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Q&A with Paul Rudd and John Hamburg of ‘I Love You, Man’

by Cary Darling [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[22.Mar.09] :. DALLAS - Paul Rudd and John Hamburg, star and writer/director respectively of the man-crush comedy “I Love You, Man” (opening Friday), are joshing around near the lobby of the...

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‘Man’ Made Out of the Same Old…Stuff

by Bill Gibron

[20.Mar.09] :. Imagine Manhattan with the post-modern existential quips removed and fart jokes added. Visualize an ‘80s or ‘90s sweet as sugar RomCom with all the subtlety sliced out and lots of...

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Film Review

I Love You, Man

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[20.Mar.09] :. I Love You, Man is a buddy flick worked out as a chick flick, complete with makeovers, bonding montages, a break-up and make-up.

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Superheroes Versus Comics

by shathley Q

[27.Jan.09] :. There can be no doubt that the summer of 2008 stands as a high-water mark for superheroes. But in the wake of a superhero renaissance and the growing cultural legitimacy of the genre, the question must be posed: Has the superhero genre evolved beyond the comics medium?

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

Off the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Jan.09] :. Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember.

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

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Four Christmases

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Nov.08] :. Motherhood, Four Christmases submits, is all Kate needs to be happy. The husband, he's incidental.

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Four Christmases

by Bill Gibron

[26.Nov.08] :. So this is what five Oscar winners gets you? This is the result of the combined Academy caliber efforts of Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line), Sissy Spacek (Coal Miner’s Daughter),...

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.

Iron Man (Two-Disc Special Collector’s Edition)

by Evan Sawdey

[6.Oct.08] :. Every explosion and punch-line lives and dies by Downey's performance, but he proves more than up to the task, making the ride all the more enjoyable.

Stan Lee’s ‘Iron Man’ leads way for latest Blu-ray titles

by Doug Nye [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[29.Sep.08] :. Ten years ago, Stan Lee was frustrated about the inability to get impressive versions of Marvel Comics super heroes to the movie screen. “It seemed as if so many of them were tied up with...

Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008

by Bill Gibron

[11.Sep.08] :. Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.

Pop 20: Super hero formula evolving

by Aaron Sagers [(MCT)]

[30.Jul.08] :. In only 10 days, the Batman defeated the Joker, delivered a one-two punch to Harvey Dent and amassed more than $300 million at the box office. But despite the enormous success of “The Dark...

Dear Marvel Comics

by Bill Gibron

[16.Jun.08] :. Dear Marvel Comics: Get ready. If rumors are true, and you are indeed lowballing Jon Favreau out of participation in Iron Man 2 (a story now supported by both Ain’t It Cool News and...

‘Iron Man’ is a movie that cannot be ignored

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

[5.May.08] :. “That movie wasn’t released; it escaped.” —Mel Brooks I have no idea about which movie Brooks spoke, and neither does Jon Favreau, the director of the comic-book movie...

Jon Favreau’s preparation pays off in ‘Iron Man’

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[2.May.08] :. Jon Favreau heard the whispers, the murmurs of “What the hey?” when he was selected by Marvel Studios to turn the comic-book empire’s Iron Man into a movie. He heard them again when...

Iron Man

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.May.08] :. For all Tony's new understanding of "peace," the fact that Iron Man is in fact a weapon allows the film to do what summer movies must do: clanking and bashing, zooming, shooting, and exploding.

It’s Super Year for once-troubled actor Robert Downey Jr., starting with ‘Iron Man’

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[30.Apr.08] :. The Summer of Downey? On Friday, “Iron Man”—easily one of the smartest, most satisfying comic-book superhero movies since Tim Burton’s first “Batman”—opens...

The Break-Up (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Jun.06] :. For all that goes wrong with The Break-Up, the most compelling question it raises has to do with the state of the romantic comedy.

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Nov.05] :. When Lisa thaws, she's granted a limited gamut of roles, from screaming victim to gushy girl to action-heroic savior.

Wimbledon (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Sep.04] :. Theirs is an altogether formulaic affair -- complete with wishing on comets, lolling by fountains, running from paparazzi.

Elf (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Nov.03] :. Crass and cunning: 'tis the season.

Daredevil (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Jul.03] :. Daredevil has good reasons for his gear, and for the screwed-up attitude that goes with.

Daredevil (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Feb.03] :. It's unlikely that this gloominess accounts for Daredevil's big success. There are any number of plausible explanations -- the 'Sexiest Man Alive' and his J. Lo glow, the promotional blitz, the Marvel machine. No matter. Bring the pain.

Daredevil (2003)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[13.Feb.03] :. The good news is that Johnson's Daredevil follows Marvel's disability politics.

The Replacements (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

The Replacements' particular spin on the relationship between unions and management is simplistic and, more often than not, spurious.

The Replacements (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

The Replacements' particular spin on the relationship between unions and management is simplistic and, more often than not, spurious.

Made (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

To aid him on his travels, Bobby (Jon Favreau) takes Ricky, his childhood friend, boxing partner (they're introduced fighting each other in some cheap venue, for piddling money), and notorious fuck-up. Ricky is played by the affable (when not bar-brawling) Vince Vaughn, who also produced 'Made', and who, in 1996, starred with Favreau in 'Swingers', the film that made them both bankable properties.

Love & Sex (2000)

by Susan Glen

It's somewhat refreshing to watch a male character exhibit an immature sexual insecurity in the face of a more experienced female lover, and even more refreshing -- if not downright liberating -- to watch that female character refuse to apologize for her sexual appetites.