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Dw. Dunphy On… Love
We are fast approaching yet another Valentine’s Day and the endless stream of invectives that seem to follow it like sea gulls after garbage trucks, and the taunts of “Hallmark holiday,” the spate of
Read More »DVD Review: David Mamet’s “Homicide”
Writer/director David Mamet and co-star William H. Macy have a good time reminiscing on the commentary track that accompanies the Criterion Collection edition of Homicide (1991). This “cop movie that didn’t want to be
Read More »The Popdose Guide to David Bowie, Part Two
It took him almost two months, but Anthony Hansen is back with the final installment of his guide to David Bowie's recording career. Let's get eclectic ... and let's dance!
Read More »The 2009 Emmy Awards
Lights! Camera! Action! It's time once again for Hollywood to take one day out of the year to congratulate itself for a job well done. Won't you join us while we watch the 2009
Read More »The Bigger Picture: Lay Down Your Arms
“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
Read More »No Concessions: Stars Fall, But Streep Soars
There aren't many bankable stars at the movies in 2009 -- but Meryl Streep is one of the last ones standing, and as Bob Cashill notes, she's earned her stature
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “American Beauty”
Hey, do you see that? No, not that plastic bag fluttering in the breeze, dummy -- Kelly Stitzel's latest Soundtrack Saturday!
Read More »DVD Review: “Nikkatsu Noir,” Japan Gone Wild
Few genres are as absorbent as film noir. Science fiction (Blade Runner), horror (Seven), and high school movies (Brick) have soaked up the world-weary, hard-boiled attitudes and atmospherics of Double Indemnity, The Big Heat,
Read More »No Concessions: The Film Four, or All You Need is YouTube
Bob Cashill helps bring Beatles Week to its spine-tingling conclusion with a look at the Fab Four at the movies -- after they broke up, of course. Give our regards to Broad Street, would
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: Special Anniversary Mix Edition
Has it already been a year since Kelly Stitzel joined the Popdose staff? It has indeed -- and she's assembled a special anniversary Soundtrack Saturday column to celebrate
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