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

Super Duper Bad: The Worst Films of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.08] :. From Good Luck Chuck to Julie Taymor's ill-advised Beatlesque '60s tribute Across the Universe, PopMatters presents the dreck of 2007.

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

 

TV DVD Review

My Name Is Earl: Season 2

by Emma Simmonds

[2.Jan.08] :. The second season of My Name is Earl is a series of refreshing warmth, essentially dealing in redemption, whilst carefully sidestepping the pitfall of schmaltz.

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News

Jason Lee yells ‘Al-vinnnnn!’

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

[17.Dec.07] :. BURBANK, Calif. - It’s the last day of shooting on the “My Name is Earl” set in the San Fernando Valley. The Writers Guild of America strike has taken its toll, and the hit NBC...

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Film Review

Alvin and the Chipmunks

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Dec.07] :. Without moral or emotional guidance, overworked and overpraised, the kids become preening, self-involved monsters.

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TV Review

My Name is Earl

by Amanda Ann Klein

[11.Oct.07] :. Earl is proof that a popular primetime sitcom can be both bitingly funny and socially relevant.

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Film Review

Underdog (2007)

by Bill Gibron

[5.Aug.07] :. Underdog is so piecemeal it should come with a roll of duct tape.

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Part 5: The Return of the Auteur

by PopMatters Staff

[22.Jun.07] :. That noise you heard near the start of the new millennium was the creative din of a brash new breed of filmmakers tearing down the traditions of mainstream moviemaking. Their motion picture mission statements -- including the ones featured on this list -- remain the rulebook for new generations of anxious film artists.

 

Rising Son - The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi (2006)

by Tobias Peterson

[9.May.07] :. Christian Hosoi was the coolest of the cool, a brash and rowdy pin-up idol whose talent took him to the apex of the skateboarding world during the '80s, only to leave him flailing when the world moved on without him.

 

Monkey Business (Part 4: August)

by Bill Gibron

[4.May.07] :. In past years, Hollywood purposely counter programmed these renowned Cineplex dog days, trying to offset the perception that cinematic scraps were all the studios had to offer. From the look of this lame list, it's apparently back to the filmic fridge for some patently warmed over offerings.

 

Net-Works: The Best TV of 2006

by PopMatters Staff

[10.Jan.07] :. You won't have to look far along your television dial to discover the Top TV picks from PopMatters staff. From 20 upward, each entry represents the boob tube at its best.

 

My Name is Earl: The Complete First Season

by Marisa Carroll

[23.Oct.06] :. At the end of "Joy's Wedding," Earl lets loose to Young MC's "Bust a Move" his eyes brightening and his mouth melting into a blissful grin. It's a sublimely goofy moment.

 

My Name Is Earl

by Terry Sawyer

[20.Sep.05] :. What's so wonderful about My Name Is Earl is that it's a comedy with its heart in the right place and everything else gleefully in the gutter.

 

My Name Is Earl

by Nikki Tranter

[19.Sep.05] :. Earl's not the sharpest tool in the barn, but his learning process made for entertaining TV.

 

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Mar.05] :. They inhabit an ideal world, located, a title helpfully informs you, on an isolated island off the Eastern Coast of the United States, 1986. They coo and cuddle, he coughs ominously, and they seem momentarily content, absorbed in one another. And then comes trouble.

 

The Incredibles (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Mar.05] :. Its snark makes The Incredibles one of those cartoons that mainstream, self-knowing adults might appreciate along with their kids.

 

The Incredibles (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Nov.04] :. Instead of dolls and fishies, the stars of the The Incredibles are angsty adults, specifically, superheroes whose flying-high heyday is over.

 

Dreamcatcher (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Mar.03] :. One thing you can say about 'Dreamcatcher': you can't really say one thing about it.

 

A Guy Thing (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Jan.03] :. A movie of this sort depends on a relentless illogic.

 

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

by Ben Varkentine

Here's the short version of this review: 'Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back' is a very funny movie.

 

Heartbreakers (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Longtime 'Simpsons' writer and executive producer David Mirkin's predilection for wickedly witty cartoonishness is only slightly tempered in his live-action movies.

 

Almost Famous (2000)

by Ben Varkentine

And yet, for a rock 'n' roll film set in the '70s, Almost Famous has surprisingly little sex and drugs on screen (though both are much discussed). Even when two or three of the 'band-aids' decide to deflower William, mainly to alleviate their boredom, it comes off more like a slumber party game than an act of real sexuality.

 

Almost Famous (2000)

by Mike Ward

Maybe in the deceptive world of fame (or almost-fame), this is the best version of intimacy available, although it's easier to attribute it to the characters' superficiality, and maybe a certain starry-eyed idealism on Cameron Crowe's part.