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Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
A tribute to a director and producer who gave many of Hollywood's finest their start in the business, in spite of his bad films.
26 Mar 2012
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Tribeca Film Festival 2011: A Beautiful Mind – Tribeca Talks: After the Movie
For its tenth anniversary, the Tribeca Film Festival engages in a panel discussion of 2001's Best Picture winner A Beautiful Mind.
05 May 2011
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Angels & Demons
A slight upgrade from its predecessor is not enough to recommend such a forgettable production.
29 Nov 2009
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Angels & Demons
A Harvard professor is an unlikely candidate for the hero of a summer blockbuster, and Angels & Demons demonstrates exactly why. The film is filled with talk, talk, talk.
14 May 2009
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Frost/Nixon
No matter Frost/Nixon's efforts to revise it, history will never be the same.
05 Dec 2008
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Frost/Nixon: An Interview with a Vampire
Frank Langella seethes and pulsates with cunning as the deposed president in 'Frost/Nixon', a far cry from the grinning cowboy executive Josh Brolin presented in 'W'.
04 Dec 2008
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Part 5 - Beyond the Envelope
The format forced the issue among cult and commercial products. And TV on DVD highlighted the cream of the creative, forward thinking crop.
11 Oct 2007
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Part 1 - All Time Classics
Where it all began... how TV became the cultural icon it is today, and the seminal shows that offered audiences a glimpse into the medium’s artistic potential.
07 Oct 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
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The Da Vinci Code (2006)
If religion, to paraphrase Oscar Wilde, is the fashionable substitute for belief, then The Da Vinci Code, judging by author Dan Brown’s quasi religious following, has asserted itself as the fashionable substitute for religion
Marc Acherman
12 Nov 2006
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The Da Vinci Code
In straining to make its spaces and secrets 'scary', Da Vinci literalizes thoughts and dreams, and abandons mystery and nuance.
Cynthia Fuchs
18 May 2006
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The Da Vinci Code (2006)
In straining to make its spaces and secrets 'scary', Da Vinci literalizes thoughts and dreams, and abandons mystery and nuance.
Cynthia Fuchs
18 May 2006
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Arrested Development
Arrested Development went down uncompromised, with guns a-blazing and showing no remorse over its own potential demise.
Amanda Ann Klein
20 Feb 2006
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The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Third Season
Gomer had us at 'Gol-lee'.
Leigh H. Edwards
01 Sep 2005
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The Andy Griffith Show: The Complete Second Season
While Barney's marginality reinforces Andy's norm by contrast, their coupledom is consistent.
Leigh H. Edwards
09 Aug 2005
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Cinderella Man
Whether sad, frustrated, or even thinking about losing his temper, Jim is never less than stalwart.
Cynthia Fuchs
02 Jun 2005
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Arrested Development
Arrested Development is too dense, too smart, too strange. These are all ways of saying that it's too good.
Jesse Hassenger
01 May 2005
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The Missing
At the first moment you see Maggie (Cate Blanchett) on screen in Ron Howard's The Missing, you know this is one of those Cate Blanchett tough-girl projects.
Cynthia Fuchs
22 Feb 2004
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The Missing
Maggie's toughness is surely enhanced by Blanchett's fabulous cheekbones and icy eyes.
Cynthia Fuchs
19 Nov 2003
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Arrested Development
That Arrested Development mines its laughs by taking potshots at the filthy rich makes it so much more delicious.
Stephen Kelly
09 Nov 2003
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