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Hitting ‘The Road’ with Director John Hillcoat

by Matt Mazur

[23.Nov.09] :. Director John Hillcoat talks to PopMatters about the hazards of being intimidated by legends, the funny side of cannibalism and Viggo Mortensen's sweet tooth as his adaptation of the seminal apocalyptic novel The Road hits theaters.

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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: June 2009

by Bill Gibron

[28.Apr.09] :. This month's "original" fare offers a take on a Sid and Marty Krofft classic, more battling seizure robots, and the retaking of '70s subway thriller. Everything old is new again.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

 

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

OMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[15.Jan.09] :. There's bad, and then there's 2008 level bad. You know this list is looking down into a deep dark bottomless pit of cinematic despair when Mike Myers' shameful Love Guru didn't even make the Top 20!

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

 

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Eagle Eye

by Dan Heaton

[14.Jan.09] :. This might pretend to criticize our increasing reliance on technology, but it’s really just the setting for a big dumb movie.

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Celulloid Culpability - Top 10 Film Guilty Pleasures of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Jan.09] :. Like comedy or music, one's choice in cinematic pleasure can be very personal - and very peculiar. Take this tantalizing list of shameful indulgences. You can argue over their artistic value, but their individuals rewards definitely speak to those who champion them.

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

 

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The Movie Masochist: This movie thinks you’re dumb

by James Franklin [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[2.Oct.08] :. The 1960s and 1970s were the heyday of political thrillers. In these movies the people who ran the U.S. government were every bit as shady as you feared, and they were always up to something bad....

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IMAX makes this ‘Eagle’ Soar

by Bill Gibron

[28.Sep.08] :. Beware of Big Brother…blah, blah, blah. You can’t pick up a publication nowadays, or listen to any number of broadcast pundits, and not hear about how the Bush Administration is violating...

 

Eagle Eye

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Sep.08] :. Where's Jamie Foxx when you need him?

 

Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

by Bill Gibron

[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.

 

‘Indiana Jones’ will open strong, but will it stay hot?

by Russ Britt [MarketWatch (MCT)]

[23.May.08] :. LOS ANGELES - It’s been nearly two decades since Indiana Jones graced the silver screen and while times have changed, the initial box-office draw of the aging adventurer is expected to be as...

 

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.May.08] :. It is a little surprising to see the silliness that leads to Crystal Skull's gargantuan climax, a series of antics simultaneously hyper and enervated.

 

Indiana Jones paved the road for dumb box-office thrill rides

by Carrie Rickey [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[20.May.08] :. Largely by cracking jokes and his bullwhip, Indiana Jones snared American hearts in the 1980s. Ever since, the indefatigable finder of incomparable objects in improbable places has continued to...

 

Harrison Ford returns to the real ‘let’s-pretend’ job that propelled his career

by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[19.May.08] :. When Harrison Ford attended Wisconsin’s Ripon College, he drifted over to the theater department from the philosophy department and stuffed a pillow under his shirt to play Mr. Antrobus in...

 

Karen Allen is back where she belongs: in an Indiana Jones movie

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[19.May.08] :. The eyes still have that twinkle, though they twinkle behind wrinkles these days. The freckled girl-next-door grin is still infectious, the voice and laugh as plucky as we remember them. Karen Allen...

 

After 20 years, Harrison Ford returns to his signature role: Indiana Jones

by Gene Seymour [Newsday (MCT)]

[19.May.08] :. With most of our action movie icons, there are easily identifiable trademarks: John Wayne’s pigeon-toed swagger and slow-rolling drawl; Humphrey Bogart’s facial twitches and muted...

 

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: May 2008

by Bill Gibron

[28.Apr.08] :. In the first act of this four-part production, Tinsel Town decides to do some unbelievable front loading. Will there be room for independent offerings, or former HBO carnal comedy divas? Who knows? Without a doubt, it's an interesting way to start the season.

 

Transformers

by Erik Hinton

[26.Oct.07] :. Consider the patience and time it takes to build a ship in a bottle. Now imagine a fully functional Spanish Armada in a snow globe.

 

Disturbia

by Bill Gibron

[16.Aug.07] :. Similar to the way Blade Runner effortlessly channels the archetypes of noir inside the wholly original world of a futuristic LA.

 

Will the new ‘Transformers’ film have ‘The Touch’?

by Jeff Vrabel [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[3.Jul.07] :. As someone who spent much of his childhood collecting and breaking Transformers, I’m approaching next week’s movie version with a feeling that veers back and forth between terror and...

 

Transformers (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Jul.07] :. The point here is excess. For 144 minutes, the film pummels and pounds, delivering explosions, combat troops, speeding vehicles, computer codes, giant robots -- and more explosions.

 

Transformers (2007)

by Bill Gibron

[3.Jul.07] :. Without the weight of an already formed franchise to pull it down, this filmic funhouse is allowed to spin wildly out of control. We simply sit back and enjoy the operatic ride.

 

Surfs Up (2007)

by Daynah Burnett

[8.Jun.07] :. Surf's Up offers nuanced and energetic penguins, as well as top-notch CGI.

 

Monkey Business (Part 3: July)

by Bill Gibron

[3.May.07] :. Finally, a month with only one remaining series contender. All wizard based Potter-y aside, this will be the most tenuous time for the business called show. After a strong start, the eccentric collection of entertainments here could make or break this potentially record shattering motion picture season.

 

Monkey Business (Part 2: June)

by Bill Gibron

[2.May.07] :. Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.

 

‘Disturbia’ star Shia LaBeouf was destined for an acting career

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

[16.Apr.07] :. "When you look into his eyes, you can see an old soul," said "Disturbia" director D.J. Caruso.

 

Bobby (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Apr.07] :. As reporter Warren Wilson remembers, "That would have been less of an impact on me, had I been shot [as he nearly was], than Kennedy being killed, stopped, in a moment in America's history, when we needed him and his advocacy more than ever before."

 

Disturbia (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Apr.07] :. For all its revisiting of Rear Window's basic themes, however, Disturbia is most effective when it points to the differences between then and now.

 

The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)

by Frances Katz

[4.Sep.03] :. One minute, it's a bumbling adolescent romance; the next, it's a family melodrama; and at still another, it's a schoolboy caper flick.