Posted on Thursday, April 4th, 2013 by Peter Sciretta
Right now I want to remember Roger Ebert by posting a series of video compilations featuring some of the best moments from the Pulitzer-winning film critic’s television reviewing days, which he shared alongside Gene Siskel and Richard Roeper. The videos were compiled by Clement’s Corner, and posted on youtube a few years back. In loving memory of Roger.
Posted on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 by Germain Lussier
In 2011, saying that Hollywood releases too many sequels, remakes and reboots is so common place, it’s gone beyond cliche into a whole new category that doesn’t yet exist. Still, the sentiment remains an irrefutable fact. Of the top ten highest grossing films of the year so far, only one isn’t based on a previous property and that’s Bridesmaids, which – one could argue – is a spin-off, at least in tone, to several other movies.
This trend of remaking and repackaging the same material over and over isn’t anything new but putting a start date on it is difficult. One site might have a good place to start though: the 1970s, arguably the greatest decade in cinema history. In 1976, that’s 35 years ago, a year before George Lucas released Star Wars and only one year after Steven Spielberg created the “summer blockbuster” with Jaws, legendary film critic Gene Siskel felt the same way we all do now. Hollywood was making too many sequels and remakes. Really? In 1976? Watch the clip and get a little background after the break. Read More »
Posted on Thursday, February 17th, 2011 by Russ Fischer
Over the past year and change, Roger Ebert has written a new chapter in his more than forty-year career as a major film critic. Now some of the earliest days of that career are online thanks to the Library of Congress and SiskelandEbert.org, which presents raw tape archives of the early episodes of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert’s film review shows that aired for decades, starting in 1975. Read More »
