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PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own Feature

Part 5: The Return of the Auteur

by PopMatters Staff

[22.Jun.07] :. That noise you heard near the start of the new millennium was the creative din of a brash new breed of filmmakers tearing down the traditions of mainstream moviemaking. Their motion picture mission statements -- including the ones featured on this list -- remain the rulebook for new generations of anxious film artists.

PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own

 

Film Review

Meet the Robinsons (2007)

by Jesse Hassenger

[2.Apr.07] :. The fact that Meet the Robinsons doesn't have a bunch of misfit celebrity-voiced animals banding together is in itself almost enough to recommend it.

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Angela Bassett makes a leap with ‘Meet the Robinsons’

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[30.Mar.07] :. There has been a tradition, in the post-“Little Mermaid” era of Disney animation, to style the animated characters to resemble the actors who provide the voice. The teacup in...

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Film Feature

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.

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Film DVD Review

The Incredibles (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Mar.05] :. Its snark makes The Incredibles one of those cartoons that mainstream, self-knowing adults might appreciate along with their kids.

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Film Review

The Incredibles (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[5.Nov.04] :. Instead of dolls and fishies, the stars of the The Incredibles are angsty adults, specifically, superheroes whose flying-high heyday is over.

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