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Confessions of a Shopaholic

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Feb.09] :. What is John Salley doing in this movie?

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

The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[16.Jan.09] :. Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved.

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

 

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

Iconic - The Top 20 Male Performances of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[14.Jan.09] :. Like the gladiators of old, 2008 resembles a battle of formidable acting gods, especially when looking over the 20 choices presented below. Indeed, if anything, choosing a winner requires more of a leap of faith than any amount of critical skill - they all were that good.

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

 

Short Ends and Leader

Midnight Meat Train

by Bill Gibron

[15.Oct.08] :. Though fans love to toss them into the same supernatural boat, Clive Barker and his main inspiration Stephen King have very little in common. The man from Maine works in a traditional terror...

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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...

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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...

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Heathers & Sex and Death 101

by Jesse Hassenger

[23.Jul.08] :. In a few devastating gestures, Heathers makes Sex and Death 101 look like a wannabe -- a script in search of a director and a star to complete the clique.

 

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...

 

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.

 

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008

by Bill Gibron

[1.May.08] :. Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.

 

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 Return of the Popcorn Circus: May 2008

by Bill Gibron

[28.Apr.08] :. In the first act of this four-part production, Tinsel Town decides to do some unbelievable front loading. Will there be room for independent offerings, or former HBO carnal comedy divas? Who knows? Without a doubt, it's an interesting way to start the season.

 

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Aug.06] :. As much as Ricky Bobby's racing career is about going fast, it's even more cogently about products, lots of 'em.

 

Line of Fire

by Chris Elliot

[8.Dec.03] :. Line of Fire trots out an entire season's worth of supporting cast in its initial 60 minutes, each with his or her own thumbnail typology.

 

Popular

by Tracy McLoone

Perhaps the bravest aspect of 'Popular' is that it takes teen concerns seriously but also sets them in context: it's set in a teen-centric universe, where teenagers do cause families to split up, and students actually are under attack by the school administration.

 

See Spot Run (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

See Spot Run begins just like Lethal Weapon or any one of its 1001 clones. The camera speeds over a cityscape and an intensive drumbeat fills the soundtrack. Suddenly, you’re...

 

The Skulls (2000)

by Renee Scolaro Rathke

There is creative genius behind The Skulls. Someone, somehow, managed to pull together a pretty intriguing trailer for this thriller.