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DVDs
Tuesday, November 10 2009
By Alistair Dickinson
A TV gem from decades ago finds itself compiled in a DVD set that will delight its viewers, whether they've seen "The Germans" a thousand times before, or have never been anywhere near a Flying Circus.
By Bill Gibron
This is thrilling, sexy, funny, fresh, inventive, exhilarating, and ultimately, a first-class illustration of the "they don't make them like they used to" adage.
By Bill Gibron
While they might be right out of the Saturday Evening Post with their Norman Rockwell-esque moralizing and message, one cannot deny how thoroughly entertaining and iconic they both are.
Monday, November 9 2009
By Chris Barsanti
If this smart, long-winded documentary proves anything, it’s that there are a lot of scars left from those bruising early days of the Chicago scene, and few are ready to stop scratching at them.
By Terrence Butcher
The overarching theme among these stories is an often unacknowledged tension between affluent postwar consumer culture and a more austere mode of living.
By J.M. Suarez
The attention to detail and sheer amount of time devoted to building a piano is extraordinary, and Niles makes a compelling case for Steinway’s approach.
Friday, November 6 2009
By W. Scott Poole
This is a compilation for that large demographic that yearns for narratives about a large, talking milk shake ordering a wife from Chechnya, or the micronauts going on a breast-climbing expedition. You know who you are.
By Chadwick Jenkins
In Hitchcock's world, we don't write the play; we just have to know when to act.
By Bill Gibron
it's safe to say that John Hughes has a secure legacy in Hollywood laughfests. No matter the age bracket, this film stands as one of his very best.
Thursday, November 5 2009
By David Camak Pratt
Unlike Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees, the monstrous title character of The Stepfather is both plausible and a rich metaphor.
Wednesday, November 4 2009
By Evan Sawdey
Another one of Davies' overwrought space melodramas winds up imploding on itself, but the DVD special feature is a treat worth savoring.
By Valerie C. Gilbert
Like Sex and the City, to which it is often compared, Girlfriends is more product and champion of a pro-sex "postfeminist" culture than it is a relic of the past.
Tuesday, November 3 2009
By Evan Sawdey
Heavily based on The Manchurian Candidate, the political intrigue here makes this one of the best Doctor Who adventures ever filmed -- no, really.
By Thomas Britt
This more often than not pays proper attention to the artistic prowess on display, which saves it from playing too laboriously like someone else's vacation slideshow.
Monday, November 2 2009
By Evan Sawdey
It's not that this particular story was bad -- we've just been lead to expect much, much better from this sci-fi warhorse.
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Friday, November 6 2009
By Alistair Dickinson
These five films from the golden-era of the legendary Nikkatsu studio shows off the never-ending ways Japanese filmmakers were able to combine the best elements of pulp and epic Japanese storytelling.
Friday, October 23 2009
By PopMatters Staff
PopMatters celebrates its birthday this week with a series of essays on cultural changes over our 10-year lifespan. Today: Mark Reynolds on "The Long and Short of Long-Form Journalism" and Nikki Tranter on "Exit from Nowheresville: My 10 Years with PopMatters".
Wednesday, October 14 2009
By Evan Sawdey
Still riding high off of the success of their acclaimed documentary (and likely Oscar-nominee), the founders of Canada's famed metal trailblazers Anvil sit down to answer 20 Questions about family, weed, and a surprising love of Star Trek ...
Monday, November 9 2009
By Glenn McDonald
Researchers have largely ignored the pop cultural value of the H1N1 virus: hours on the couch catching up on DVD.
(more PopShots)
Monday, November 2 2009
By Monte Williams
More surprising than the still-impressive special effects and the jokes that hold up to modern scrutiny is the fact that there are moments throughout Ghostbusters that are legitimately scary.
(more Lowbrow Literati)
Wednesday, October 28 2009
By Jennifer Makowsky
No matter the vercity of the tale, The Haunting in Connecticut has just enough creep quotient to keep me engaged, especially since I grew up a few miles from the house.
(more The Box Office Belletrist)
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