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The Tudors: Season Three Premiere
The Tudors reminds us that, like Islam and Judaism today, Christianity has had, and undoubtedly continues to have, its own fundamentalists, ideologues, and terrorists.
08 Apr 2009
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Part 5: Toy Story 2 to Titus (November - December 1999)
On this final day of PopMatters' 1999 overview, awards season hype gives way to pure acting prowess and definitive directorial flair.
26 Mar 2009
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Miss Julie
Much of the power of Strindberg’s staging comes from the juxtaposition between a celebration of life, sexuality, and freedom without, and the claustrophobic horrorshow within.
Stuart Henderson
21 Feb 2008
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A Gallery of Good Works: The Best Films of 2007
From Julian Schnabel's artsy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to the legendary Coen Brothers splendid adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men, PopMatters counts down the 30 best films of 2007.
10 Jan 2008
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Performance Art: The Best Acting of 2007 - Male
From the tender and eerie precision of Sam Riley's depiction of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Control to yet another superlative performance by Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, PopMatters highlights the best male actors of 2007.
08 Jan 2008
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The Best Big Screen Eye Candy of 2007
When flipping through my mental catalog of the year's films, certain scenes stand out. This past year offered a veritable feast of visual goodies.
Daynah Burnett
03 Jan 2008
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon)
The movie follows the outline of Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir, not only recounting his former, super-glam playboy life, but also reckoning with his current condition, asserting a self without speech or gesture.
29 Nov 2007
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Diving Bell feels like another world and visually, it looks like no other film.
Matt Mazur
27 Nov 2007
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Rush Hour 3
Chris Tucker is smart as Hell. Don’t believe it? Well, can you name another actor earning $25 million for doing the same thing he’s done for the last nine years -- the EXACT same thing, mind you.
17 Aug 2007
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Rush Hour 3
Disjointed and hyperbolic, the film's many chases and showdowns pit Carter and Lee against an array of forces -- again.
09 Aug 2007
Film
Monkey Business (Part 4: August)
In past years, Hollywood purposely counter programmed these renowned Cineplex dog days, trying to offset the perception that cinematic scraps were all the studios had to offer. From the look of this lame list, it's apparently back to the filmic fridge for some patently warmed over offerings.
03 May 2007
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A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman (1961-1963)
All three films are concerned with ideas, states of being, and subjective experience.
Michael S. Smith
16 Nov 2003
Film
Intacto (2001)
Max von Sydow paints an empathetic portrait of the terrible consequences of misused power.
Nicholas Schager
12 Dec 2002
Film
Minority Report (2002)
Based on a story published by Philip K. Dick in 1956, 'Minority Report' is science-fiction of the sort that Dick preferred to write -- set in the future, but all wrapped up in concerns that are immediately relevant to the present moment (that the same concerns were relevant back in 1956 is not a little unnerving, as will become clear).
Cynthia Fuchs
19 Jun 2002
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