Thursday, April 30 2009
Summer of Same: August 2009
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.
Thursday, March 26 2009
Part 4: All About My Mother to Sleepy Hollow (October - November 1999)
Outsiders and oddballs make up Part Four's formidable filmmakers, an idiosyncratic collection of dreamers and visionaries.
Friday, January 11 2008
Super Duper Bad: The Worst Films of 2007
From Good Luck Chuck to Julie Taymor's ill-advised Beatlesque '60s tribute Across the Universe, PopMatters presents the dreck of 2007.
Friday, July 20 2007
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
Ving Rhames gets that Duncan can be gay, and not have to be a fulltime "flamer," in the film's parlance.
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
This gay marriage movie isn’t really ready to deal with the overriding disputes that arise whenever civil rights and civil unions become part of the human dialogue.
Thursday, May 3 2007
Monkey Business (Part 3: July)
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.
Friday, August 25 2006
Idlewild (2006)
Percy's a mortician, aware of the ways that bodies can be disfigured and rearranged, how life and death are performances for audiences.
Friday, May 5 2006
Mission Impossible III (2006)
A movie titled M:I:III can't lean too hard on verbal wit, and so it quickly leaves Laurence Fishburne behind to head out into the actionated field.
Monday, March 28 2005
Kojak
With another 40 minutes or so to fill, the pilot lets loose with the other, meaner, scarier Kojak, plying his vengeance for the good of the community.
