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Monsters vs. Aliens
Monsters vs. Aliens is both a spoof and celebration of mid-century creature features, offering positive, if well-worn, "messages for the kids."
27 Mar 2009
Performing Arts
The Secret Policeman’s Balls
The seemingly smutty and initially baffling title is the collective moniker for a series of Amnesty International benefit concerts, held in London.
Emma Simmonds
11 Mar 2009
Television
House: 100th Episode
Dr. Miller's decision to choose selfish fulfillment over the greater good somehow instigates small epiphanies for the rest of House's team.
01 Feb 2009
Television
House
House has proven an unusually zeitgeisty phenomenon: in an era of milky American evangelism, it is unquestioningly anti-religious.
Brendon Bouzard
15 Sep 2008
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Street Kings
In Street Kings, Tom (Keanu Reeves) is puffy and surly, Neo if he hadn't met Trinity, Neo unsaved.
10 Apr 2008
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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
Television
House
Hugh Laurie's outstandingly charismatic Dr. Greg House doth bestride the increasingly narrow-minded world of network television like a contemporary Colossus.
24 Sep 2007
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House, M.D. - Season Three
Through clever writing, first rate acting, and an unrelenting subversive humor House, M.D. remains one of the finest hours on network television.
Kate Williams
23 Aug 2007
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Net-Works: The Best TV of 2006
You won't have to look far along your television dial to discover the Top TV picks from PopMatters staff. From 20 upward, each entry represents the boob tube at its best.
10 Jan 2007
Film
Valiant (2005)
Though Valiant is cheerful enough, its actors, animators, and audience have all been let down by its lack of ambition.
Roger Holland
25 Aug 2005
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Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Much like John Moore's Behind Enemy Lines, Phoenix splices together traditional and current action movie clichés and rhythms.
Cynthia Fuchs
27 Feb 2005
Film
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Most remarkably, after what looks like weeks in the desert sun, no one ever gets a sunburn.
Cynthia Fuchs
16 Dec 2004
Film
Stuart Little 2 (2002)
With all the incessant action, 'SL2' feels like it's trying to be bigger than it is.
Tracy McLoone
17 Jul 2002
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