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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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The Last Mimzy (2007)
Unlike her obvious precursor, E.T., Mimzy isn't wrinkly or strange or even very mobile, nothing that might frighten the All-American youngsters who discover her.
22 Mar 2007
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School for Scoundrels (2006)
Amanda is demoted from object of desire to prop, so wan and undirected that she'll fall for whoever happens to be winning the boys' contest at any given moment.
28 Sep 2006
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
As much as Ricky Bobby's racing career is about going fast, it's even more cogently about products, lots of 'em.
03 Aug 2006
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Sin City (2005)
Like the guys, the girls are undone by their reliance on conventional male power signs.
Cynthia Fuchs
15 Aug 2005
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The Island (2005)
Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson run around in an efficiently digitized near-future scary-scape, occasionally propelled by ethical questions about cloning.
Cynthia Fuchs
20 Jul 2005
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Sin City (2005)
Distraught, ornery, self-critical, these heroes are certainly more "anti" types than straight-ahead.
Cynthia Fuchs
31 Mar 2005
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D.E.B.S. (2005)
D.E.B.S. challenges us to rethink our straight-up relationship to the genres it parodies.
Todd R. Ramlow
24 Mar 2005
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Daredevil (2003)
Daredevil has good reasons for his gear, and for the screwed-up attitude that goes with.
Cynthia Fuchs
27 Jul 2003
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Daredevil (2003)
It's unlikely that this gloominess accounts for Daredevil's big success. There are any number of plausible explanations -- the 'Sexiest Man Alive' and his J. Lo glow, the promotional blitz, the Marvel machine. No matter. Bring the pain.
Cynthia Fuchs
19 Feb 2003
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Daredevil (2003)
The good news is that Johnson's Daredevil follows Marvel's disability politics.
Todd R. Ramlow
12 Feb 2003
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The Scorpion King (2002)
The Rock, director Russell says, has a 'deep commitment' to acting, bringing as much passion to the role as he does to his athletic endeavors -- good to know.
Cynthia Fuchs
02 Oct 2002
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