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...spicing Matthew and Mark with Ebert and Roeper, ministers can open a window to biblical teachings and a door to the very demographic that Hollywood studios know how to reach: young people...
...Roger Ebert called Peter Jackson's The Frighteners "a film that looks more like a demo reel than a movie--like the kind of audition tape a special-effects expert would put together, hoping to impress a producer enough to give him a real job." Ebert couldn't have known how right he was. For in making the film, Jackson had amassed a gigaload of effects technology. He just needed the right subject in which to put his cybertoys to spectacular...
...what’s your take on VES elitism, Ebert and the power of film criticism? Should intellectual types join in the fray to back up their less erudite peers? Or should they remain in their bubble, distanced from any potential mainstream impact...
...SOSKIN: I’ve read so much Ebert that I could predict his star ratings in my sleep. Any film with one of the following elements—good characters, an intriguing plot, or a noble message—gets at least two and a half stars, regardless of its other deficiencies; any film with two of the elements gets at least three and a half stars, even if it’s short on the third element (usually plot). Hence, poor Roger spends his days showering praise on dragging, decently acted message movies like Monster and The Insider...
That all being said, Ebert has a wonderful mind and writes with more maturity and unforced eloquence than most of the Film Comment feeders; his perspectives and passions have certainly informed mine a great deal over the last ten years. I’d also say that I can’t fault him for pushing his “Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down” catchphrases any more than I can fault politicians for pushing their campaign slogans; the fact that something is gimmicky and commercial need neither demean its medium nor degrade its own usefulness. With all the time...