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Film DVD Review

Mrs. Doubtfire

by Lana Cooper

[16.Apr.08] :. This film about a charmingly warped, desperate, and divorced dad in drag has held up well 15 years after its original release.

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

Super Duper Bad: The Worst Films of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.08] :. From Good Luck Chuck to Julie Taymor's ill-advised Beatlesque '60s tribute Across the Universe, PopMatters presents the dreck of 2007.

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

 

Film Review

License to Wed (2007)

by Daynah Burnett

[3.Jul.07] :. Everything about License to Wed so completely contaminates its talent that I may never be able to enjoy The Office again.

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DVDs Feature

Kids’ DVDs: June 2007

by Roger Holland

[6.Jun.07] :. Given that babies and young children love nothing more than repetition, repetition, and... um.... repetition, I can't understand why even the pointiest of heads would think children between the ages of six months and three years could possible need 23 different Baby Einstein DVDs.

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Film DVD Review

Night at the Museum (2006)

by Bill Gibron

[16.May.07] :. A digital love letter to the fine art of F/X, a celebration of promotion and publicity, and a lot of misguided arrogance.

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The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview Feature

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.

The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview

 

Night at the Museum (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Dec.06] :. Worried that his dad's dreams are getting in the way of his present life, Nicky asks, "What if you're just an ordinary guy, who should get a job?"

 

Happy Feet (2006)

by Mike Ward

[21.Nov.06] :. The penguins learn to refine their engrained vocal skills not in the interest of spiritual uplift or any such, but, basically, to get laid.

 

Man of the Year (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Oct.06] :. The troubles with Barry Levinson's movie are many, including an erratic pace and too many unfunny diversions, but the primary issue, strangely, is its lack of pointed political humor.

 

The Night Listener (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Aug.06] :. Tapping into recent public outrages over writers who lie, The Night Listener's indictments are drearily unsubtle.

 

The Aristocrats (2005)

by Kevin Wong

[12.Aug.05] :. The sheer number of performances wears thin by film's end.

 

House of D (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Apr.05] :. The ideal girl wears an orange jumpsuit. At least that's the way Tommy Warshaw remembers it.

 

Robots (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Mar.05] :. Valiant and righteous, the old-fashioned robots fight back against the slick, wealthy, huge machine.

 

Hook (1991)

by Jesse Hassenger

[15.Sep.03] :. Hook is thoroughly watchable, often amusing, fitfully entertaining.

 

One Hour Photo (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Aug.02] :. Neatly, ominously, the film composes a bleak vision of Sy's consumption of and by his culture.

 

Insomnia (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.May.02] :. The sun doesn't go down in Insomnia.

 

The Survivors (2002)

by Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece

[18.Apr.02] :. It's not as though 'The Survivors' takes its survivalists seriously.

 

Death to Smoochy (2002)

by Renie Scolaro Mora

[4.Apr.02] :. PULL.

 

Bicentennial Man (1999)

by Tobias Peterson

Robots: we either love 'em or hate 'em. Movies have given us friendly Star Wars droids like R2-D2 and C-3PO and sadistic mechanical henchmen like Maximilian in The Black Hole. Science fiction television has shown both Buck Rogers' loyal sidekick Twiggy and the destructive Cylons of Battlestar Galactica.