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TV DVD Review

Charmed: The Complete Series

by Christel Loar

[18.Dec.08] :. Gorgeously bound and illustrated with some of the stunning artwork seen in the Halliwell Book of Shadows throughout the show, this DVD set is sure to be coveted almost as much for its powerful presentation as for the enchanting episodes inside.

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

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.

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

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

by 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 Feature

The Best Big Screen Eye Candy of 2007

by 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.

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TV DVD Review

Charmed: The Final Season: (Season 8)

by Jon Langmead

[4.Dec.07] :. In its final season Charmed, which had consistently wrung life out of otherwise mundane material, lost sight of exactly what it was that kept the moving parts interesting.

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Movies don’t always have to be picture perfect to gain our loyalty

by Duane Dudek [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)]

[9.Apr.07] :. Tarantino compares the "grindhouse" experience with the raw power of "punk rock."

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Film Review

Grindhouse (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Apr.07] :. Where the olden days movies were fierce, these are more nostalgic for a moment that's amplified in the remembering. These retreads are surely giddy, but they're also indulgent, just as they mean to be.

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Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Talk Grindhouse

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[6.Apr.07] :. The celebrated directors discuss their new double-feature, a salute to the grindhouse film era, and offer a hit list of grindhouse classics for your viewing pleasure.

 

The PopMatters ‘Short Ends & Leader’ Spring Film Preview

by 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.

 

Charmed: The Complete Fourth Season

by Leigh H. Edwards

[6.Mar.06] :. Charmed is a sci fi-fantasy inquiry into female gender roles, pondering women's agency and their twin capacities for kicking ass and playing sex objects.

 

Charmed

by Tracy McLoone

As Charmed's Paige, Rose McGowan seems stifled and reticent, perhaps as if she's not quite sure what she's supposed to be doing -- and so, in her performances so far, she's just laid low, and made no waves or sudden movements.

 

Ready to Rumble (2000)

by P. Nelson Reinsch

Ready to Rumble is ostensibly a simple comedy of bumbling bumpkins - in this case lovers of professional wrestling - along the lines of Farrelly brothers' films like Dumb and Dumber and Kingpin.

 

Monkeybone (2001)

by Todd R. Ramlow

In 'Monkeybone', we are given visual representation of (presumably) every man's internal struggle, between his social conscience and his unbridled testosterone frenzy.