by Ambrose Heron on 05/10/2008
The Telegraph today are reporting that Disney are using quotes from IMDb message boards on posters for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
Graham Tibbetts writes:
Advertisements in Britain for The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas quoted seven phrases taken from reviews on the film fans’ website IMDb.com (the Internet Movie Database).
The praise included “Simply stunning” from [...]
by Ambrose Heron on 14/04/2008
In an otherwise heartfelt and thoughtful tribute to Roger Ebert, who recently announced he is officially retiring from his TV show, A.O. Scott of the New York Times ponders the state of film criticism:
…if the future looked grim back in 1990 — when Entertainment Weekly’s letter grades and the proliferation of Siskel and Ebert knockoffs [...]
by Ambrose Heron on 13/04/2008
Philip French has been the chief film critic at The Observer for over 30 years and has recently been awarded a BAFTA fellowship.
The UK newspaper has compiled a nice set of features to honour one of their finest writers:
French himself has penned a piece on watching over 14, 000 films and picked his best 50 [...]