Articles tagged "lee tergesen"![]() PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureBack to Basics - The 30 Best TV Shows of 2008by 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 ![]() TV ReviewGeneration Killby Cynthia Fuchs[11.Jul.08] :. The start of HBO's Generation Kill lays out some essential points of focus: the Kuwaiti desert is hot, the firepower is awesome, and the kids in U.S. uniforms are exactly that: kids. ![]() Special Interest DVD ReviewThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginningby Bill Gibron[6.Feb.07] :. That sound you hear in the background is "Taps". It's playing for the death of one of horrror's definitive icons at the hands of this hackneyed production. ![]() TV DVD ReviewOz - The Complete Fourth Seasonby Cynthia Fuchs[5.May.05] :. Arresting for any number of reasons -- graphic violence, extreme masculinity, harsh language -- Oz also brilliantly inventive with its percussive soundtrack. ![]() Film DVD ReviewMonster (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[7.Jun.04] :. Aileen's changed self takes shape most immediately and vehemently in response to a psychotic-seeming john who declares his loathing of all 'hookers nowadays'. ![]() Film ReviewMonster (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.Jan.04] :. Aileen is a terrifying specter, precisely because she's neither only a victim nor only monstrous. As Theron plays her, she swaggers and rationalizes, trusts and fumes. |
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