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Management

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[15.May.09] :. Jennifer Aniston is stuck, again.

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The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: August 2009

by Bill Gibron

[30.Apr.09] :. With names like Tarantino, Lee, and Zombie, the final month of the season pulls out all the film geek stops. Still, the only guarantee is familiarity, not freshness.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview Feature

Summer of Same: May 2009

by Bill Gibron

[27.Apr.09] :. May's titles include the fourth films in two aging franchises, more Pixar perfection, and the reboot of a TV series from 40 years ago. And they say there are no new ideas.

The PopMatters Summer 2009 Movie Preview

Short Ends and Leader

Off Balance Comedy Could Use Some ‘Cleaning’

by Bill Gibron

[27.Mar.09] :. It’s a part of life we generally don’t think about - mostly because it reminds us of our own morality, and because of the gruesome nature of the business. For most, we didn’t even...

Short Ends and Leader

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Actress Emily Blunt: A star who’s about to be born

by John Anderson [Newsday]

[23.Mar.09] :. Despite indelible performances as Anne Hathaway’s tormentor in “The Devil Wears Prada” and as Tom Hanks’ seductress/underwear model in “Charlie Wilson’s...

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When this British actress chooses film roles, the accent is on America

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[19.Mar.09] :. Emily Blunt is British to the core, London-born, a veteran of the West End stage and many a BBC production. But in spite of break-out work in her native accent in films such as “The Devil...

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Sunshine Cleaning

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[13.Mar.09] :. Despite occasional nuances, we can see from a long way off where Sunshine Cleaning is headed.

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!

`Strange Wilderness’ star gets serious about his comedy

by Colin Covert [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[31.Jan.08] :. Steve Zahn’s affable, stammery charm has earned him an enviable track record in comedy films, but lately he’s also blossomed into a fine serious actor. He juggles work in weighty films...

Comanche Moon

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Jan.08] :. The most outrageous and most pleasurable element in Comanche Moon, Inish Scull (Val Kilmer) is also its strangest, least plausible, and most convincing incarnation of "history."

Rescue Dawn

by Jack Patrick Rodgers

[18.Dec.07] :. Werner Herzog has made a career out of profiling men with impossible dreams who end up fighting against nature and society to make them a reality.

Short Cuts - In Theaters: Rescue Dawn (2006)

by Bill Gibron

[28.Jul.07] :. In auteur/artist Werner Herzog’s world, there are only two major conflicts – man vs. nature, and man vs. his own nature. Such a philosophy encapsulates almost every kind of interaction...

That Thing You Do! - The Directors Cut (1996)

by Marc Calderaro

[18.Jun.07] :. That Thing You Do!, the movie, is humorous and entertaining. Skip the annoying extras, and you'll actually enjoy it.

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.

Sahara (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[31.Aug.05] :. Then they get to the Dirk part, that is, their much-considered intentions for their hero, their plans to create the 'dynamic of Dirk'.

Sahara (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Apr.05] :. No surprise, all these plots -- whether engineered by villains or heroes -- rehearse imperial fantasies at the expense of African tribespeople.

National Security (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[2.Jun.03] :. Endeavors to complicate the standard black-white buddy dynamic.

Daddy Day Care (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.May.03] :. Too many scenes (and far too many montages) seem in slow motion, even though they involve kids moving at something approximating warp-speed.

National Security (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Jan.03] :. Endeavors to complicate the standard black-white buddy dynamic.

Saving Silverman (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

I’d say it’s official: Amanda Peet is the reigning go-to-girl for neo-romantic comedies involving nasty jokes about death, sex, and what might be best described as “control...

Riding in Cars With Boys (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

In 'Riding in Cars', Barrymore plays to her strengths -- her ability to seem at once disarmingly open, as well as poised, ironic, and above all, delighted to be living her life.

Hamlet (2000)

by Beth Armitage

Hamlet often speaks in a voice-over or directly to the video camera that he is rarely without. Sometimes we see the results of these 'video diaries' as he rewatches them on his monitor -- his own Real World confessional.

Hamlet (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

I confess to feeling a certain dread when I first heard that Ethan ('I have this planet of regret') Hawke was starring in Michael Almereyda's updated-and-abbreviated Hamlet.