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High Redefinition: The 30 Best TV Shows of 2007
In memoriam of a TV season cut down before its prime time, PopMatters staff celebrates the Top 30 TV Shows of 2007. Some are old favorites. Others have barely made their impression felt. But at a time when all broadcast fortunes are up in the air, they definitely deserve the recognition.
17 Jan 2008
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Part 4 - Feasts from the Fringe
Cable created supply where there was little or no demand. Out of the myriad of subject specific programming, a few gemstones managed to shine.
10 Oct 2007
Television
The Sopranos: Series Finale
A priest once explained to Carmela, "God understands that we all live in the middle of tensions." David Chase understands that too.
Marisa Carroll
18 Jun 2007
Television
The Sopranos
The problem with the Soprano family, as Bobby chided Tony, is that they "always go too far". It's also a primary reason the show is so compelling.
Marisa Carroll
24 Apr 2007
Television
The Sopranos Is the Most Influential Television Drama Ever
No one-hour drama series has had a bigger impact on how stories are told on the small screen, or more influence on what kind of fare we've been offered by an ever-growing array of television networks.
Maureen Ryan
22 Apr 2007
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The Quiet (2005)
If it sounds insensitive to complain that an incest-ridden thriller isn't proper fun, you probably haven't tried to sit through this movie.
Jesse Hassenger
12 Feb 2007
Reviews
The Great New Wonderful (2005)
This 9/11 film is subtle to a fault; this is a quality you may not expect in a film from Danny Leiner, master of the vehicular stoner comedy.
Jesse Hassenger
07 Sep 2006
Film
The Quiet (2005)
The Quiet makes the conventional observation that this "world" is instituted by adults, and also mirrored and prepared for in high school.
30 Aug 2006
Film
The Great New Wonderful (2005)
Lack of understanding will be a sort of theme for Danny Leiner's film, uneven but full of rewarding subtleties.
16 Aug 2006
Reviews
The Sopranos
The 'circle of life' refers to how, in The Sopranos, the dead continuously circle the living.
Amanda Ann Klein
15 Mar 2006
Film
Freedomland (2006)
The new Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore thriller is full of hauntings, institutional and personal.
Cynthia Fuchs
16 Feb 2006
Television
The Sopranos
As The Sopranos enters its fifth season, it's clear that things will not go well for New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano.
Oliver Wang
11 Apr 2004
Reviews
Sunshine State (2002)
If there's anyone you'd want to have talking you through his movie, it would be John Sayles.
Cynthia Fuchs
09 Dec 2002
Television
The Sopranos
While reality hounds might say that this is exactly how banal contemporary mob life is, they might also remember that a stamped certificate of authenticity doesn't inoculate drama against tedium.
Lesley Smith
22 Sep 2002
Film
Sunshine State (2002)
Its attention to intricate sociopolitical tensions, Sunshine State, recalls Sayles' previous work.
Cynthia Fuchs
17 Jul 2002
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