The IT Crowd: The Complete First Season (2009, MPI Home Video) purchase this DVD from Amazon: DVD I love when a new show meets all expectations — and surpasses them,…
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Pull up a carpet square, kids — it’s story time. Today I’d like to tell you a tale about one of the most frightening nightmares I’ve ever had. It’s a…
We have now reached the last of a three part series concerning the three taboos of cinema. Thus far we have discussed the use of profanity and violence, leaving us…
In 1998, Terrence McNally’s play “Corpus Christi” was first performed in New York City. It wasn’t hard to predict that portraying Jesus as a promiscuous homosexual living in Corpus Christi,…
One of the things I enjoy about writing for Popdose is the opportunity to introduce people to classic films that they may have heard of but donÁ¢€â„¢t know whether to…
The question is not whether Howard The Duck has aged well, nor is it whether the movie was ahead of its time and is only now finding an appropriate audience….
At times, the world runs on our differences more than our similarities. Everyone has their favorite directors, and of course there are those who dispute their choices. For every lover…
Degrassi: The Next Generation Á¢€” Season 7 (2009, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment) purchase this DVD collection from Amazon: DVD Degrassi: The Next Generation is like the older, Canadian cousin of…
If you regularly read this column, I guess you noticed that there was no Soundtrack Saturday last week. I had a technology meltdown a couple of weeks ago that resulted…
Last week I began a three-part series about the three biggest movie taboos, at least in American cinema — the things we seem to often have both a disdain for…
Spinning Into Butter has taken a few twists and turns on the road to todayÁ¢€â„¢s release. Shooting began in October 2005, back when Catherine Crier still had her live show…
If you read this column last week, you might think from reading the headline that I’ve decided to only discuss the economic situation. In truth, I’m not referencing the “big…
Last week, Lance Berry brought word of a death in the DVD rental market. Today, I write of a renaissance in the sales market, at least for Á¢€Å“catalogÁ¢€ buyers like…
As the film adaptation of the seminal graphic novel Watchmen hangs on at movie theaters — it hasn’t exactly lived up to box-office expectations — a lot of questions have…
South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season (2009, Paramount) purchase this DVD collection from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray I havenÁ¢€â„¢t been a steady watcher of South Park since its early days,…
“What is so dangerous about a character like Ferris Bueller is he gives good kids bad ideas.” So says Principal Ed Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), who’s out to catch the most…
I got word that Natasha Richardson had died Wednesday evening. But the Internet had killed her off Tuesday afternoon. And that bothers me. Word came via an erroneous report on…
Since its inception, this column has at times deviated from the strict parameters that most Á¢€Å“movieÁ¢€ columns adhere to. In many ways, my intention has always been to touch on…
The boss nicked the best DVDs off the pile this week, leaving the lowly, cringing film editor to consider Punisher: War Zone, a Christmas season sequel that was out of…
20th Century Fox used to be one of the most respected film studios in the business. Its catalog of films is virtually legendary: Miracle on 34th Street (the 1947 version,…
Quantum of Solace (2009, MGM/Fox) purchase this film from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray Reboots and remakes have been all the rage in Hollywood for several years now — name a…
Milk (2009, Focus Features/Universal) purchase this film from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray For any film fan, there’s no pleasure quite as distinctive as sitting down to watch a new movie…
I love a good movie about food and chefs, and I fell in love with Big Night (1996) within the first five minutes. At the time of the film’s release,…
True-life gangland sagas look to be the mob hits of the year. The Fourth of July weekend brings Michael MannÁ¢€â„¢s Public Enemies, a vintage slice of 20th century Americana, with…
There is a sentiment, shared by many followers of great art, that monetary success strips an artist of his inspiration. It is the idea that once the artist has little…
Conceptually, counting cards is incredibly simple.Á‚ Take a deck of cards.Á‚ With a full deck, the count is zero.Á‚ Deal the cards out one by one.Á‚ Each time you see…
I’ve Loved You So Long (2009, Sony) purchase this movie from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray Philippe ClaudelÁ¢€â„¢s French film, IÁ¢€â„¢ve Loved You So Long, opens at an airport where a…
Wonder Woman (2009, Warner Home Video) purchase this movie from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray I’ve always been wary of many of the direct-to-DVD animated superhero films, from both Marvel and…
The Internet has spawned an explosion of opinion and independent thought. Movies I once thought were untouchable I now find have their own critics. While the Web has also coined…