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It’s a ‘Wonderful World’ for Matthew Broderick

by Madeleine Marr [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[5.Nov.09] :. MIAMI — Like his old pal Ferris Bueller, Matthew Broderick may need a day off. The former teen star, 47, is getting slammed for his performance in Broadway’s “The Starry...

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The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[5.Apr.09] :. As a rule of cinematic thumb, in the CG genre, there’s Pixar…and then there’s everyone else. Or sure, some studios - Fox, Dreamworks - can claim massive commercial success, and the...

Short Ends and Leader

 

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 1: The Thin Red Line to Star Wars Episode I (January - May 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[23.Mar.09] :. The first part of PopMatters' look back at the films of 1999 is bookended by the long awaited return of two cinematic auteurs of wildly different styles, Terrence Malick and George Lucas.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

 

Film Review

The Tale of Despereaux

by Cynthia Fuchs

[19.Dec.08] :. The movie starts with a cute sleight-of-handy gimmick, the sort that assumes a canny audience who’s a step ahead of regular narrative conventions.

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Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs Feature

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs: Part 3

by PopMatters Staff

[16.Oct.08] :. Day Three - The final ten, a cross-culture collection teeming with big ideas, larger than life visions, and perhaps the greatest documentary on rugby you've probably never heard of.

Cinema Qua Non - Indispensable DVDs

 

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008

by Bill Gibron

[12.Sep.08] :. Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview

 

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: I Love the 80s edition

by Christel Loar

[27.Aug.08] :. The film—and Ferris—is still as fresh and fun, witty and irreverent as ever. It’s a true classic, a pinnacle of its genre.

 

Finding Amanda

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Jun.08] :. Too much of Peter Tolan's movie takes up Taylor's self-absorption as if it's actually interesting.

 

Then She Found Me

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.May.08] :. As cute and inoffensive and eventually uplifting as Then She Found Me may be, it is also a formulaic exercise.

 

Bee Movie

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Nov.07] :. A possible trans-species romance turns instead into a strangely balanced relationship comprised of financial and legal accord -- with a bit of ecological crisis and subsequent alignment to boot.

 

Deck the Halls (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Nov.06] :. How did it happen that such determinedly ugly 'men must learn their holiday lessons' movies are now de rigeur?

 

Strangers with Candy (2006)

by Daynah Burnett

[28.Jun.06] :. Jerri Blank repeatedly acts like a feral white trash child, a sort of spiteful id.

 

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: Bueller Bueller Edition (1986)

by John G. Nettles

[16.Feb.06] :. Call us the Breakfast Club Generation. We are all Molly Ringwald.

 

The Producers (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Dec.05] :. No one can be wholly ruined in a big fat sardonic musical, a form demanding grandeur, gaucheness, and above all, giddy delights. Unfortunately, this movie musical rather forgets the movie part.

 

The Stepford Wives (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Nov.04] :. Director Frank Oz asserts, 'There is no such a thing as Stepford. Stepford is in the mind.'"

 

The Stepford Wives (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Jun.04] :. Joanna's paucity of spirit is odiously illustrated during the first five minutes of The Stepford Wives.

 

The Road to Wellville (1994)

by John G. Nettles

[18.Oct.02] :. Contrary to Kellogg's message, self-denial is ultimately the disease, not the cure.

 

You Can Count on Me (2000)

by Dale Leech

In fact, when Terry describes Scottsville as a town full of 'dull, narrow people... with no perspective, no scope,' he might have been describing the film's characters.

 

Election (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

High school sucks. While this is currently a headlines-worthy observation, movies about high school have been underscoring it for years. From Blackboard Jungle, Carrie, Jawbreaker, and Heathers, to Cooley High, Scream, The Ice Storm, and Never Been Kissed, the point is the same: in high school, you spend way too much time worrying about cliques, grades, popularity, and sex.