Roger Ebert

American society. Chicago Sun-Times film critic, Roger Ebert describes this film as “a frontal assault” on spectators that exploit their feelings and leaves viewers shaken after watching (1973). Indeed, the sexual perversion and foul play to religious iconography provide an unsettling reaction. It is no surprise that the reaction to this film was met with shock; some warranting its rating to be changed from rated R to rated X as expressed by the reviews of Ebert and Vincent Canby of the New…

Summary “You don’t hurt Arnie, you just don’t.” said Arnie’s older brother, Gilbert, who takes care of him on the daily. Arnie wasn’t supposed to make it passed a young age due to his mental disabilities, but they are celebrating his eighteenth birthday in the film. Their father passed away years ago and their mother is so fat that she can’t get off the couch, let alone out of the house. They have two sisters who claim they do more to take care of Arnie than Gilbert, but that is false, and it…

The dystopian science fiction film presents to its audience a vision of the future full of bleak imagery, hopelessness, and strong words of caution against perceived threats to civilized society: “Images of dystopia are necessarily reflections of their time” (Berg). From the first glimmers of dystopian society in film as seen in the 1927 film, Metropolis to the present day young adult craze, The Hunger Games series, dystopian film has been playing on audience’s fears and anxieties about the…

For whom is 1982’s “Conan the Barbarian” a guilty pleasure? There are some that wouldn’t openly admit to having it in their movie collection, as it’s a none-too-serious, sword and sandal action flick. I’ve watched this movie perhaps a dozen times since the mid 80’s and I think it holds up well despite its age. After another viewing, I became curious what other people thought of it, and read a number of reviews from around the time of its original screening, and more recent ones to compare. The…

was “the devil”. A character branded as stupid and crippled with the “wounded innocence of a kid who ate all the cookies” was revealed to be Keyser Soze, the character in the film who kills his own kids and wife to show the mob who is in control (Ebert). Wickedly, he also killed members of the mob and their kids, parents, and friends; burned down their houses; and murdered people who owed them money. The director strategically distracts the audience by framing the story of usual suspects in an…

Based on a true story The following information you are about to read is loosely based on true events. The names, locations and minor unnoticeable details have been changed. Even though I corrected the statement to make it slightly more true, it is something along those lines. We never know exactly how true, but it admittedly makes those events slightly more terrifying when we believe it to be real. “Real” events such as murders, massacres and even the spiritual dark side. The moment we realize…

girlfriend, whom he loved, killed herself. This also make think was it worth it for her to kill herself? She did have people who cared for her but she still chose to kill herself. In the article and video that I watched and read in class was about Roger Ebert. He was a movie critic, a well-known one. He seemed like a great guy, he had a tough personality, but other than that seemed alright. He lived life as if it was his last, and one day he got cancer. It wasn’t just cancer but jaw cancer. He…

that promise defendants a fair trial and the presumption of innocence. "12 Angry Men" never states whether the defendant is innocent or guilty. It is about whether the jury has a reasonable doubt about his guilt.’” quoted by, well known critic Roger Ebert. The whole concept of Reasonable Doubt is that you should not vote guilty if there is any "reasonable doubt", no matter how sure other jurors are. In the book 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, one of the many themes is reasonable doubt. Reginald…

with two kids. Billy, his son, was born in 1995, as Katie, his daughter, was born in 1996. Jackson was born October 31, 1961. Him and his wife have been together since 1987. The professional reviews only had very few stars. January 13, 2010, Roger Ebert gave the movie one and a half. Xan Brooks gave the movie two stars when it came out. Then, on October 31, 2010 M.J. Arocena gave this movie one star also. The Lovely Bones is related to "The Almost moon," and "Lucky." Both of these books are…

felt Tarantino-esque: sprawling with storylines, creative with structure, and full of remixed homages and influences. Roger Ebert reviewed it as one the best films of the year, "Pulp Fiction is charged up with the exhilaration of pure filmmaking, of colorful characters, of screwy dialogue and unbelievable situations, and violence and comedy." George Siskel happened to agree with Ebert about Pulp Fiction. "I think that this guy is writing some of the most original dialogue since David Mamet." He…