Go Watch It is a cool site that lets you put movies you want to see in "Queue" and they will alert you as to when and where you can see them. I am not advertising this site, I just want to point out Roger Ebert's page has all of this years nominees on it. It is a great guide if you still want to see them before Oscar night. ROGER EBERT GO WATCH IT LINKRead Full Story
Well, apparently not only did 2011 get trumped by 2010 in terms of audience numbers, but it had the smallest movie audience since 1995! Roger Ebert, in an article called, “I’ll tell you why movie revenue is dropping…”, gives 6 very logical reasons for movies not hooking the customers in like they used to.
1. An absence of a must-see movie like “The Dark Knight”, and “Avatar”. I guess we’ll find out what happens in 2012 when “The Dark Knight Rises” again to take our movie money.
2. Ticket...Read Full Story
As 2011 comes to a close, we are getting a flood of top lists coming from the best film critics and aficionados in the business. One of them coming from Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert. As usual, this list contains some of the biggest indie flicks, under appreciated foreign films, and explosive blockbusters. While his number one film is an obscure one, Ebert has managed to add films like Drive, The Tree of Life, Shame, Midnight in Paris, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 to...Read Full Story
Via his blog , Roger Ebert makes some spot on points about the current state of movie revenue, his theories are listed below. Many of the ideas he gives are nothing new, but it’s nice to see someone who knows what they are talking about actually step up and talk about it. Maybe we will see some changes in the New Year? Or maybe direct entertainment will continue to be a force to be reckoned with.
He says:
Box office revenue at movie theaters “lagged far behind 2010,” an article by the...Read Full Story
Shame #2 Michael Fassbender's brave, uncompromising performance is at the center of Steve McQueen's merciless film about sex addiction. He's a loner with a good job, who avoids relationships because of his obsession with sex. He is driven to experience multiple orgasms every day. His shame is masked in privacy. He wants no witnesses to his hookers, his pornography, his masturbation. Does he fear he is incapable of ordinary human contact? There isn't the slightest suggestion he experiences...Read Full Story
It isn't like Siskel and Ebert or Facebook created the concept of raising or lowering a thumb to indicate one's approval or distaste, respectively, of something (Although Siskel and Ebert did trademark it.) But word is coming out from Business Week that a ...
Roger Ebert writes on Twitter: "Each and every change to my Twitter page is a Bad Idea. Did they go berserk?"
I'll paraphrase in terms that software developers will understand. "It burns my braincells when you guys move stuff around for no good reason."
He's totally right.
For example. I use a new version of a famous browser on one of my servers. No choice, because I deployed the server after the old version expired. They moved...
This week marks the beginning of the Berlin International Film Festival and Indiewire has your full guide to all the films screening; Bela Tarr discusses his final film "The Turin Horse"; and we continue our Oscar prediction coverage. Check out all the links below for all the best news, interviews, and features this week: News Roger Ebert Gives Thumbs Up to Watch It: "Makes sense to me." Roger Ebert is launching his own page on...
After that, I would see Ebert at film screenings and Chicago social events ... Roger Ebert. The event is free and will be in the ballroom of the Harre Union in the center of campus, just across from the chapel. Refreshments will be served.
Are videogames art? What's your reaction to that question? For me it's always a weary groan of resignation, followed by skipping the rest of the article. Perhaps that's arrogance, because for a sizeable chunk of the gaming audience it is a very big deal indeed, and a topic that won't go away. When there's a flashpoint, such as a couple of articles by the film critic Roger Ebert, no one could miss the storm. But whether games are art is not a...
In his latest essay, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert lays the blame squarely on the shoulders of theaters and theater owners for 2011′s poor overall attendance. He echoes many of your concerns: high ticket prices; ignorant and annoying talkers and cell phone chatters; high concession stand prices; competition from other more convenient viewing alternatives; lack [...]
It's getting closer to the end of 2011, so in addition to the several videos looking back at this year in film, there will also be several year-end lists coming our way looking at the best and the worst of 2011. My lists will be coming closer to the end of the year, but critic Roger Ebert has already decided to chime in with a list of what he calls The Best Films of 2011. His top choice isn't a clear frontrunner and kind of comes from left...
Hollywood box office numbers are down significantly from 2010. Movie attendance is at its lowest rate in 16 years. Piracy and file-sharing seems to be getting plenty of blame. But Roger Ebert isn’t buying it. Nor is he buying this Fishie’s contention that a glut of crap movies is at fault. On his blog, Ebert argues that while 2011 lacked an Avatar to boost box office numbers, the theater experience is to blame for Hollywood’s poor showing...
Q: On Tuesday I was at the Navy Pier IMAX theater for the new Batman and saw Mr. Roger Ebert there and was wondering if he ... 1887 -- 125 years ago: Burglars were frightened away from the Alex Steel home, 19th Street and 7th Avenue, Rock ...
Roger Ebert explains why movie revenue is dropping, and includes the usual suspects: no major releases, prices, streaming, theater experience, etc. The myth that small-town moviegoers don't like "art movies" is undercut by Netflix's viewing results; the third most popular movie on Dec. 28 on Netflix was "Certified Copy," by the Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. You've heard of him? In fourth place--French director Alain Corneau's "Love Crime...
Roger Ebert is the famous movie critic for the Chicago Sun-Times who made a name for himself with the show "Siskel and Ebert." The show was renamed "Ebert and Roeper" when Roger Roeper replaced the late Gene Siskel.
Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic and screenwriter. He is known for his weekly review column (appearing in the Chicago Sun ...
Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert says he's cutting ties with the television show that he and the late Gene Siskel made famous. In an e-mail to The Associated Press on Monday, Ebert said D