Posted on April 17, 2015 at 8:00 am
As “Mad Men” is coming to a close, the fans who have found its depth and insights enthralling are creating their own versions of their favorite scenes, and you can watch them online. Take a look and post your own!
Posted on April 17, 2015 at 7:39 am
Greetings from the campus of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, where the 17th annual Roger Ebert Film Festival is underway. I am delighted to be appearing on a panel of very distinguished film critics this morning and will post a link when it is online. Yesterday I was thrilled to see one of my …
Posted on April 16, 2015 at 5:39 pm
Disneynature’s annual wild kingdom-style nature documentary is predictably adorable but surprisingly absorbing. The toque macaque monkeys of Sri Lanka live in the 12th century ruins of Polonnaruwa in a society as rigidly structured and ruthlessly enforced as a high school cafeteria run by the mob. After a chipper rendition of “Hey Hey We’re the Monkees” …
Posted on April 16, 2015 at 5:18 pm
A-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for graphic nudity, language, sexual references and some violence |
| Profanity: | Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Very explicit nudity and sexual situations |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking and drug use, intoxication |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Violence and peril, characters injured and killed |
| Diversity Issues: | Diverse characters |
| Date Released to Theaters: | April 17, 2015 |
| Date Released to DVD: | July 14, 2015 |
| Amazon.com ASIN: | B00XI057M0 |
Movies about artificial intelligence or computers achieving consciousness are, of course, really about what it means to be human. When software and hardware combine to mimic or exceed human qualities in “Her,” “Chappie,” “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Terminator,” or the upcoming Avengers sequel, even “Planet of the Apes,” it is a way to think about …
Posted on April 16, 2015 at 3:20 pm
A reporter in disgrace for fabricating details of a story sits across the table from an orange-jumpsuited prisoner, accused of murdering his wife and three children. They have more in common than either of them expected. They are both outcasts. They are both unable or unwilling to explain their actions. And they both used the …
