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Sunday, April 19 2009

Sit Down, Shut Up

The characters are boorish and egomaniacal. The comedy is crude. And the cast is terrific.


Friday, April 17 2009

State of Play

In this new universe where facts are mutable and ends are means, so-called ethical triumphs can only be short-term.


Wednesday, July 2 2008

He’s the straight man, the Every man — the Bate-man!


Hancock

John Hancock is a black superhero desired and derided by crowds who are informed by spectacles, stereotypes, and fear.


Wednesday, April 30 2008

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008

And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming.


Monday, April 14 2008

Juno

Teens have their precious catchphrases and secret languages, but they're nervous, fumbling creatures. They don’t come equipped with Chaucer-like witticisms, or razor-sharp retorts.


Thursday, January 17 2008

‘Juno’ grows and grows


Friday, January 11 2008

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

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.


Juno (Reviews) [5.Dec.07]
Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium (Reviews) [19.Nov.07]
Part 5 - Beyond the Envelope (Features) [12.Oct.07]
The Kingdom (Reviews) [28.Sep.07]
The Ex (2007) (Reviews) [11.May.07]
Net-Works: The Best TV of 2006 (Features) [10.Jan.07]
Arrested Development: Season 3 (Reviews) [11.Sep.06]
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Arrested Development: Season Two (Reviews) [15.Nov.05]
Arrested Development (Reviews) [2.May.05]
Arrested Development: Season One (Reviews) [24.Nov.04]
Starsky & Hutch (2004) (Reviews) [4.Mar.04]
Arrested Development (Reviews) [10.Nov.03]
The Sweetest Thing (2002) (Reviews) [11.Apr.02]
Some of My Best Friends (Reviews) [1.Jan.95]
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  4. The Best Games of 2011 (Features)
  5. Not-So-Central Casting: Kevin Smith and the Birth of the Reality Podcast (Features)
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  10. The Top 15 Madonna Singles of All Time (Sound Affects)
  11. Get Off of My Cloud!: 'Collecting' Music in the Digital Age (Features)
  12. Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas (Reviews)
  13. Google and the Production of Curiosity (Marginal Utility)
  14. Carole E. Barrowman’s Authorial Journey to Hollow Earth (Features)
  15. “Don’t Let Me Fall”: Hip-Hop in the Age of Austerity (Features)
  16. Tower Songs: Townes Van Zandt (Columns)
  17. Black Bananas: Rad Times Xpress IV (Reviews)
  18. The Gay Ole Countryside (Columns)
  19. Paul McCartney: Kisses on the Bottom (Reviews)
  20. Of Montreal: Paralytic Stalks (Reviews)
  21. Counterbalance No. 67: John Coltrane’s 'A Love Supreme' (Sound Affects)
  22. The 10 Best John Coltrane Solos (Sound Affects)
  23. A Look to the Past, An Insight Into the Present: The Use of Gender in 'Mad Men' (Features)
  24. A Tale of How Great Journalism Became Revisionist History: Grambling State U Football (Columns)
  25. Chairlift: Something (Reviews)
  26. Nick Cave’s The Death of Bunny Munro: A Rock Star’s Midlife Crisis or Valid Literature? (Features)
  27. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - "Heart Attack" (Cosmic Kids Remix) (PopMatters Premiere) (Mixed Media)
  28. Mark Lanegan Band: Blues Funeral (Reviews)
  29. The Barbaric (and Poetic) Yawp of Shelby Lynne (Notes from the Road)
  30. After Cease to Exist: The Far-from-Final Report of Throbbing Gristle (Features)
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