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The Handmaid’s Tale: Not So Sci-fi

by Jennifer Makowsky

[24.Sep.09] :. The terrifying, 'it could happen today' message of this story is best told in the Atwood's book, rather than the film version.

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The Road dir. John Hillcoat (trailer)

by Eleanore Catolico

[23.Sep.09] :. An adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Road will be released on October 16th in theaters. The film stars Viggo Mortenson, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron,...

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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

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Four Christmases

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Nov.08] :. Motherhood, Four Christmases submits, is all Kate needs to be happy. The husband, he's incidental.

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Four Christmases

by Bill Gibron

[26.Nov.08] :. So this is what five Oscar winners gets you? This is the result of the combined Academy caliber efforts of Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line), Sissy Spacek (Coal Miner’s Daughter),...

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008

by Bill Gibron

[11.Sep.08] :. Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview

Digital Dynamite: The 30 Best DVDs of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[25.Jan.08] :. It was the year of the behemoth box set, the multi-disc triumph that tried to give long suffering fans everything their demanding little digital hearts ever desired. Here are PopMatters' 30 picks for the best DVDs of the year.

We Own the Night

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Oct.07] :. You can see -- though the brothers take a few more scenes to catch up -- that each envies the other: Joe wants Bobby's seeming independence, Bobby wants daddy's approval.

The Outer Limits: (The Original Series) - Volume 1

by Andrew Gilstrap

[12.Sep.07] :. Idealistic scientists, less idealistic military-industrial complexes, and governments of varying ethical strength are always creating things that they shouldn't in the real world and in The Outer Limits.

The Godfather: Blackhand Edition

by Kevin Garcia

[11.Jun.07] :. Man, there's something really satisfying about hitting someone.

Lucky You (2006)

by Brett Parker

[9.May.07] :. A good movie about poker, but only good enough to appeal to those who enjoy watching card games on TV.

Lucky You (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.May.07] :. The cuts are obvious, the rhythms sluggish, and the dialogue redundant, as if the movie's afraid you've missed it the first time.

Monkey Business (Part 1: May)

by Bill Gibron

[1.May.07] :. Talk about frontloading your approach. Each week in this first full month of patented popcorn movies finds another famous franchise icon making a major blockbuster bow. Only truly disastrous results from these guaranteed crowd-pleasers will keep the coffers from clogging with cash.

Time Encapsulating: The Best DVDs of 2006

by PopMatters Staff

[10.Jan.07] :. From solid single issues to amazingly complete film and television compilations, the works highlighted here argue for DVD's continued importance.

Thank You for Smoking (2005)

by Tiffany White

[14.Dec.06] :. Naylor doesn't need a "human" face; we love him the minute he offers us a light.

Robert Altman Collection: Donald Sutherland, Elliot Gould, Robert Duvall, Carol Burnett - PopMatters

by Matt Mazur

[25.Apr.06] :. This uneven collection is a definite example of the adage 'when he's good, he's very good, but when he's bad, he's very bad'.

Thank You for Smoking (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Mar.06] :. The ironies of Thank You for Smoking are not subtle.

The Godfather: Part II (1974)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Jul.05] :. Francis Ford Coppola's focus on his family, in the film and his memory, could not be more poignant or more public.

Gone in 60 Seconds: Director’s Cut (2000)

by Jesse Hassenger

[8.Jul.05] :. The trailer for Gone is a particularly unpretentious distillation of the film's key elements.

Sling Blade - Director’s Cut (Miramax Collector’s Series) (1996)

by John G. Nettles

[6.Jul.05] :. Sling Blade is a piece of true Southern Gothic in the vein of Flannery O'Connor, Harry Crews, and (yes, I'll say it) William Faulkner.

Kicking & Screaming (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.May.05] :. Mike Ditka has the most fun here, announcing to his young charges, 'I eat quitters for breakfast and I spit out their bones.'"

Deep Impact: Special Collector’s Edition (1998)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Oct.04] :. Mimi Leder's Deep Impact is both less and more than a science fiction-styled disaster melodrama.

Secondhand Lions (2003)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[18.Sep.03] :. The phallic imagery of guns as associated with male potency is everywhere in Secondhand Lions.

Open Range (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Aug.03] :. Kevin Costner's film assumes the usual mythology: the West 'died' when corporate thinking encroached on the boundless spirit of the cowboys.

Assassination Tango (2003)

by Lesley Smith

[3.Apr.03] :. Even the most generous viewer is hit by the absence of rationales, however bizarre or slender, for the film's plot turns.

Gods and Generals (2002)

by Josh Jones

[28.Feb.03] :. Avoids examining the underlying cause of the Civil War -- the South's terror of abolition -- and instead remembers the Confederacy as a noble army defending its 'homeland'.

The 6th Day (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Two Arnolds are too much by anyone’s count. I confess that just the thought of seeing Himself act with Hisotherself is enough to make me a little nervous, and I have a much higher tolerance for...

Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Contrary to its titular promise of speed speed speed, this latest Jerry Bruckheimer actioner takes pretty much forever to get to its wholly predictable and humdrum finale. Gone in 60 Seconds...

Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

'Apocalypse Now' -- 'Redux' or regular -- is well worth seeing for just such insights, its flashes of brilliance, failures, and virtuous intentions. In both versions, it's that rare movie that looks hard at the culture that produced it.

Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)

by Tobias Peterson

'Apocalypse Now Redux', ultimately, allows us to celebrate a film that has become indelibly ingrained into American popular consciousness while, at the same time, forcing us to question the violence and inhumanity that characterize the troubling past of this same culture.