Tuesday, June 8 2010
In ‘From Paris with Love’ Dir. Morel’s Action Scenes and ‘90s References are Far From Subtle
Come back to us, Jerry Bruckheimer! From Paris with Love is so fun-minded that it lacks any tension, even in its serious bits.
Tuesday, February 2 2010
Jonathan Rhys Meyers met his iconic costar Travolta cold on the set of ‘From Paris With Love’
Thursday, April 9 2009
The Tudors: Season Three Premiere
The Tudors reminds us that, like Islam and Judaism today, Christianity has had, and undoubtedly continues to have, its own fundamentalists, ideologues, and terrorists.
Friday, March 27 2009
Part 5: Toy Story 2 to Titus (November - December 1999)
On this final day of PopMatters' 1999 overview, awards season hype gives way to pure acting prowess and definitive directorial flair.
Friday, May 23 2008
Children of Huang Shi
Children of Huang Shi is another movie about a well-meaning white man stumbling into an exotic and unknowable elsewhere where he learns all about himself.
Friday, January 11 2008
Super Duper Bad: The Worst Films of 2007
From Good Luck Chuck to Julie Taymor's ill-advised Beatlesque '60s tribute Across the Universe, PopMatters presents the dreck of 2007.
Monday, November 26 2007
August Rush
Evan has the great good luck of being a veritable Magical Negro magnet.
Thursday, April 26 2007
The Tudors
The Tudors is pointed in its critical assessment of Enlightenment philosophy, whose legacies (individualism, liberal humanism) still adhere in today's world.
