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The Taking of Pelham 123

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Jun.09] :. Nothing if not self-aware, this update of Joseph Sargent's 1974 thriller begins by rearranging the class dynamics.

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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: June 2009

by Bill Gibron

[28.Apr.09] :. This month's "original" fare offers a take on a Sid and Marty Krofft classic, more battling seizure robots, and the retaking of '70s subway thriller. Everything old is new again.

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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 DVD Review

Romance & Cigarettes

by Dan MacIntosh

[18.Feb.08] :. Turturro has filled the screen with plenty of song, dance, and sex talk, but this is not your typical love story.

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

High Redefinition: The 30 Best TV Shows of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[18.Jan.08] :. In memoriam of a TV season cut down before its prime time, PopMatters staff celebrates the Top 30 TV Shows of 2007. Some are old favorites. Others have barely made their impression felt. But at a time when all broadcast fortunes are up in the air, they definitely deserve the recognition.

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

 

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

Accepting the Blame: The Top Guilty Pleasures of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[17.Jan.08] :. PopMatters proffers its collection of 2007's most notable defective faves. And it's okay to laugh. After all, we'd probably do the same to you and your uncomfortable fixations as well.

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

 

Part 4 - Feasts from the Fringe

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Oct.07] :. Cable created supply where there was little or no demand. Out of the myriad of subject specific programming, a few gemstones managed to shine.

 

Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Sep.07] :. For all its focus on memories, Alive Day Memories is, at last, about the future, the responsibility we share.

 

The Sopranos: Series Finale

by Marisa Carroll

[19.Jun.07] :. A priest once explained to Carmela, "God understands that we all live in the middle of tensions." David Chase understands that too.

 

‘Sopranos’ star says he doesn’t know if he’s dead

by Denis Hamill [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[15.Jun.07] :. NEW YORK—“I have no idea what happened to Tony,” actor James Gandolfini said Thursday night, standing aboard The Highlander, the Forbes family yacht at Pier 60 on Manhattan’s...

 

Even if you didn’t watch ‘The Sopranos,’ you knew about it

by Eric Mink [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)]

[14.Jun.07] :. Sunday night, in a stream of post-finale babble veering dangerously close to rant, my comparison of “The Sopranos” to the serialized fiction of Charles Dickens proved to be the last...

 

‘Sopranos’ doesn’t end - it just stops

by David Bianculli [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[11.Jun.07] :. NEW YORK - After all the hype and expectations about Sunday night’s final episode of HBO’s “The Sopranos,” the mob drama series didn’t end with a bang. It didn’t...

 

At the center of ‘The Sopranos’ was its genuine humanity

by Rick Kushman [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[7.Jun.07] :. There was a moment a few weeks back, when Tony Soprano was talking with his psychiatrist, complaining that bad things keep happening around him. “I’m a good guy,” he said....

 

How will ‘The Sopranos’ end?

by Hal Boedeker [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[4.Jun.07] :. How will it end? Badly. For the characters, that is. The series finale of “The Sopranos” will be a much-analyzed event. All signs point to a grim conclusion on June 10. Death, decline...

 
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The Sopranos

by Marisa Carroll

[25.Apr.07] :. The problem with the Soprano family, as Bobby chided Tony, is that they "always go too far." It's also a primary reason the show is so compelling.

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The Sopranos Is the Most Influential Television Drama Ever

by Maureen Ryan [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[23.Apr.07] :. No one-hour drama series has had a bigger impact on how stories are told on the small screen, or more influence on what kind of fare we've been offered by an ever-growing array of television networks.

 

PopMatters - Television - Reviews - The Sopranos

by Joe Luscombe

[7.Apr.07] :. During the end of year round up on the British arts discussion programme The Late Review, the subject of The Sopranos came up. After viewing the clip, each critic in turn gave an...

 

All The Kings Men (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Sep.06] :. As the designated observer of his friend's decline, not to mention a reporter by vocation, Jack's lack of insight or anticipation also looks a bit silly.

 

The Sopranos

by Amanda Ann Klein

[16.Mar.06] :. The 'circle of life' refers to how, in The Sopranos, the dead continuously circle the living.

 

The Sopranos

by Oliver Wang

[12.Apr.04] :. As The Sopranos enters its fifth season, it's clear that things will not go well for New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano.

 

The Sopranos

by Lesley Smith

[23.Sep.02] :. While reality hounds might say that this is exactly how banal contemporary mob life is, they might also remember that a stamped certificate of authenticity doesn't inoculate drama against tedium.

 

The Sopranos

by Marisa Carroll

Punctuated by whip-smart, often salty humor, The Sopranos is also permeated by violence, uncertainty, and dread. By Season Six, Tony Soprano's fear seems realized.

 

The Mexican (2001)

by Todd R. Ramlow

'The Mexican' follows the turbulent near-end of the relationship between hapless Mafia gopher Jerry Welbach (Brad) and his obsessive, psycho-babbling girlfriend Samantha Barzel (Julia), who reduces everything in her life to 'blame-shifting' and others' inability to express their emotions.

 

The Mexican (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

On its good-looking surface (being well-composed and carefully lit), 'The Mexican' is a love story.

 

The Mexican (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

On its good-looking surface (being well-composed and carefully lit), 'The Mexican' is a love story.

 

The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

While Ed confides his dissatisfaction, you also get a glimpse of how he sees the world, the camera peering down at scalps or neck napes, apparently always in need of trimming or cutting or buzzing.

 

The Last Castle (2001)

by Renee Scolaro Rathke

What makes 'The Last Castle' worth talking about is something the filmmakers could never have foreseen: the alarming timeliness of its release.

 

The Last Castle (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Robin Wright Penn appears in The Last Castle for about four minutes. She plays Rosalie, the beautiful, angry daughter of 3-star General and mostly absent father Eugene Irwin (Robert Redford)....