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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

Off the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[13.Jan.09] :. Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember.

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Wall-E

by Jennifer Kelly

[9.Jan.09] :. The first half hour of Wall-E is a lyrical, magical achievement in filmmaking, which if it ended there, would make the movie an undisputed classic.

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The end is here: 9-11 attacks and the new millennium revive apocalyptic movies

by 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...

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‘Wall-E,’ Pixar’s surprisingly political postmodern masterpiece

by Rod Dreher [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)]

[18.Jul.08] :. Conservatives love to complain about Hollywood liberalism, but most of the political films that shuffle through the cineplexes are standard-issue leftie hackwork that neither persuade nor succeed....

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Heroes, Inc.: WALL-E is the latest in long line of compelling characters from Pixar

by Chuck Barney [Contra Costa Times (MCT)]

[26.Jun.08] :. The title character in “WALL-E,” Pixar’s futuristic spellbinder, is a funky little metallic contraption that looks like a crazed blend of farm tractor and old-style CPU. A...

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‘WALL-E’ director Andrew Stanton recalls a legendary luncheon

by Dixie Reid [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[25.Jun.08] :. EMERYVILLE, Calif. - The lunch meeting grew into something of a legend over the years. It’s gotten “mythified,” says Andrew Stanton, who was there. And little wonder, since...

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TWiG 2008-06-23: The Spoils of Summer

by Mike Schiller

[23.Jun.08] :. New releases for the week of 2008-06-23...