Roger Ebert

Flowers for Charly “It is this story, involving a personal crisis, which makes Charly a warm and rewarding film,” as said by movie critic Roger Ebert regarding Charly, the film based off of Flowers for Algernon. Flowers for Algernon is a story that explores the growth of relationships, change in mental state, and discovering one’s self and happiness. Charly, the story’s main character, is a man with a mental disability who, throughout the plot, undergoes an operation with the intentions of…

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine is a book written by Michael Lewis, which was published back in 2010. The story is based on a few smart individuals around the country saw something that nobody else did. They detected a behavior with the financing of the housing market that would eventually hit critical mass. A few of the people ran into each other by mistake, where others were former neighbors. In the end, two sets of groups worked together to make a bet on the flip side of the market…

In this 1992 American-Japanese documentary directed by Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy and Stuart Samuels, we are shown a 92-minute glimpse of the art of cinematography since the conception of cinema in the late eighteen-hundreds to contemporary films in the late nineteen-eighties. “Visions of Light: the Art of Cinematography” (1992) is a chronologic collage of several films, narrated in English by different directors of photography; the cinematography of this documentary is done by Detroit’s own…

In the interview Ebert says, “When i am writing my problems become invisible and i am the same person i always was. All is well. I am as i should be.” In this quote Ebert is saying at this point in his life he really has accepted himself for al he is and he will die doing what he loves, writing. Nothing else matters now, he is at peace because…

To be a hero, supernatural powers are not required. Television falsifies unrealistic power and strength. A human being or even an animal can be a hero. If someone were to do a good deed, that significant person would be the hero of the day towards the help. For example, if a woman donates some food, a blanket, and new clothing along with a pair of sneakers to a homeless man, she would be the hero in the man 's eyes. The woman has surely saved him and given him relief from his suffering. With…

‘Rear Window shows how easy it is to be deceived by appearances.’ Discuss. Hitchcock’s critically acclaimed thriller ‘Rear Window’ details the life of 1950s New York - where affluence, materialism and patriarchy were valued. The deceit that plagues the plot of the story, strips bare the constructed facades that underpin the film and as a result, highlights how easy it is to be deceived by appearances. Although innocent in nature, these facades act as the foundations for LB ‘jeff’ Jefferies’…

family. Roger Ebert was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had many tough surgeries that made him rethink his value of life. “I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear (Jones 32).” Even Ebert is ready and accepting death because he says that he does not fear it. He also states that “ I hope to be spared as much pain as possible” shows us that he would like to die slowly, but with as little pain as possible. Roger Ebert values…

Roger Ebert: What made you feel like giving up on life? Hamlet: I wanted to taketh it upon myself to giveth up on mortal coil when my father died and I had to findeth out that it was my own uncle who killed him. Roger Ebert: What made you feel like fighting against death? Hamlet: What made me fighteth against quietus is knowing that I can overcometh whatever I'm going through and things will get better. Roger Ebert: Why do you compare dying to sleep? Hamlet: I feeleth like dying is like…

American Dad is an animated sitcom by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman that started on Fox but was canceled July 16,2013 but was picked up by the cable TV station TBS for the 11th season. American Dad first aired on February 6,2005 right after Super Bowl XXXIX which was also the first time Fox called their animated programming Animation Domination. In 2005, in addition to American Dad, Animation Domination also included programs like The Simpsons, Family Guy, and King of the Hill.…

Americans are fed up with illegals.” This news story discusses the issue of illegal immigration from Mexico. According to Britannica.co, Fox News was created by Robert Murdoch who “enlisted television producer and former Republican political consultant Roger Ailes to oversee the new network, and Ailes’s business acumen and political leanings became closely associated with its eventual success.” Fox News trademark slogan is “Fair and Balanced” but have also formed relationships with the…