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Articles tagged "the happening" PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureOMG - The 20 Worst Films of 2008by 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  Film DVD ReviewThe Happeningby Jake Meaney[10.Nov.08] :. Watching this is rather like watching the grass grow. And blow in the wind. And trees. Bushes. Hedges. Blowing. You get the idea.  NewsThe end is here: 9-11 attacks and the new millennium revive apocalyptic moviesby Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)][1.Oct.08] :. Flooded cities. A plague of blindness. Humanity huddled in bunkers. It’s just another night at the movies. The Katrina documentary “Trouble the Water,” the viral-outbreak drama...  Film ReviewThe Happeningby Todd R. Ramlow[13.Jun.08] :. The Happening features an effectively stylized physical environment: rarely have clouds drifting overhead and wind blowing through trees and a sunny day been filmed so ominously.  NewsFast chat with ‘The Happening’ co-star John Leguizamoby Joseph V. Amodio [Newsday (MCT)][12.Jun.08] :. John Leguizamo’s been busy. This year alone he’s appeared in the crime drama “The Take,” the indie black comedy “The Babysitters,” and Friday he hits the big...  Short Ends and LeaderMess Hysteria: The Happening vs. The Signalby Bill Gibron[12.Jun.08] :. Newsweek Magazine must still be smarting. Back in 2002, as Signs was gearing up for its box office assault, the publication called M. Night Shyamalan “The Next Spielberg”.... Will M. Night Shyamalan’s new R-rated film scare up bigger box-office numbers?by David Hiltbrand [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][11.Jun.08] :. As he waits for his beverage at a Starbucks along West Chester Pike, the portly, middle-aged businessman has no idea of the sinister plot being hatched behind his back. Less than a yard away sits... The Return of the Popcorn Circus: June 2008by Bill Gibron[29.Apr.08] :. If May almost tent-poled itself out of existence, June will be even worse. After all, are audiences really ready for 13 major release in less than two months -- with more to come? |
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