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Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - “Relator” and others (Live on Interface) (video)

by Tyler Gould

[28.Sep.09] :. “Relator”, by these two very beautiful people, could not be more bland. It would miss the cut for a Rob Thomas album. Train would find it dull. It might put the Fray to sleep. Johansson...

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Film DVD Review

Scarlett Johansson Collection

by PopMatters Staff

[30.Mar.09] :. Alas, these are actually some of the worst movies in Johansson’s filmography.

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Backstage at the Oscars: ‘Milk’ screenwriter speaks out

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[23.Feb.09] :. HOLLYWOOD - “Milk” screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who gave a politically tinged acceptance speech on stage, continued his political bent backstage, calling on President Obama to repeal...

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Film Review

He’s Just Not That Into You

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[6.Feb.09] :. He’s Just Not That Into You is a standard chick flick, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing: it’s cute and comic and organized according to fixed, mostly ancient gender roles.

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

The New Classics - The 30 Best Films of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[16.Jan.09] :. Unlike previous years, where classics came crawling out of the celluloid woodwork with regular reckless abandon, 2008 was more calm… and considered. That's not to say that choosing 30 top titles was hard. The difficulty in placing them in some manner of rank order suggests the actual depth of quality involved.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

Tough and Tender - The Top 20 Female Performances of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[14.Jan.09] :. Twenty talented ladies, 20 performances worthy of multiple little gold men. Unfortunately, as in all years, someone has to come out on top. But after looking over this impressive list, picking the preeminent turn of 2008 seems almost impossible.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008

A Spirited Friendship

by shathley Q

[5.Jan.09] :. Given the respective careers of Will Eisner and Frank Miller, the root of their friendship becomes apparent. For both, the comics medium takes precedence above all else.

Will Eisner’s Dual Identity: The Spirit of an Artist

by Charles Moss

[4.Jan.09] :. A biography of Will Eisner, perhaps the greatest cartoonist in the history of American comics. Eisner used The Spirit as his vessel for unexplored creativity with story elements not commonly found in comics.

Fast chat with ‘The Spirit’ director Frank Miller

by Frank Lovece [Newsday (MCT)]

[26.Dec.08] :. One of the few comics creators who has become his own brand, writer-artist Frank Miller first made his mark with a gritty, film-noir take on Marvel Comics’ “Daredevil.” He went on...

This ‘Spirit’ Stumbles as it Soars

by Bill Gibron

[23.Dec.08] :. In cinema, the shelf life for style is apparently three years. Back in 2005, critics were beside themselves praising the monochrome magic of Robert Rodriguez’s astonishing take on Frank...

The Spirit

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Dec.08] :. The Spirit (Gabriel Macht) lives in a dark, superficial, and exceedingly familiar place.

Woody Allen’s “Asian” Problem

by Jennifer Tang

[10.Oct.08] :. Hollywood has rarely offered Asians opportunities to be anything other than karate heroes, geishas, wartime prostitutes, or sinister "yellow peril" villains.

Talk, Talk, Talk: December 2008

by Bill Gibron

[12.Sep.08] :. Just like the end of an inspiring speech that may or may not succeed in making its point, these final four weeks before 2009 tend to define or defeat the entire awards season purpose.

Woody weird? His new star begs to differ

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[21.Aug.08] :. Rebecca Hall wants to debunk some Woody Allen myths. All the A-listers and ingenues who have gasped about how the bespectacled auteur appears aloof and indifferent on the set, proffering little in...

Javier Bardem, living the impossible life

by Stephen Becker [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[15.Aug.08] :. On film, Javier Bardem is a direct guy. In his Oscar-winning turn in “No Country for Old Men,” he shows no hesitation in shooting people in the head with a cattle gun. And in Woody...

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Aug.08] :. Maria Elena (Penélope Cruz) is the figure least obviously dictated by the Woody Allen template. And for that, you are eternally grateful.

‘Barcelona’ Betrays Allen’s Stifled Storytelling

by Bill Gibron

[15.Aug.08] :. Vicky Christina Barcelona is really nothing more than rich people bitching. Now where exactly is the fun in that?

