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TV Review

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Dec.08] :. Even if CSI won't articulate its race politics, the introduction of Laurence Fishburne into this whiter-than-white team of investigators can't help but call up memories of the long-troubled Warrick (Gary Dourdan).

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

Accepting the Blame: The Top Guilty Pleasures of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[17.Jan.08] :. PopMatters proffers its collection of 2007's most notable defective faves. And it's okay to laugh. After all, we'd probably do the same to you and your uncomfortable fixations as well.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

 

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The Movie Masochist: Television for women and serial killers

by James Franklin [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[14.Jun.07] :. If you have cable, you’ve probably seen programs on (or commercials for) Lifetime TV, the network that once marketed itself as “television for women.” This designation apparently...

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Costner ignores naysayers, embraces challenges of ‘Mr. Brooks’

by Jeff Strickler [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[3.Jun.07] :. A lot of people thought that Kevin Costner should have passed on “Mr. Brooks.” You’re playing a serial killer, they said, and your fans won’t like that. It’s a small,...

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Film Review

Mr. Brooks (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Jun.07] :. Even as you're wondering just how tedious the movie might get, William Hurt pops up to offer his snarky, sniffy version of "advice," and Mr. Brooks turns into something else.

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The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview Feature

Monkey Business (Part 2: June)

by Bill Gibron

[2.May.07] :. Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.

The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview

 

In Good Company (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Jan.05] :. In Good Company pushes Carter and Dan up against one another, so that they can work through their mutual anxieties, resentments, and jealousies.

 

Erin Brockovich (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

What is it about a picture of Julia Roberts with a baby on her hip that seems so irresistible? This would be, of course, one of the images that’s become so instantly familiar through its heavy...