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Monday, October 26 2009

Bored New World: How the Zach Braff Prototype Is Slowly Killing American Music

Natalie Portman popped headphones onto Zach Braff's head and said, "This song will change your life." The resulting sound was not only that of carefully composed dullness, but of a million wealthy white kids investing in dull acoustic music to soundtrack their own romantic melodrama.


Tuesday, December 4 2007

Scrubs: The Complete Sixth Season

Despite an unnecessary return to J.D. and Elliott's relationship, Season Six still holds plenty of the Scrubs we look forward to.


Thursday, July 5 2007

Scrubs - The Complete Fifth Season

Without a doubt, the show's writers saw the rich vein of laughs they could mine from what quickly became staples of the show.


Friday, May 11 2007

The Ex (2007)

Zach Braff just gets more annoying by the minute. Braff brings what he always does -- a basic mopey charm, some sarcasm, even a rudimentary self-awareness.


Monday, March 19 2007

The Last Kiss (2006)

This is not a revised look at new-young-adult ideals: it's an age-old crock.


Wednesday, January 24 2007

Scrubs: My Musical

While I can appreciate Scrubs' adventurous spirit, this catastrophe can only be described as an indulgent, sloppy waste of time.


Wednesday, January 10 2007

Net-Works: The Best TV of 2006

You won't have to look far along your television dial to discover the Top TV picks from PopMatters staff. From 20 upward, each entry represents the boob tube at its best.


Friday, September 15 2006

The Last Kiss (2006)

At last, a movie about men who can't commit and women who must.


Thursday, May 19 2005

Scrubs: The Complete First Season

Scrubs is, at its worst, a competent sitcom, and at its best, a shortlist candidate for best scripted program of the post-Seinfeld era.


Tuesday, December 28 2004

Garden State (2004)

Natalie Portman brings to this sad, strange, vibrant girl her own remarkable, brilliant energy.


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