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Articles tagged "veronica cartwright" Film DVD ReviewInvasion of the Body Snatchersby Bill Gibron[24.Sep.07] :. Why is this 1978 remake so scary? It turns the urge to find oneself into a seemingly horrifying proposition: is individuality really all that special, and how far would you go to protect it?  Film ReviewThe Invasionby Bill Gibron[19.Aug.07] :. With 2007’s oft-delayed The Invasion, there is simply no more symbolic juice left.  Film ReviewThe Invasion (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[17.Aug.07] :. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (who made the impressive Downfall), the film goes from sharp paranoid thriller to noisy action flick.  PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own FeaturePart 4: Challenging Conventionby PopMatters Staff[21.Jun.07] :. As cinema went completely commercial, abandoning art for artifice, true aesthetic acumen was hard to come by. Luckily, for the movies included herein, it was their difference, as well as their diversity, that helped them stand out from the rest of the high concept hackwork. PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own  The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview FeatureMonkey Business (Part 4: August)by Bill Gibron[4.May.07] :. In past years, Hollywood purposely counter programmed these renowned Cineplex dog days, trying to offset the perception that cinematic scraps were all the studios had to offer. From the look of this lame list, it's apparently back to the filmic fridge for some patently warmed over offerings. The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview  TV DVD ReviewLost in Space: Season 3, Vol. 2by Mike Ward[11.Aug.05] :. These momentary failures of grammar betray a befuddlement at birth and death, that story of origin and destination without which humanness has little meaning. Lost in Space: Season 2, Vol. 1by Bill Gibron[27.Oct.04] :. In Season Two, dialogue is no longer inventive and intense, but oddly comic, suggesting that everyone involved in the shoddy space stories, even the badly costumed creatures, are in on the gag. A Slipping-Down Life (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[13.May.04] :. You're left wondering just what Evie sees in Drum, except that abstract backwardsness that she's inscribed in herself. The X-Filesby Sabadino Parker[15.May.02] :. The X-Files has long been but a pale reflection of the show it once was. The X-Filesby Tracy McLooneScully took no grief from Mulder; she questioned him, disagreed with him, and stood up to him. With Doggett, however, there is a more traditional he/she split. The X-Filesby Sabadino ParkerAs Mulder seeks to confirm a universe of infinite possibilities, Scully attempts to reaffirm her faith in God -- the granddaddy of supernatural phenomena. |
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