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Roger Joseph Ebert (18 June 1942 – 4 April 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013.
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If it is not the worst film I have ever seen, that makes it all the more shameful: People with talent allowed themselves to participate in this travesty.
All we can learn from a film like this is that millions of people can be led, and millions more killed, by madness leashed to racism and the barbaric instincts of tribalism.
Call me hardhearted, call me cynical, but please don't call me if they make Home Alone 3.
Pixar is the first studio that is a movie star.
The movie is being revived around the country for midnight cult showings. Midnight is not late enough.
This movie was made by professionals. Do not attempt any of this behavior yourself.
Once you accept the notion that the state has the right to kill someone and the right to define what is a capital crime, aren't you halfway there?
This is precisely the same construction used by many serial killers and heads of state, who use language to separate themselves from the consequences of their actions.
A plot is about things that happen. A story is about people who behave. To admire a story you must be willing to listen to the people and observe them.
But considering that I walked in expecting no complexity at all, let alone the visual wonderments, 'Snow White and the Huntsman' is a considerable experience.
It amazes me that filmmakers will still film, and audiences will still watch, relationships so bankrupt of human feeling that the characters could be reading dialogue written by a computer.
What Charlize Theron achieves in Patty Jenkins' Monster isn't a performance but an embodiment.
It's the kind of movie where you ask people how they liked it, and they say, "Well, it was well made," and then they wince.
Of course the interview was never used.
The R rating refers to Logue's use of vulgarity. It is utterly inexplicable. This is an excellent film for teenagers.
No movie has ever been able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust, and I suspect none will ever be able to provide one for 9/11.
Why did they give an R rating to a movie perfect for teenagers?
The director, whose name is Pitof, was probably issued with two names at birth and would be wise to use the other one on his next project.
Since the scenes where they're together are so much less convincing than the ones where they fall apart, watching the movie is like being on a double-date from hell.
Troy is based on the epic poem The Iliad by Homer, according to the credits. Homer's estate should sue.
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