Thursday, October 11 2007

Part 4 - Feasts from the Fringe

By PopMatters Staff

Cable created supply where there was little or no demand. Out of the myriad of subject specific programming, a few gemstones managed to shine.

Tuesday, October 2 2007

NCIS

By Roger Holland

In the best episodes of NCIS, the plot is all but incidental.

Thursday, October 3 2002

Spirited Away (2001/2002)

By Scott Thill

America is better off with Miyazaki playing in the malls and the multiplexes than Monsters, Inc.

Sunday, January 1 1995

NCIS

By Roger Holland

Though she has more than a passing interest in death, BDSM, and the industrial-goth combo Android Lust, Abby is a veritable ray of sunshine among the body parts and analytical equipment that clutter up her workplace.

What Women Want (2000)

By America Billy

Any Given Sunday (1999)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Oliver Stone's movies usually seem more complicated than they are. Partly this comes from his evolving style, from the curiously romantic realism of Platoon, to the assaultive ding-battiness of Natural Born Killers, to the debased lunacy of U-Turn. But mostly it comes from his obsession with a single theme: brutality. Or more precisely, how brutality becomes morality.

Any Given Sunday (1999)

By Tobias Peterson

Whatever you think about Oliver Stone as a director, you can't deny his firm grasp on this country's interests. From Vietnam to JFK to serial killers, Stone's pictures have always depicted major subjects of national fascination. With his latest release, Any Given Sunday, Stone looks to go his previous films one better by focusing on the most popular sport in America.