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Thursday, February 10 2011

Thank You MGM For Finally Releasing ‘Rolling Thunder’

You should order a copy of Rolling Thunder for yourself. Mine is in the mail.


Tuesday, February 8 2011

Super Spots or Big Blunders

A lot of production, distribution, and marketing companies spent a lot of time and a lot of money to air ads for movies that are six months away. Which ones will make them a lot of money instead of costing exactly that?


Monday, November 16 2009

Natural Born Killers: The Director’s Cut

Stone's pedigree secure, the Hollywood maverick turned on the system itself; tarring sensationalism, public bloodlust, and judicial entropy, seemingly with the same brush.


Tuesday, July 8 2008

POV: The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández

Much like the corrido that opens it, The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández means to remember Esequiel and the circumstances of his murder.


Sunday, February 24 2008

There will be confusion: Deliberately vague films leave critic cold


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.


Wednesday, January 9 2008

Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Male

From the tender and eerie precision of Sam Riley's depiction of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Control to yet another superlative performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, PopMatters highlights the best male actors of 2007.


Wednesday, January 2 2008

Iraq War-themed films can’t find an audience


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Men In Black II (2002) (Reviews) [8.Jul.02]
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Rules of Engagement (2000) (Reviews) [1.Jan.95]
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