In 1987, Roger Ebert predicted movies on demand (and an art film revolution)
OMNI magazine interviewed Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert about the future of movies for their June, 1987 issue. Ebert makes some bold and accurate predictions about how a revolution in the delivery and distribution of movies will open up the “art film” market, allowing people greater access to movies that may not make financial sense…
In which our intrepid critic plumbs the depths of death’s douchebaggery in “The Final Destination”
In the column Pop Punishment, Louis Peitzman endures the most derided genre films, television, and literature, all for your sadistic pleasure. “Life’s a bitch and then you die.” It’s not a phrase you see on many t-shirts in the wild, but it makes sense that one of The Final Destination’s nameless victims would wear something…
io9’s March Movie Madness Final Four: Blade Runner Vs. Serenity
In the first half of the final four, The Empire Strikes Back absolutely clobbered the original Star Wars. Now it’s Replicants vs. Browncoats as Blade Runner takes on Serenity. Are we headed for an all Harrison Ford championship? Vote now! It’s time to choose which worthy competitor will step into the ring against The Empire…
