Friday, January 11 2008
A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007
From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007.
Friday, December 21 2007
The Simpsons Movie
The Simpsons Movie may be familiar, but it's bigger and visually richer than what we're used to, as well as funnier than many of the show's more recent episodes.
Friday, July 27 2007
The Simpsons Movie
If you understand the Simpsons to be at once the most egregious and exemplary dysfunctional family in U.S. popular culture, Marge's stalwart strength isn't nearly so spectacular as Bart and Homer's bizarrely symphonic pandemonium.
The Simpsons Movie
After 18 years on the air and nearly 400 amazing episodes, The Simpsons Movie delivers the entertainment equivalent of a 90 minute greatest hits package.
The voice of Bart Simpson says don’t have a cow about the movie
"Their idea of a 10-year-old boy might be different from yours. But for that one, I gambled. One voice. I was hired on the spot."
Tuesday, July 24 2007
It’s ‘The Simpsons,’ bigger than ever
"The Simpsons" is toweringly unsentimental, just as it can be ragingly silly, but its message -- and, yeah, there was always a message.
