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Gallery: 10 Awesome Photos From The Sundance Archives Tumblr
This week, my new favorite Tumblr comes from the Sundance Archives. Going back to the festivals inception in 1991, the blog offers a series of retro photos of actors and filmmakers. Young Val Kilmer and a Reservoir Dogs read-through on the carpeted floor? I can smell the snow and Mormons from here. Bring it on, Sundance! More »
Crushable Quotable: Roger Ebert Eviscerates Final Destination 5 Like So Many Contrived Booby Traps
Were you planning on seeing Final Destination 5? You can tell me, I won’t judge. J/k, I will totally judge you, and so will Roger Ebert. More »
Parting Tweet: On Jackasses and Roger Ebert
I haven’t yet written anything about the Ryan Dunn/Roger Ebert/Bam Margera incident, because I’m generally ambivalent about this culture of making jokes about people who have recently died. I’m certainly not immune to it — I’ll admit I’m guilty of having done it in the past — but I’m reconsidering my feelings about whether it’s something I, personally, am comfortable doing. However, this falls under our purview enough that it might be time to weigh in. More »
Who Is Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Roger Ebert’s New ‘At The Movies’ Host?
Roger Ebert just announced that a 24-year-old cutie named Ignatiy Vishnevetsky will serve as co-host on his upcoming film review show, Roger Ebert Presents at The Movies. Ignatiy will join 38-year-old Christy Lemire on the series, which will feature weekly segments from Roger himself, communicating via computer-generated voice.
So who is this unknown kid named Ignatiy? He’s a Moscow-born resident of Roger Ebert’s hometown of Chicago who’s mostly known for his writing on the movie-centric site Mubi. More »
The Great Tom Cruise Debate: Movie Star Or Madman?
Any closet Tom Cruise fans out there? Come out, it’s OK! I’ll admit: I am a believer in the star power of the Greatest Movie Star Of All Time. My debate partner — Daniel Holloway, national news editor at Back Stage — thinks he sucks, even going so far as to proclaim: “Maverick is dead.”
Fighting words! Our arguments, below:
Erin: Tom Cruise lacks his sex appeal of yore but he is still a screen god. If I had to select any… More »
Jim Carrey, Amy Poehler Top Webby Awards
The Webby Awards, which honor excellence on the Internet, announced the winners of their 14th annual awards this morning, with celebs like Jim Carrey and Amy Poehler, OK Go and Roger Ebert taking home some of the top prizes.
The Webby Awards are unique because they award prizes in each category based on the votes of official judges like Martha Stewart, Matt Groening, and Arianna Huffington, as well as “People’s Awards,” which are voted on by people around the world. This… More »
No Thumbs Up Kick-Ass?
The fact that everyone’s favorite movie critic Roger Ebert hated Marvel’s Kick-Ass doesn’t mean we still aren’t totally psyched to see it, especially because his review seems more concerned about the Tarantino-esque violence that young children enact in the film. Plus there’s this line: “A little later, I reflected that possibly only Nic Cage could seem to shoot a small girl point-blank and make it, well, funny.” He’s talking about this scene, btw: More »
5 Celebrity ‘Constants’ Inspired By Desmond and Penny’s ‘Lost’ Love
Did you see last Tuesday’s Lost? We finally caught up this weekend — and we’re very upset that we did not not watch sooner because this one featuring hopeless romantic Desmond Hume (Henry Ian Cusick) rivals the greatest Lost episode ever: season four’s The Constant, wherein Desmond jumps back and forth in time in order to track down his lost true love Penny Widmore (Sonya Walger). And so jumping ahead two seasons — if you don’t watch Lost, you’re… More »
George Clooney: My Girlfriend Will Cut You
George Clooney to an adoring Sherri Sheppard on the red carpet, on why his girlfriend didn’t mind her advances: “She doesn’t understand English or she’d kill you. She’d cut you with a stiletto.” (People)
What did Jesse James tell his wife after she won the Oscar? You’ll Never know. “Bless your heart for asking,” Sandra Bullock tells a reporter. (EOnline)
The mic’s still on! A few private moments were made public by the Oscar’s sound system. (Daily News)
In a move Roger Ebert… More »
Roger Ebert Speaks Again On ‘Oprah’
Don’t watch this video if you’re not into crying at heartwarming things: Roger Ebert appeared on Oprah today, and tested out a specially made software that spliced together years of audio footage of the film critic to create an electronic voice. Roger hasn’t been able to speak since 2006 due to complications from thyroid cancer surgery. Videogum has a clip. … More »
New Moon opens to lackluster reviews, HUGE numbers at the box office
Sooo….who went and saw New Moon last night? I’m waiting until it shows up on DVD, yes, I’m cheap. New Moon opened up to extremely lackluster reviews; here are just a few:
Early reviews at Rotten Tomatoes gave it a sad little 4.9 out of 10. Ouch.
Roger Ebert says “Since they know it all and we know all, sitting through this experience is like driving a pickup in low gear though a sullen sea of Brylcreem.” Double ouch.
USA Today… More »