Monday, September 19 2011
‘Bride Flight’ Is Beautiful but Predictable
Despite its serviceable storyline, Bride Flight is visually sumptuous and the characters are truly endearing.
Thursday, April 21 2011
The Many Faces of Rutger Hauer
Hauer’s entire career is characterized by elusiveness; it is impossible to pinpoint him on genre, type of character, or the scale or format of the productions he stars in, and this is what makes his oeuvre so exciting. Also in 2011.
Friday, January 25 2008
Digital Dynamite: The 30 Best DVDs of 2007
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.
Friday, November 4 2005
Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition with Comic Book) (2004)
Nolan's Batman is perpetually knotted up, unable to forget his dead parents, seeking a vague solace in his hard body's capacity for violence.
Tuesday, August 16 2005
Sin City (2005)
Like the guys, the girls are undone by their reliance on conventional male power signs.
Thursday, June 16 2005
Batman Begins (2005)
Christian Bale brings a menace to Batman, making him radically distinct from alter ego Bruce Wayne.
Friday, April 1 2005
Sin City (2005)
Distraught, ornery, self-critical, these heroes are certainly more "anti" types than straight-ahead.
Wednesday, September 15 2004
Past Midnight (1992)
A carnival of clichés, the film offers a bleak Pacific Northwest location, where it pours atmospheric buckets of foreboding.
