Tuesday, May 17 2011
Is ‘The Other Woman’ Competing in the Cliché Olympics?
Although The Other Woman has the potential to be socially relevant given today’s blended families, it doesn’t present anything new.
Tuesday, February 8 2011
Super Spots or Big Blunders
A lot of production, distribution, and marketing companies spent a lot of time and a lot of money to air ads for movies that are six months away. Which ones will make them a lot of money instead of costing exactly that?
Monday, October 26 2009
Bored New World: How the Zach Braff Prototype Is Slowly Killing American Music
Natalie Portman popped headphones onto Zach Braff's head and said, "This song will change your life." The resulting sound was not only that of carefully composed dullness, but of a million wealthy white kids investing in dull acoustic music to soundtrack their own romantic melodrama.
Monday, March 23 2009
Part 1: The Thin Red Line to Star Wars Episode I (January - May 1999)
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.
Thursday, August 28 2008
My Blueberry Nights
Wong's films are structured around images of characters in repose, of interactions weighted with desire, and of individual memory and fantasy.
My Blueberry Nights
In Blueberry Nights, attractions are premised on separate losses, cultivations of similar heartaches, and delights in desserts.
Friday, February 29 2008
The Other Boleyn Girl
Based on the bodice-ripping novel by Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl is, in a word, ridiculous.
