Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
It's as if Roger Ebert realized that even his three-star review of the movie Flash of Genius would not encourage more people to go see it. After all, it's about the inventor ...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People , based on the real life of British critic Toby Young, is getting mixed reviews from the real-life ones. The film, says Roger Ebert ...
Parabasis (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
First off (Thanks Prince!) Roger Ebert critiques the VP debates from a theatrical perspective. interesting stuff, particularly his commentary on Biden's choke-up moment.Second, Gordon Gatrelle over at We Are Respectable Negroes takes a look at what he dubs Sarah Palin's...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
The Wachowski brothers and James McTeigue recently got together to chew the fat over a screening of Paramount's restored "Godfather" print recently, and our old pal Roger Ebert just happened to be there to jot down a few notes for posterity.
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Somehow I missed this on Thursday, but apparently so did everyone else, since I didn't see it linked anywhere. Roger Ebert was hanging out at a post-production studio in Chicago, watching the restored new print of The Godfather , when he was unexpectedly joined by Larry and Andy Wachowski, the famously inaccessible duo behind The Matrix , Speed Racer , and (people forget) Bound . Afterward, he got...
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Die hard fanatics of The Matrix know that filmmakers Larry and Andy Wachowski haven't ever spoken to the press since 1999, when Matrix first premiered. Its been nine years and they still haven't broken their anti-press stance, remaining absent during Speed Racer promotions. However, our favorite critic-turned-blogger Roger Ebert randomly ran into the brothers after a screening of a newly restored print...
Kevin Smokler (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Bully (2001): "a frightening indictment of a society that offers absolutely nothing to some of its children--and an indictment of the children, who lack the imagination and courage to try to escape" --Roger Ebert (in his four-star review). Note: Based...
Hacking NetFlix (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Roger Ebert explains to a reader why he didn't review Disaster Movie: Q. Yo dude, u missed out on "Disaster Movie," a hardcore laugh-ur-@zz-off movie! Y U not review this movie!? It was funny as #ell! Prolly the funniest movie of the summer! U never review these, wat up wit dat? S.J. Stanczak, Chicago A. Hey, bro, I wuz buzier than $#i+, @d they never shoed it b4 hand. I peeped in the IMDb and saw...
The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Renowned actor and philanthropist Paul Newman passed away over the weekend at the age of 83. “The Hustler,” “Cool Hand Luke”, and “Slap Shot” were just some of the movies he appeared in though he was also known for his charitable work. His death has been mourned by many from film expert Roger Ebert to the average Iranian . Below is a clip to “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” where Butch and the...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
While film critic Roger Ebert was pulling our collective leg, according to the GOP's VP nominee, man and dinosaurs once frolicked together. Who knew Hanna-Barbera cartoons were actually teaching God's word?!
LA Times (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
As we noted earlier this week, Roger Ebert has been weighing in on politics lately, having written several critical pieces
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Eagle Eye is not as exciting as the trailers might lead moviegoers to believe, several critics have suggested. Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times writes, "This film contains ...
/Film (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
It’s not funny enough that someone out there actually liked Disaster Movie, e-mailed Roger Ebert in almost unreadable internet shorthand, but Roger actually took the time out to respond using the reader’s native language. Question: Yo dude, u missed out on “Disaster Movie,” a hardcore laugh-ur-@zz-off movie! Y U not review this movie!? It was funny [...]
kottke (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Roger Ebert recently got a question asking why he didn't review Disaster Movie. Q. Yo dude, u missed out on "Disaster Movie," a hardcore laugh-ur-@zz-off movie! Y U not review this movie!? It was funny as #ell! Prolly the funniest movie of the summer! U never review these, wat up wit dat? - S.J. Stanczak, Chicago A. Hey, bro, I wuz buzier than $#i+, @d they never shoed it b4 hand. I peeped in the...
ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
In an interview with Roger Ebert for Miracle at St. Anna , director Spike Lee lets slip that George Lucas is considering television director Anthony Hemingway to helm his long-awaited film about the Tuskegee Airmen, Red Tails .
