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DVDs
Tuesday, February 9 2010
By Kirby Fields
The bad news is that the Weinsteins may have been right about trimming some of the fat; the good news is that even a flawed Tarantino is better than a perfect most anyone else.
By Christel Loar
Drop Dead Rock is a 1995 cult comedy starring Adam Ant and Debbie Harry, in which a washed up punk rocker is held for ransom by a bumbling band of misfit musicians.
By Stuart Henderson
This is a film much more interested (as perhaps we should be) in the music that flowed out of this strange man than anything else.
Monday, February 8 2010
By Evan Sawdey
As David Tennant's tenure as the Tenth Doctor comes to a close, we can't help but wish that his last adventure was a bit more substantial than this.
By Michael Curtis Nelson
The pairing of supernatural horror and political terror, which could easily have become exploitative in lesser hands, deepens the horror and offers insights into Argentina’s recent past.
By Ben Travers
All of the star power and quirky coincidences add up to exactly zero substance.
Friday, February 5 2010
By Brian Holler
Tween idol Pattinson comports himself with emo-ish diffidence as the preening, arrogant artist as a young man,occasionally telegraphing Dali’s eccentricity with overuse of a quirky gesture.
By Bill Holmes
The typical gangster film is turned on its ear; unlike its biblical namesake, no God passes judgment here.
By George Russell
The last Chemehuevi-speaking Indian drives a tractor for a living and is wearing a Caterpillar tractor hat and dark sunglasses, speaking the last utterances of a language that predates writing.
Thursday, February 4 2010
By Evan Sawdey
As the tenth Doctor's tale winds down to its end, The Waters of Mars show that the greatest horror of all exists in the Time Lord himself.
By Bill Holmes
This anthology includes all five comedy albums plus a DVD featuring two 1961 television appearances, the animated special and an interview with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks.
By Jesse Hassenger
Public Enemies builds on a tacit rejection of gangster movies -- their glamor, their mythologizing, their epic sweep are all replaced by the ins and outs of bank robbery.
Wednesday, February 3 2010
By Thomas Britt
While an intelligent comedy could be built around this material, the Zellner brothers choose to stretch many scenes to an unnecessary length and/or highlight unsubstantial elements of the story.
By Stuart Henderson
Akerman’s films offer microcosmic studies of mysterious (obscured) subjects and characters, apparently offering information but never quite enough to fill in the blanks in our understanding.
By Bruce Dancis
Scenes of Amelia Earhart's early career as a social worker at a racially integrated settlement house in Boston were taken out, as were other critical facts.
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Tuesday, January 19 2010
By L.B. Jeffries
The animated series Cowboy Bebop is a blend of classic film noir motifs mixed into a futuristic setting that reverses the roles of gender and character.
Friday, January 8 2010
Friday, November 20 2009
By PopMatters Staff
Today: Viva Pedro: The Almodovar Interview -- What could possibly be better than getting face time with one of the most legendary filmmakers of all-time? Almodóvar talks to PopMatters about his new film, Broken Embraces and much more.
Friday, February 5 2010
By Rodger Jacobs
“The chief proof of a man’s real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness. It argues... a power of comparison and of appreciation which is in itself proof of nobility.”
(more Deconstruction Zone)
Thursday, January 28 2010
By Jennifer Makowsky
Ang Lee captures the '70s on film the way Rick Moody captures the era in the book The Ice Storm. It's the midst of the sexual revolution, the Watergate scandal is erupting, and the country's social consciousness is changing.
(more The Box Office Belletrist)
By Aaron Sagers
Either by coincidence or because I just happened to watch these all on a cold day when I needed a little warmth, the magic of the human condition emerged as a trend in these new DVD releases.
(more PopPundit)
Tuesday, February 9 2010
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