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Articles tagged "melonie diaz" PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureThe New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008by 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  Film ReviewNothing Like the Holidaysby Cynthia Fuchs[15.Dec.08] :. Nothing Like the Holidays is like a lot of other holiday movies.  The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview FeatureTalk, Talk, Talk: November 2008by Bill Gibron[11.Sep.08] :. Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008. The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview  Film DVD ReviewBe Kind Rewindby Andrew Gilstrap[19.Jun.08] :. Uneven and a little muddled, Be Kind Rewind might be a prime candidate for the very fan remixing it portrays. PopMatters Pick Film ReviewBe Kind Rewindby Cynthia Fuchs[22.Feb.08] :. A set of relationships -- father and son, past and present, fiction and something like history -- forms the foundation of Be Kind Rewind, another gently antic film by Michel Gondry.  Film DVD ReviewRaising Victor Vargas: Special Edition (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Aug.04] :. What makes Raising Victor Vargas especially rewarding are its details -- in composition, rhythm, and especially, characterization. Raising Victor Vargas (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[25.Aug.03] :. Victor's story is at once mundane and delicate, familiar and fresh. Raising Victor Vargas (2003)by Elbert Ventura[24.Apr.03] :. At once affectless and affecting, 'Raising Victor Vargas' is remarkably self-possessed for a first-time feature. |
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