Questions for the Movie Answer Man

Questions for the Movie Answer Man
Author: Roger Ebert
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1997-06
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780836228946

What was in the briefcase in Pulp Fiction? Why don't movie actors wear seat belts? Was Fargo really based on a true story? Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert answers these and hundreds more. Using wit, insight, and dozens of other experts, he resolves some of the most common questions about the moviesand some of the most bizarre.

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2012

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2012
Author: Roger Ebert
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 794
Release: 2011-12-06
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1449408133

A collection of reviews from the past 30 months by the influential Pulitzer Prize-winning critic includes such entries as an interview with Justin Timberlake, a tribute to Blake Edward and an essay on the Oscars. Original.

American Taboo

American Taboo
Author: Lauren Rosewarne
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2013-08-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0313399344

America's often-unspoken morality codes make many topics taboo in "the land of the free." This book analyzes hundreds of popular culture examples to expose how the media both avoids and alludes to how we derive pleasure from our bodies. Flatulence ... male nudity ... abortion ... masturbation: these are just a few of the taboo topics in the United States. What do culturally enforced silences about certain subjects say about our society—and our latent fears? This work provides a broad yet detailed overview of popular culture's most avoided topics to explain why they remain off-limits and examines how they are presented in contemporary media—or, in many cases, delicately explored using euphemism and innuendo. The author offers fascinating, in-depth analysis of the meaning behind these portrayals of a variety of both mundane and provocative taboos, and identifies how new television programs, films, and advertising campaigns intentionally violate longstanding cultural taboos to gain an edge in the marketplace.

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009
Author: Roger Ebert
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 946
Release: 2009-06-15
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0740792164

Nobody has been more important in telling Americans why we should love film than Roger Ebert. --Michael Shamberg, Editor and Publisher Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert presents more than 650 full-length critical movie reviews, along with interviews, essays, tributes, film festival reports, and Q and As from Questions for the Movie Answer Man. Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009 collects more than two years' worth of his engaging film critiques. From Bee Movie to Darfur Now to No Country for Old Men, and from Juno to Persepolis to La Vie en Rose, Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009 includes every review Ebert has written from January 2006 to June 2008. Also included in the Yearbook, which boasts 65 percent new content, are: * Interviews with newsmakers, such as Juno director Jason Reitman and Jerry Seinfeld, a touching tribute to Deborah Kerr, and an emotional letter of appreciation to Werner Herzog. * Essays on film issues, and tributes to actors and directors who died during the year. * Daily film festival reports from Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, and Telluride. * All-new questions and answers from his Questions for the Movie Answer Man columns.

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007
Author: Roger Ebert
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 1006
Release: 2006-11
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0740761579

The most-trusted film critic in America." --USA Today Roger Ebert actually likes movies. It's a refreshing trait in a critic, and not as prevalent as you'd expect." --Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle America's favorite movie critic assesses the year's films from Brokeback Mountain to Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007 is perfect for film aficionados the world over. Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007 includes every review by Ebert written in the 30 months from January 2004 through June 2006-about 650 in all. Also included in the Yearbook, which is about 65 percent new every year, are: * Interviews with newsmakers such as Philip Seymour Hoffman, Terrence Howard, Stephen Spielberg, Ang Lee, and Heath Ledger, Nicolas Cage, and more. * All the new questions and answers from his Questions for the Movie Answer Man columns. * Daily film festival coverage from Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, and Telluride. *Essays on film issues and tributes to actors and directors who died during the year.

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005
Author: Roger Ebert
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 980
Release: 2004
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780740747427

Containing reviews written from January 2002 to mid-June 2004, including the films "Seabiscuit, The Passion of the Christ," and "Finding Nemo," the best (and the worst) films of this period undergo Ebert's trademark scrutiny. It also contains the year's interviews and essays, as well as highlights from Ebert's film festival coverage from Cannes.

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2003

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2003
Author: Roger Ebert
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 916
Release: 2002-12-02
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780740726910

Every single new Ebert review.

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2004

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2004
Author: Roger Ebert
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 988
Release: 2003
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780740738340

Featuring every review Ebert wrote from January 2001 to mid-June 2003, this treasury also includes his essays, interviews, film festival reports, and In Memoriams, along with his famous star ratings.

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010
Author: Roger Ebert
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 674
Release: 2009-11-09
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0740792180

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010 is the ultimate source for movies, movie reviews, and much more. For nearly 25 years, Roger Ebert's annual collection has been recognized as the preeminent source for full-length critical movie reviews, and his 2010 yearbook does not disappoint. The yearbook includes every review Ebert has written from January 2007 to July 2009. It also includes interviews, essays, tributes, and all-new questions and answers from his Questions for the Movie Answer Man columns. Fans get a bonus feature, too, with new entries to Ebert's Little Movie Glossary. This is the must-have go-to guide for movie fanatics.

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2006

Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2006
Author: Roger Ebert
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 1052
Release: 2005-11
Genre: Motion pictures
ISBN: 9780740755385

Now fully updated, this annual yearbook includes every review Ebert had written from January 2007 to July 2009. It also includes interviews, essays, tributes, and all-new questions and answers from his Questions for the Movie Answer Man columns.