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Articles tagged "richard t. jones" 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  TV ReviewTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chroniclesby Cynthia Fuchs[8.Sep.08] :. On its face, casting Shirley Manson in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles appears a masterstroke.  TV ReviewTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chroniclesby Cynthia Fuchs[13.Jan.08] :. The effort to bring Sarah's Chronicles both back and forward to our post-9/11 moment is both awkward and smart.  Film DVD ReviewTwisted: Special Collector’s Edition (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[30.Aug.04] :. 'I'd been wanting to make a film noir in San Francisco for many years,' says Philip Kaufman, 'And the closest I'd come was Invasion of the Body Snatchers.'" Film ReviewTwisted (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[26.Feb.04] :. Jess identifies with her dead mother but also takes up her father's professional aggression, not so much to right wrongs as discover them.  TV DVD ReviewBrooklyn South: The Complete Seriesby Stephen Tropiano[23.Feb.04] :. The first episode features the sort of graphic violence one would expect to see in an R-rated film. Lockdown (2000)by Cynthia Fuchs[12.May.03] :. The trouble that accompanies them is not of their own making -- it's a function of being young, black, 'in the wrong place' by definition. PopMatters - Television - Reviews - Judging Amyby Michael AbernethyAll in all, 'Judging Amy' is an entertaining hour of television. Although there is room for improvement, it nevertheless presents us with characters and situations we can relate to and become involved with. The Wood (1999)by Cynthia FuchsDuring opening week for The Wood, MTV ran a game show based on the movie — or more precisely, based on promoting the movie, as it was an MTV production. The game show was called... |
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