, super-glam playboy life, but also reckoning with his current condition, asserting a self without speech or gesture.

Night on Earth

by Emma Simmonds

[9.Nov.07] :. Night on Earth consists of a pleasingly varied collection of tales yet each is infused with the director’s own brand of subtle affection, offbeat musings and wit.

From Other Worlds (2004)

by Matthew Stern

[8.May.07] :. From Other Worlds is a comedy with absolutely no edges, it’s incredibly safe, innocent, and homely.

Otomo (2000)

by Kate Williams

[18.Jan.07] :. A stark and compelling piece of cinema that just narrowly fails to succeed.

Casino Royale (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Nov.06] :. The new Bond understands loss, but focuses on revenge instead of grief. He's a hard body in a hard new world.

Manderlay (2005)

by Jesse Hicks

[10.Feb.06] :. Lars Von Trier resists few opportunities to deride the capitalist system that breeds a permanent underclass of wage slaves.