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The Bigger Picture: The Game Has Not Changed

Arend Anton January 24, 2010 10

It took me a while to get around to seeing Avatar. One reason for that, also coincidentally one of the reasons I have been a pretty lazy contributor to Popdose lately, is because I

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The Popdose 100: The Best Movies of the Decade

Popdose Staff November 23, 2009 98

As the decade draws to a close, the Popdose staff looks back at its favorite films of the last 10 years

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Film Review: “The Invention of Lying”

Arend Anton October 15, 2009 6

It’s very rare for a high-concept comedy to work on a consistent level. Often, the movie is only funny in concept and only contains enough successful jokes to string together an amusing trailer. This

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The Bigger Picture: Lay Down Your Arms

Arend Anton September 18, 2009 0

“Filler” is a term often used by music fans to describe songs that sound like they were quickly put together to take up space on an album in order to “fill out” the running

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Dw. Dunphy On… (Outlive)

Dw. Dunphy August 13, 2009 4

Our own Arend Anton and Dw. Dunphy have collaborated on a film project, titled (Outlive). Watch the video here!

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The Bigger Picture: The Acting Bug

Arend Anton June 25, 2009 5

Actors can be an easy bunch to spot around Los Angeles. Often, they can be seen exiting a Kinko’s with a box of 500 headshots. The male can usually be seen hopping into his

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The Bigger Picture: Film and the Age of Facebook

Arend Anton June 19, 2009 2

We live in a self-absorbed culture. Everything we do is shared through blogs, status updates, and tweets. Now that people have the Internet on their phones, nobody is more than a second away from

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The Bigger Picture: Nothing to Fear

Arend Anton June 12, 2009 8

Appropriately for a week in which an Eddie Murphy movie is reaching theaters, Arend Anton devotes his latest Biggest Picture column to cinematic horror

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The Bigger Picture: The Animal, the Internet, and “Darkon”

Arend Anton June 4, 2009 10

I’ve often written in this column about the state of film criticism and the Internet. It might seem strange that I, an online film columnist, feel I have the authority to judge something I

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Bride of Popdose: A Wedding Songs Mixtape

Jon Cummings May 29, 2009 49

The Popdose Staff, led by the intrepid Jon Cummings, has banded together to present a mixtape full of songs from our own weddings. Walk down the aisle with us, won't you

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