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Articles tagged "rose byrne" The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview FeatureSummer of Same: July 2009by Bill Gibron[29.Apr.09] :. In a rare attempt at novelty, July jets along with only Harry Potter and the Ice Age crew sampling continuing series spoils. The rest provide unknown pleasures. The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview  News‘Knowing’ tops weekend box officeby William Spain [MarketWatch (MCT)][23.Mar.09] :. The debut of the Nicholas Cage science-fiction thriller “Knowing” took top honors at the weekend box office, raking in some $24.8 million through Sunday morning, according to studio...  Film ReviewKnowingby Renee Scolaro Mora[20.Mar.09] :. Knowing’s premise is intriguing, even if it ends up being a familiar race-against-time-disaster-movie.  TV DVD ReviewDamages: The Complete First Seasonby Brian Holcomb[7.Apr.08] :. A superbly acted, complex serial story, this show is well-suited to the DVD medium as it can followed at your own pace without fear of missing some of the story.  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 FeatureA Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007by PopMatters Staff[11.Jan.08] :. From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007  PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 FeatureThe Best Big Screen Eye Candy of 2007by Daynah Burnett[4.Jan.08] :. When flipping through my mental catalog of the year's films, certain scenes stand out. This past year offered a veritable feast of visual goodies. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2007 Ted Danson relishes playing the bad guy for a changeby Ellen Gray [Philadelphia Daily News (MCT)][21.Aug.07] :. Ted Danson knows that Glenn Close scares people. “C’mon, she’s evil!” Danson said jokingly of the actress, who stars in FX’s “Damages” (10 p.m. EDT... 40something (and up) women are taking over cable TVby Neal Justin [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)][6.Aug.07] :. Holly Hunter told a story recently about secretly convening seven years ago with other top actresses, including Kyra Sedgwick and Mary-Louise Parker, who hatched a plan to take over cable... British director gets around to making his own sci-fi adventureby Rene Rodriguez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][30.Jul.07] :. Soon after having made his second film, the exuberant drug-addiction drama “Trainspotting,” Danny Boyle got a lucrative offer from 20th Century Fox to direct the fourth installment in the... ‘Sunshine’ star Michelle Yeoh hits the heightsby Ethan Sacks [New York Daily News (MCT)][26.Jul.07] :. The world’s most famous female action heroine is deathly afraid of heights. Yet there was Michelle Yeoh, lashed into a nose-diving stunt plane to simulate zero gravity, in preparation for her... Damagesby Cynthia Fuchs[24.Jul.07] :. The new FX legal thriller offers images that stand out for their precise pacing, deep-saturated colors, and gorgeous design as much as for their storytelling. Glenn Close calls the shots on her new seriesby Gail Shister [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][23.Jul.07] :. "Subliminally, people still think women in power are considered aberrant," Close says. "It's been that way for centuries. I want Patty to be a good leader. I don't want her to lead by fear or screaming." PopMatters Pick Film ReviewSunshine (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[20.Jul.07] :. The notion of loss pervades Sunshine, even as calculations of self are increasingly complex. 28 Weeks Later (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[11.May.07] :. The moral universe is intractably skewed in 28 Weeks Later, a film that works hard to reflect the world around it. Zombie sequel rides the crest of a horror-movie waveby Rene Rodriguez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][10.May.07] :. Indulge me here: Imagine being under attack by flesh-eating zombies. Your cornered spouse is screaming out for help. Do you rush to his or her side, knowing it spells certain doom for both of you? Or... 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. The Dead Girl (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Mar.07] :. An anthology of five stories organized around the titular corpse, the movie is a bleak but oddly robust homage to women's survival and defeat in the face of violence, oppression, and non-options. The PopMatters ‘Short Ends & Leader’ Spring Film Previewby Bill Gibron[2.Mar.07] :. In order to separate the worthy from the worthless, PopMatters' "Short Ends & Leader" editor is highlighting 10 new films he's looking forward to this spring. Wicker Park (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[10.Sep.04] :. Unlikely as it seems, Matthew Lillard is the saving grace of Paul McGuigan's wretched remake of L'Appartement. I Capture the Castle (2003)by Tracy McLoone[24.Jul.03] :. The Cottons bluster into the Mortmains' lives, as Americans in British tales will do. |
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