Digital Dynamite: The 30 Best DVDs of 2007

By PopMatters Staff

It was the year of the behemoth box set, the multi-disc triumph that tried to give long suffering fans everything their demanding little digital hearts ever desired. Here are PopMatters' 30 picks for the best DVDs of the year. [25 January 2008]

A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007

By PopMatters Staff

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. [11 January 2008]

The Best Big Screen Eye Candy of 2007

By Daynah Burnett

When flipping through my mental catalog of the year's films, certain scenes stand out. This past year offered a veritable feast of visual goodies. [4 January 2008]

Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez Talk Grindhouse

By Steven Rea

The celebrated directors discuss their new double-feature, a salute to the grindhouse film era, and offer a hit list of grindhouse classics for your viewing pleasure. [6 April 2007]

The PopMatters ‘Short Ends & Leader’ Spring Film Preview

By Bill Gibron

In order to separate the worthy from the worthless, PopMatters' "Short Ends & Leader" editor is highlighting 10 new films he's looking forward to this spring. [2 March 2007]

Shorts

By Cynthia Fuchs

The chaos of Shorts is amplified when Toe finds a magic rainbow-colored wishing rock, which lets whoever has it have whatever he wants. [24 August 2009]

Grindhouse (2007)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Where the olden days movies were fierce, these are more nostalgic for a moment that's amplified in the remembering. These retreads are surely giddy, but they're also indulgent, just as they mean to be. [6 April 2007]

Sin City (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Like the guys, the girls are undone by their reliance on conventional male power signs. [16 August 2005]

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005)

By Todd R. Ramlow

Robert Rodriguez is at his enfant terrible game again, for the second time this year. [10 June 2005]

Sin City (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Distraught, ornery, self-critical, these heroes are certainly more "anti" types than straight-ahead. [1 April 2005]

Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

If ever there was a filmmaker made for DVD commentaries, it is Robert Rodriguez. [10 February 2004]

Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

'Are you a Mexican or a Mexi-cant!?'. [11 September 2003]

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)

By Jesse Hassenger

Fun as it is, demonstrates a little end-of-series fatigue. [1 August 2003]

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Juni and Carmen's perspective, part convincingly ingenuous and part movie-kid calculated, organizes the film's general view of things. [9 August 2002]

Spy Kids (2001)

By Cynthia Fuchs

'Spy Kids' is all fun, sometimes obnoxious, and incessantly cheerful -- having your parents kidnapped is a minor inconvenience, leading to the chance to ride in a submarine that looks like a blowfish. How neat is that!" [1 January 1995]

Spy Kids (2001)

By Tracy McLoone

In the Disney universe, it's normal to be special, and that's exactly the case with the Cortez family, kids and parents alike.

Movies don’t always have to be picture perfect to gain our loyalty [9 April 2007]

Tarantino compares the "grindhouse" experience with the raw power of "punk rock."