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Articles tagged "michael chiklis" Film DVD ReviewEagle Eyeby Dan Heaton[14.Jan.09] :. This might pretend to criticize our increasing reliance on technology, but it’s really just the setting for a big dumb movie.  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureBack to Basics - The 30 Best TV Shows of 2008by PopMatters Staff[12.Jan.09] :. The Year in TV was a lot like the US economy: struggling until summer and then tanking under the hope of a 2009 comeback. Still, our staff found 30 solid reasons to be cheerful come entertainment investment time. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 NewsThe Movie Masochist: This movie thinks you’re dumbby James Franklin [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)][2.Oct.08] :. The 1960s and 1970s were the heyday of political thrillers. In these movies the people who ran the U.S. government were every bit as shady as you feared, and they were always up to something bad....  Short Ends and LeaderIMAX makes this ‘Eagle’ Soarby Bill Gibron[28.Sep.08] :. Beware of Big Brother…blah, blah, blah. You can’t pick up a publication nowadays, or listen to any number of broadcast pundits, and not hear about how the Bush Administration is violating...  TV FeatureThe Detective & His Reflections: The Shield: Sixth Seasonby Quentin B. Huff[26.Sep.08] :. The nihilistic, morally blurred world of The Shield reflects the inner workings of its characters. Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008by Bill Gibron[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surferby Bill Gibron[28.Nov.07] :. Not every comic book movie is geared toward the nearing middle aged geek - something naysayers of the Fantastic Four franchise fail to comprehend. Writer takes another ‘Fantastic’ voyageby Jeff Strickler [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][18.Jun.07] :. The call to Mark Frost from his agent in 2003 started out, “This might seem like a crazy idea ...” The agent was suggesting that he think about writing the script for the live-action... The Silver Surfer finally lands on summer movie screensby Bobby Bryant [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][18.Jun.07] :. He’s a Christ figure on a flying surfboard. A chrome-plated philosopher. A herald of doom. The Oscar statuette come to life. Marvel Comics’ Silver Surfer has been many things to many... Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surferby Cynthia Fuchs[15.Jun.07] :. At the start of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the now incorporated superheroes are negotiating endorsement contracts. The Shield: The Detective & the Lieutenantby Quentin B. Huff[9.May.07] :. Detective Vic Mackey kills cops, steals money, and beats suspects. How, then, can the man trying to bring him to justice be the "bad guy"? 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 Shield: Season 4by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Jan.06] :. Most of the brilliant fourth season is focused on the interplay of Vic with the two single-season 'heavyweights', Glenn Close as Captain Monica Rawling and Anthony Anderson as local kingpin Antwon Mitchell. Fantastic Four (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[12.Dec.05] :. The superpowers bring trauma, anger, and confusion, and eventually a sense of responsibility, as the crew decides to do good with what they've got. Fantastic Four (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[8.Jul.05] :. As Marvel comics fans already know, being zapped by a radioactive cloud in outer space alters your DNA according to your sense of self. The Shieldby Cynthia Fuchs[21.Mar.05] :. Vic is the man in every way: mean, impulsive, voluble, in love with his authority but resentful too, resisting his own responsibility. The Shield: Season 3by Cynthia Fuchs[24.Feb.05] :. The Shield's moral center perpetually shifts, as the Team members struggle to maintain their sense of balance, caught between the outright villains and their own dishonesty. The Shieldby Cynthia Fuchs[9.Mar.04] :. The Shield remains, shot for shot, TV's most compelling hour. The Shield: The Complete Second Seasonby Cynthia Fuchs[2.Feb.04] :. Recalling Michael Chiklis’ audition for The Shield, Shawn Ryan says, “When he left the room, it was like it had been vacuum-sealed.” It’s easy to imagine that seeing... Spirited Away (2001/2002)by Scott Thill[3.Oct.02] :. America is better off with Miyazaki playing in the malls and the multiplexes than Monsters, Inc. The Shieldby Cary O'Dell[7.May.02] :. The success of 'The Shield' has doubtless upped the ante in regard to what networks will allow -- and resort to -- in order to gain ratings. The Shieldby Cynthia Fuchs[7.Jan.02] :. As played by new Emmy winner Michael Chiklis, Vic Mackey is casually racist and homicidal, by turns charismatic and appalling. PopMatters - Television - Reviews - Daddioby Dan FrenchThe modern family is wonderfully fluid, apparently able to absorb any permutation of race, religion, gender, or class; its recombinations of conventional marriage or divorce, living together or... |
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