Goodbye, Woody

by Bill Gibron

[4.Aug.08] :. The divorce has been coming for some time now. We’ve been separated for years, but it’s only recently that I’ve even considered taking the final step. Lord knows I’ve tried to...

A Study in Scarlett: Anywhere I Lay My Head (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[4.Jun.08] :. The old adage that actors want to be rock stars (and visa versa) has produced some equally clichéd results. No one is championing the cringe inducing drunkness of Bruce Willis’ lame...

Scarlett Johansson: Anywhere I Lay My Head

by Leigh Kelsey

[21.May.08] :. Scarlett Johansson proves herself a striking chanteuse, along with the help of David Andrew Sitek and David Bowie.

Scarlett Johansson, Coldplay, The Presets…

by PopMatters Staff

[20.May.08] :. Scarlett Johansson Falling Down [Video] [Listening Party] Coldplay Violet Hill [Video] The Presets This Boys in Love [MP3]       Langhorne...

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008

by Bill Gibron

[1.May.08] :. Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.

The Other Boleyn Girl

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Feb.08] :. Based on the bodice-ripping novel by Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl is, in a word, ridiculous.

Scarlett Johansson takes a class trip in ‘The Nanny Diaries’

by Joe Neumaier [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[24.Aug.07] :. WANTED: Movie ingenue with great sense of humor, earthy sensuality and Hollywood heat, filled with youthful vigor yet old-fashioned movie virtues, for a comedy of manners set in New York’s...

The Nanny Diaries

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Aug.07] :. The Nanny Diaries' focus on beleaguered women doesn't lead to any sense of "freedom."

The Prestige (2006)

by Jesse Hassenger

[15.Mar.07] :. Fans of this wonderful film are left to puzzle not just over its thematic and narrative layers, but its respectable but perfunctory treatment here.

The Pay Off: The Best Film of 2006

by PopMatters Staff

[11.Jan.07] :. For many of the movies on PopMatters' 2006 list of the year's best films, it is clear that a heavy personal and professional stake was riding on the final product.

The Black Dahlia (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[15.Sep.06] :. Why the detectives are obsessed with the murder is never clear, though it may have to do with the vacuum of a movie swirling around them: they've got nothing else to do.

Scoop (2006)

by Kevin Wong

[28.Jul.06] :. Allen once channeled Bergman in Interiors and Fellini in Stardust Memories, but in Scoop, he commits a more self-indulgent crime, paying tribute to his own works.

Scoop (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Jul.06] :. If Scoop has a theme, submerged beneath its poor plotting, clumsy editing, and reductive characterizations, deception might be it.

Match Point (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[4.Jan.06] :. Chris is fond of Enrico Caruso, whose voice 'expresses everything that's tragic about life,' one of these Allenish aphorisms that's probably true but just sounds trite.

The Island (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Jul.05] :. Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson run around in an efficiently digitized near-future scary-scape, occasionally propelled by ethical questions about cloning.

In Good Company (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[14.Jan.05] :. In Good Company pushes Carter and Dan up against one another, so that they can work through their mutual anxieties, resentments, and jealousies.

The Perfect Score (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Jun.04] :. As Kyle's nightmare indicates, The Perfect Score includes a rudimentary political critique of the U.S. educational and testing system.

Lost in Translation (2003)

by Sharon Mizota and Oliver Wang

[23.Feb.04] :. Lost in Translation one-ups its peers with better music, prettier shots, and a more charismatic lead, but its racism is all the more insidious for being wrapped in a pleasing package.

The Perfect Score (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Jan.04] :. The Perfect Score includes a rudimentary political critique of the U.S. educational and testing system.

Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)

by Michael Healey

[8.Jan.04] :. Nothing drains the life from great art like a well-intentioned attempt to explain away its mysteries.

Lost in Translation (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Sep.03] :. . . . about seeing and not seeing at the same time, a series of incredibly precise, meticulous images of faces and hands and doorframes.

Eight Legged Freaks (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Jul.02] :. The we-love-'50s-giant bug-movies homage by Independence Day and Godzilla makers.

Ghost World (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

'Ghost World' is smart, sensitive, and insightful about the lunacy that constitutes adolescence, and never forgets how real and how complicated kids' feelings are.