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Film DVD Review

Wedding Daze

by Jesse Hassenger

[31.Jan.08] :. We're left in our own daze, wondering which Michael Ian Black made this movie, and why.

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PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own Feature

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.

PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own

 

Film Review

Unknown (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Nov.06] :. One or two resist their designations: Bound Man doesn't want to be bound, Broken Nose resents that mishap.

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TV Review

dr. vegas

by Lesley Smith

[11.Oct.04] :. dr. vegas burdened by a shaky premise (is it a comedy? is it a drama?) and some of the limpest lines penned this side of Coldplay's lyrics.

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Film DVD Review

Bad Boys II (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Dec.03] :. In almost every way, Bad Boys II is larger, louder, and longer than the original. It is also more of the same.

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TV Review

The Handler

by Lesley Smith

[4.Nov.03] :. Offers the traditional CBS fantasy that nothing really bad happens to people who work on the side of the angels.

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Bad Boys II (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Jul.03] :. For this invasion, they need extra firepower and get it, including useful high tech surveillance courtesy of the CIA: this is Bad Boys II's most outrageous fantasy, that this agency has its act together.

 

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 Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Aug.02] :. The Adventures of Pluto Nash is a whole lot of nada.

 

Memento (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Imagine that, like Leonard (Guy Pearce), you find yourself in mid-run, with a scary-looking guy with a gun running nearby, and you have to figure out who's chasing whom. In practical terms, it only takes a second to realize that he's chasing you, because he fires his gun at you and heads your way.

 

Cats & Dogs (2001)

by Tracy McLoone

In 'Cats & Dogs', the colors are a little too bright, everything is a bit too perfect. And all is not as swell as the humans would think: it's 'American Beauty' for pets.