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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: June 2009

by Bill Gibron

[28.Apr.09] :. This month's "original" fare offers a take on a Sid and Marty Krofft classic, more battling seizure robots, and the retaking of '70s subway thriller. Everything old is new again.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

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Stardust

by Bill Gibron

[19.Aug.07] :. Where and when, exactly, did Neil Gaiman earn all his geek love credentials?

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‘Stardust’ creator reflects on flights of movie fancy

by Mark de la Vina [San Jose Mercury News, Calif. (MCT)]

[10.Aug.07] :. If there were ever a moment the moviegoing public might suffer from a case of pixie-dust poisoning, now’s the time. With Hogwarts, hobbits and all manner of hobgoblins haunting movies, the...

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Film Review

Stardust

by Daynah Burnett

[10.Aug.07] :. What Stardust wields in star power, it lacks in original, or even interesting, storytelling.

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Michelle Pfeiffer winning acclaim for her recent work

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[9.Aug.07] :. Michelle Pfeiffer has been bracing herself for it all summer, that moment when a reporter would use “the c-word” to describe her re-emergence in the movies. “I thought I’d be...

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Hairspray (2007) (2007)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[20.Jul.07] :. Hairspray doesn't just replay Waters' film, it extends and complicates the original parody.

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Ice cream server one day, ‘Hairspray’ star the next

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[18.Jul.07] :. Yes, she really was in the Cold Stone Creamery, scooping ice cream. And no, she really didn’t know it was coming. “I knew I was one of the final four,” says Nikki Blonsky, who was...

Monkey Business (Part 4: August)

by Bill Gibron

[4.May.07] :. In past years, Hollywood purposely counter programmed these renowned Cineplex dog days, trying to offset the perception that cinematic scraps were all the studios had to offer. From the look of this lame list, it's apparently back to the filmic fridge for some patently warmed over offerings.

Monkey Business (Part 3: July)

by Bill Gibron

[3.May.07] :. Finally, a month with only one remaining series contender. All wizard based Potter-y aside, this will be the most tenuous time for the business called show. After a strong start, the eccentric collection of entertainments here could make or break this potentially record shattering motion picture season.

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

by Jesse Hassenger

[10.Jul.03] :. During the story's awkward romantic interludes, children and their parents can squirm in boredom together, as a family.

White Oleander (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Oct.02] :. Seems stuck in first gear, grinding through a series of very "safe" clichés.

What Lies Beneath (2000)

by Renee Scolaro Rathke

CAUTION: This review contains spoilers, although frankly, it doesn’t reveal much more information than the film’s trailer does. “Take Me Away!” The most...

The Story of Us (1999)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Here's a terrifying thought: each of the major turning points in your life is reducible to the hairstyle you're wearing at the time. Your graduation, your first job, your marriage, your dead goldfish, your vacation in Italy: all of it is mucked up when filtered through those misty-water-colored memory glasses. If it sounds awful in theory, it's even worse to see it acted out, on a wide screen with lots of close-ups of teary, badly-coifed movie stars backed by a treacly Eric Clapton guitar score.

I Am Sam (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

'I Am Sam' will not let these characters be: they must run the gamut of movie-of-the-week emotions... A to B.