Tuesday, January 3 2012
‘Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia’ Is a Brilliant Start to the New Series
A pacey adventure, Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia rattles along with sharp, quick-fire dialogue, while remaining faithful to the original story.
Friday, December 3 2010
‘Sherlock’ Is Divorced from Reality, Yet Deeply In-Tune with an Irresistible Alternate Reality
The modern Sherlock Holmes is so compelling because he is a modern intellectual appealing to audiences who, for the most part, live in a world dissociated from intellectualism.
Tuesday, June 2 2009
The Old Curiosity Shop
If you like your Dickens dark, this is about as bleak as it gets.
Friday, January 25 2008
Digital Dynamite: The 30 Best DVDs of 2007
It was the year of the behemoth box set, the multi-disc triumph that tried to give long suffering fans everything their demanding little digital hearts ever desired. Here are PopMatters' 30 picks for the best DVDs of the year.
Wednesday, January 9 2008
Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Male
From the tender and eerie precision of Sam Riley's depiction of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Control to yet another superlative performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, PopMatters highlights the best male actors of 2007.
Thursday, August 30 2007
Dedication
It's Henry's movie, and for all his eccentricities and fixations and rages, he's a very conventional man.
Tuesday, April 24 2007
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Hot Fuzz is all about the guys. And who needs girls when you have guns?
Friday, April 20 2007
‘Hot Fuzz’: Filmakers approve the use of deadly farce
"The one word that we bristle at is 'spoof.'"
