Articles tagged "john krasinski"

Film DVD Review

Away We Go

by Jesse Hassenger

[28.Sep.09] :. Another movie about and/or aimed at educated, self-aware 20-and-30-somethings, a certain portion of which, of course, hate nothing more than a movie trying to entertain them or depict them in any way.

Recent DVD reviews

Mixed Media

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men dir. John Krasinski (trailer)

by Eleanore Catolico

[16.Sep.09] :. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, a collection of 23 short stories by David Foster Wallace, is now a feature film directed by The Office‘s John Krasinski and opening September...

Mixed Media

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.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

TV Feature

The New Golden Age of British TV Comedy

by Evan Sawdey

[2.Feb.09] :. Every once in awhile, Britain rules over America. The Office, Spaced, Coupling and other British shows are gradually narrowing the Atlantic-sized gap between the United States and England.

Recent features

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

OMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[15.Jan.09] :. There's bad, and then there's 2008 level bad. You know this list is looking down into a deep dark bottomless pit of cinematic despair when Mike Myers' shameful Love Guru didn't even make the Top 20!

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

Back to Basics - The 30 Best TV Shows of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[12.Jan.09] :. The Year in TV was a lot like the US economy: struggling until summer and then tanking under the hope of a 2009 comeback. Still, our staff found 30 solid reasons to be cheerful come entertainment investment time.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 3

by PopMatters Staff

[16.Oct.08] :. Day Three - The final ten, a cross-culture collection teeming with big ideas, larger than life visions, and perhaps the greatest documentary on rugby you've probably never heard of.

Leatherheads (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[20.Sep.08] :. The media just loves to fawn over George Clooney. With his combination of classic Hollywood charisma and contemporary self-effacing nerve, he tends to enhance, and sometimes overwhelm, the projects...

George Clooney picked ‘Leatherheads’ for the fun factor

by Rich Copley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[4.Apr.08] :. In 2005, between his Oscar-nominated directing turn with “Good Night, and Good Luck” and his Oscar-winning performance in “Syriana,” George Clooney became known as a...

Leatherheads

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Apr.08] :. Pleasant and clever, Leatherheads is not built for surprises.

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.

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.

Part 5 - Beyond the Envelope

by PopMatters Staff

[12.Oct.07] :. The format forced the issue among cult and commercial products. And TV on DVD highlighted the cream of the creative, forward thinking crop.

The Office

by Daynah Burnett

[11.Oct.07] :. Next came a series of sitcom-ish moments that read like the white board from the writers' room.

The Office: Season Three

by Andrew Gilstrap

[8.Oct.07] :. Fans met the news of an American adaptation of The Office with outright skepticism, but it's safe to say that the American version of The Office has lost little of the original's sense of unease in its portrayal of the American workplace.

License to Wed (2007)

by Daynah Burnett

[3.Jul.07] :. Everything about License to Wed so completely contaminates its talent that I may never be able to enjoy The Office again.

Monkey Business (Part 3: July)

by Bill Gibron

[3.May.07] :. Finally, a month with only one remaining series contender. All wizard based Potter-y aside, this will be the most tenuous time for the business called show. After a strong start, the eccentric collection of entertainments here could make or break this potentially record shattering motion picture season.

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.

The Office

by Kevin Wong

[26.Sep.05] :. Aside from making its occupants physically uncomfortable, the office intensifies their confrontations, forcing them to butt heads without the chance for literal escape from conflict.

The Office

by Christopher Sieving

[21.Mar.05] :. Whatever your thoughts on the new American remake of The Office, you have to give NBC credit for picking the right man for the job.

The Office

by Christopher Sieving

[10.Feb.03] :. The humor [of 'The Office'] is as dry as vermouth; next to it, the 'Dilbert' comic strip is 'The Man Show'.