Articles tagged "oliver reed"

Column: Canon Fodder

Ken Russell at the BBC

by Michael Barrett

[22.Jan.09] :. Everything here is in achingly beautiful and sharply restored black and white, everything is intelligent and witty, everything is deeply felt -- everything is Russell.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

Off the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Jan.09] :. Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008

 

Film DVD Review

The Shuttered Room / It!

by David Camak Pratt

[5.Jan.09] :. Fans of B-horror movies might pick this up, hoping to find a lost gem.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Feature

Gone and Not Forgotten: The PopMatters DVD Wish List

by Bill Gibron

[24.Jan.08] :. A lot of good movies are still missing from DVD. Here is a list of 25 that PopMatters feels have been unceremoniously left to simply fade away.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007

 

Film DVD Review

Gladiator: Extended Edition (2000)

by John G. Nettles

[23.Sep.05] :. It's a bad sign for your making-of doc when the most interesting folks to listen to are the studio weasels.

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Film DVD Review

Tommy (1975)

by John Demetry

[28.Feb.03] :. The Who's rock opera Tommy still rocks.

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Gladiator (2000)

by Lucas Hilderbrand

They don’t make movies like they used to. But then again, why would they? Gladiator claims to be a return to the days of Spartacus, Ben Hur, and those preposterously huge...