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Monday, March 23 2009
Part 1: The Thin Red Line to Star Wars Episode I (January - May 1999)
The first part of PopMatters' look back at the films of 1999 is bookended by the long awaited return of two cinematic auteurs of wildly different styles, Terrence Malick and George Lucas.
Friday, June 22 2007
Part 5: The Return of the Auteur
That noise you heard near the start of the new millennium was the creative din of a brash new breed of filmmakers tearing down the traditions of mainstream moviemaking. Their motion picture mission statements -- including the ones featured on this list -- remain the rulebook for new generations of anxious film artists.
Tuesday, May 29 2007
Future Shock: The Death of Serious Science Fiction
The serious Science Fiction film genre is dead or at least on cinematic life support. As the new millennial marches forward, and an omnipresent production paradigm that substitutes spectacle for smarts, futurist filmmaking is definitely gasping for breath.
Columns
Thursday, January 7 2010
The Matrix: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
If the first act of The Matrix calls to mind eXistenZ, with Pikel licking Allegra’s bio-port and sucking gristle and skin from a gun, its third act is as antiseptic as a bad Star Trek rerun.
Friday, December 19 2008
The Vast Immensity of it All: Fear and Loathing on Sunset Boulevard
Faces of Sunset Boulevard is, without a doubt, one of the strongest statements about man’s dark fate in the West ever committed to paper in the author and photographer’s chosen form.
Tuesday, January 15 2008
Lead Us Not Into Speculation, Nor Excessive Computation
A prominent philosopher argues that you, me, and everyone you know may be an artificial computer-simulation of a person.
Thursday, June 26 2003
The Animatrix and Anime's Burgeoning Influence
While the slogan of anime distributor Central Park Media of 'World peace through shared popular culture' is probably overly optimistic, collaborations on films such as 'The Animatrix' are indicative of a maturation of both animation itself and the general public's perceptions of such a medium.
Reviews
Monday, August 8 2011
The Death and More Still of the Malignant Man
At its heart, Malignant Man is not a horror comic. Nor does it try to be. It’s a dark thriller that combines action, suspense and a bit of fun into a tale that ends up reminding as a combination of The Matrix and Alien. But…
Friday, January 14 2011
Jefferson Airplane: Collector's Choice Live Shows
The Jefferson Airplane are assured their place in rock history. But, the dirty little secret about the band? They weren’t always that good, as these live shows tend to prove.
Thursday, August 5 2010
'Charlie's Angels' Is Where 'The Matrix' Meets 'Spice World'
On the heels of the overblown Mission: Impossible II, Charlie's Angels detonated the megabudget TV-adaptation lark and glued it back into something fun: a weightless series of dress-ups, undress-ups, and hair-flips.
Tuesday, October 6 2009
Life Between Two Deaths, 1989-2001, by Phillip E. Wegner
Wegner depicts this period in recent history as open to all possibilities, possibilities that come crashing down with the World Trade Center attacks and the subsequent War on Terror.
Thursday, December 11 2008
The Doors: Live at the Matrix 1967
Live at the Matrix 1967 works as an archival document of the Doors before the band exploded and fame overtook them.
Blogs
Monday, October 18 2010
Matrix Metals - "Flamingo Breeze Part 4" (video)
There's always a very real possibility that a band like Matrix Metals are just television score muzak made palatable by Ariel Pink's economical use of…
Friday, July 23 2010
The Facts of Life in 'Inception', 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', and 'The Matrix'
Images of well-spoken men wearing dour expressions and designer suits have become to Christopher Nolan what terrycloth robes and light-sabers are to George Lucas or blood-spattered blades to Quentin Tarantino.
Tuesday, June 1 2010
Hugo Weaving: The New Genre Giant!
Weaving has positioned himself as the new genre giant, the go-to guy for authenticity in a world of whimsy.
Wednesday, December 9 2009
G.I. Joe A Real American Hero & Transformers
G.I. Joe A Real American Hero: Complete Collectors Set - Shout! Factory [$145.99] / Transformers: 25th Anniversary Matrix of Leadership Edition - Shout! Factory [$109.99]
Monday, June 23 2008
Wanted: The Fight Matrix Club
Hollywood is notorious for repeating ideas. When something is successful, you can guarantee studio suits are desperate to find a way of copying it. With…
Media
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