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The Best Of Dr. Katz

by Marc Calderaro

[15.Jan.09] :. There aren’t many DVDs that can offer such a variety of established comics doing what they do best.

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Permanent Midnight

by B. J. Carter

[4.Aug.08] :. Essentially a collection of wild anecdotes from real-life television writer Jerry Stahl, this is designed to impress rather than express.

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The Independent

by J.M. Suarez

[6.Mar.08] :. Predating Tarantino and Rodriguez’s Grindhouse by seven years, this small film makes excellent use of poor production values, bad acting, and outlandish plots to create authentic-looking schlock.

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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 of TV on DVD Feature

Part 3 - The New Networks

by PopMatters Staff

[10.Oct.07] :. It would never work... no one challenged the reigning broadcast junta and survived. No surprise then that the upstarts snuck in and changed the face of TV forever.

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Stand-up comic rats on the making of ‘Ratatouille’

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[2.Jul.07] :. Unlike his namesake, Patton Oswalt is an unlikely candidate for military glory. Then again, Oswalt is not a retired Marine colonel like his father, who named his son after the legendary World War II...

Ratatouille (2007)

by Bill Gibron

[29.Jun.07] :. Like the gourmet food it so exquisitely renders, one fears that the sensational Ratatouille will end up being a decidedly acquired commercial taste.

Ratatouille (2007)

by Daynah Burnett

[29.Jun.07] :. The exuberant voice performances in Ratatouille immerse the audience in its world, one enhanced by richly-colored, sophisticated animation and a lively score.

Monkey Business (Part 2: June)

by Bill Gibron

[2.May.07] :. Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.

The West Wing

by David Swerdlick

[16.Nov.05] :. There are growing overlaps between politics, news, and entertainment. Hard news has taken a back seat to feature journalism and talk shows, real politics to realpolitik.

Stay (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Oct.05] :. Often evocative, sometimes audacious, and finally undone by an inelegant close, Stay is less interested in story than in impressions.

Wonderland (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Oct.03] :. There's no truth in this true crime, only the fictions that sustain 'Hollywood'.

Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

by Stephen Tropiano

As both a parody and a 'straight' summer camp comedy, 'Wet Hot American Summer' has little to offer even the most die-hard crude comedy fans.

Titan A.E. (2000)

by Todd R. Ramlow

At the end of Don Bluth and Gary Goldman’s animated Titan A.E., after the ragtag group of humans have saved themselves and found a new planet (and I am really not giving anything away,...

Steal This Movie! (2000)

by Tobias Peterson

There is a moment in the 1990 film Flashback, when fictional hippie fugitive Huey Walker (Dennis Hopper) turns to his FBI captor (Kiefer Sutherland) and says, “The ‘90s are gonna...