Roger Ebert

ability that the comic Bane had, in which he is super strong because of the drug, Venom, he instead has an amazing fighting ability due to being trained by a leader of assassin’s named Ra’s al ghul, who also trained Batman, and is super strong. In (Ebert), he says, “a villain named Bane whose Hannibal Lecterish face muzzle robs him of his personality”, which implies that he is not the same as the original comic book Bane. Bane is also played by Tom Hardy, who played in movies such as Mad Max and…

from the city reflect off the black satin water of the Thames as they zoom past cruise ships and around the Parliament building (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix). As Roger Ebert comments in 2007, “These things said, there is no denying that "Order of the Phoenix" is a well-crafted entry in the "Potter" series” (Ebert). There is even more action like the Weasley twins who scare the evil professor Umbridge out of Hogwarts with their dragon made of fireworks. The final fight scene is full…

deceiving Luke Sanderson, and last but not least, Liam Neeson as Dr. Marrow (Montague in the book). Many argue that this movie barely follows with the book at all. Lisa Schwarzbaum, writer for Entertainment Weekly believes that the movie is just awful. Roger Ebert, writer for the Chicago Tribune believes “The story is a mess,” but also states: “To my surprise I find myself recommending ‘The Haunting.’” Also, J. Hoberman, writer for Village Voice…

today. (Washington Post, 1999) This movie also gives the view an inside look of the individual effect of not having a national identity. Roger Ebert said it best in his review of Turtles can fly “It is about the actual lives of refugees, who lack the luxury of opinions because they are preoccupied with staying alive in a world that has no place for them” (Ebert, 2005). The people in the camp are living day by day to just survive and they do not have the numbers or the power to assert their…

Film, 2012) By almost all accounts, Beasts of the Southern Wild is an outstanding and remarkable film. Roger Ebert reviewed the film before passing away, and concluded his review thusly: “Sometimes miraculous films come into being, made by people you've never heard of, starring unknown faces, blindsiding you with creative genius. ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ is one of the year's best films.” (Ebert, 2012) Starring actors with no prior acting or stage experience, each scene translates into raw…

Omalu “discovered a new and terrifying brain disorder that he named Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy” (Ebert). He came across this with his first patient Mike Webster, who was one of the best centers of all time. While examining Webster’s brain, he found that “persistent head injuries sustained in football play shake up the brain” (Ebert). This causes damage to the brain because human brains do not have shock absorbers and release proteins after each blow to the head…

As Roger Ebert puts it simply, the film says “yes, racism is vile and cruel, but hey, not all white people are bad” (Ebert, 2011). As seen in the history of Oscar Best Actress winners and the white male director of The Help, gender and racial disparities still exist in American society. Another implicit motive of…

As technology advances and new style of filming begins to emerge, the features of war and how they’re portrayed in film change as well. In Sands of Iwo Jima, it follows a squad of Marines through the battles of Tarawa and Iwo Jima through different vantages, as well as, weaving in real battle footage within the film to realistically portray how the battle looked. Taking it a step further, The Longest Day looks at the events of D-Day through the eyes of American infantry storming the beach,…

finding nemo, and loving because he cares about finding Nemo and Dory. Marlin is extremely adventurous and courageous for journeying across the ocean to find his son. He finds a variety of new friends, including Crush the turtle and Bruce the shark (Ebert). It was a tremendous journey for…

Movie reviews were mixed at the time, but did deliver according to Robert Ebert; known as one of the best critics within the movie industry. In his review of the movie Top Gun, Roger Ebert quoted: “Top Gun" settles fairly quickly into alternating ground and air scenes, and the simplest way to sum up the movie is to declare the air scenes brilliant and the earthbound scenes grimly predictable (Ebert, 1986). This is a movie that comes in two parts: It knows exactly what to do with special…