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Monday, July 11 2011

Damages: The Complete Third Season

Damages main dramatic elements still work grandly, but its too-many subplots -- some of them utterly pointless -- weigh this season down considerably.


Wednesday, April 29 2009

Summer of Same: July 2009

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.


Monday, March 23 2009

‘Knowing’ tops weekend box office


Friday, March 20 2009

Knowing

Knowing’s premise is intriguing, even if it ends up being a familiar race-against-time-disaster-movie.


Monday, April 7 2008

Damages: The Complete First Season

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.


Friday, January 11 2008

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

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.


Friday, January 4 2008

The Best Big Screen Eye Candy of 2007

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.


Tuesday, August 21 2007

Ted Danson relishes playing the bad guy for a change


Monday, August 6 2007

40something (and up) women are taking over cable TV


Damages (Reviews) [24.Jul.07]
Sunshine (2007) (Reviews) [20.Jul.07]
28 Weeks Later (2007) (Reviews) [11.May.07]
Monkey Business (Part 1: May) (Features) [1.May.07]
The Dead Girl (2006) (Reviews) [28.Mar.07]
Wicker Park (2004) (Reviews) [10.Sep.04]
I Capture the Castle (2003) (Reviews) [24.Jul.03]
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  23. A Look to the Past, An Insight Into the Present: The Use of Gender in 'Mad Men' (Features)
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  26. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - "Heart Attack" (Cosmic Kids Remix) (PopMatters Premiere) (Mixed Media)
  27. Mark Lanegan Band: Blues Funeral (Reviews)
  28. The Barbaric (and Poetic) Yawp of Shelby Lynne (Notes from the Road)
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