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Doug Block’s ‘The Kids Grow Up’ Gets A Trailer & Festival Dates

April 19, 2010 9:52 pm

Indie documentary filmmaker Doug Block's new film, "The Kids Grow Up," now has a trailer and some screening info. Following his relationship with his daughter as she grows from infancy to leaving for college, t...

Roger Ebert Remembers The Death Of The Russ Meyer/Sex Pistols Film ‘Who Killed Bambi?’

Kevin Jagernauth

April 13, 2010 2:22 pm

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In the history of aborted band-makes-a-movie projects, perhaps only the Beatles' supposed "Hobbit" and the Rolling Stones' "A Clockwork Orange" rate higher on the WTF? scale than the unfinished, barely started ...

Werner Herzog Making Prehistoric Cave Art Documentary In 3D

Edward Davis

April 12, 2010 11:34 pm

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Looks like Werner Herzog, of all people, is jumping on the 3D bandwagon.Roger Ebert broke the news on his blog that our favorite eccentric German filmmaker has been granted permission to film for 3D inside the...

Roger Ebert Gets His Voice Back

Kevin Jagernauth

March 4, 2010 3:14 pm

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When Roger Ebert was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer in 2002, little did he know it would set him on a path that would involve multiple surgeries, a bursting artery that nearly killed him and eventually...

Roger Ebert Gives ‘Benjamin Button’ a Lukewarm 2 1/2 Stars

Rodrigo Perez

December 24, 2008 11:07 pm

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Haters and Fincher whiners will cry that we're picking on 'Ben Button' but Awards Daily, Rope Of Silicon and InContention are noting Roger Ebert's review with the latter asking, 'Is Button On The Rocks?'"I can’...

More Critics Awards Honor ‘Slumdog,’ ‘Ben Button’ And ‘Wendy & Lucy’

Rodrigo Perez

December 17, 2008 11:01 pm

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Another day another round of film critic awards from various cities across North America. Let's waste no time getting into it.The Dallas/Fortworth Film Critics Association have given "Slumdog Millionaire" the t...

“Twilight” Teen Girls Vs. Critics

astrudsands

November 20, 2008 3:30 pm

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Teen girl juggernaut and vampire zeitgeist "Twilight" is set to open this weekend and with that comes a rash of reviews and stories downplaying the potential box office success of the movie. Reuters weighed in ...

Shorcuts: Love For ‘Che’, Love For ‘Happy-Go-Lucky,’ & More…

Rodrigo Perez

October 30, 2008 6:18 pm

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Some love for "Che" from England. In Contention's Guy Lodge goes to bat for the film and is totally on the money. "I find it difficult to square with the critics who have called “Che” a “mess,” or variations of...

Heath Ledger Shows His Face In ‘Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus’

Rodrigo Perez

October 22, 2008 5:09 pm

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A new photo of Heath Ledger from Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" has surfaced. Let's hope the movie isn't as terrible as that bizarro script is, but let's face it, Gilliam's batting average t...

Something Besides Cancer Strikes Ebert at TIFF

M. P.

September 12, 2008 12:04 am

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What has two thumbs, can't speak, and doesn't enjoy being smacked with a binder? Roger Ebert!A cancer stricken Roger Ebert was attacked yesterday during a press screening of Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" ...

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