Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005 [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Roger Ebert (Author)

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Product Description
The Movie Yearbook also contains the year's interviews and essays-perceptive profiles of actors such as Kevin Costner and Russell Crowe-and the biweekly "Questions for the Movie Answer Man," which never fails to unearth fascinating tidbits about filming particulars, per-screening revenues, and similar details, all based on reader-generated queries.To cap it off, the book highlights Ebert's film festival coverage from Cannes and includes a list of all movies previously appearing in a Video Companion or Movie Yearbook with Ebert's star ratings. The result is truly the bible for moviegoing readers everywhere. They know that Ebert is the source for all things cinema.

About the Author
Roger Ebert, the first movie critic to win the Pulitzer Prize, writes for the Chicago Sun-Times. Roger also cohosts the national TV program Ebert & Roeper. His reviews are now syndicated in more than 200 newspapers throughout the United States and Canada. The Online Film Critics Society named Roger's Web site the best online movie review site. And Roger earned the American Society of Cinematographer's Outstanding Achievement Award in 2002, only the second film critic or journalist to receive such recognition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1008 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (October 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740747428
• ISBN-13: 978-0740747427
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #900,102 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ebert sees all the movies he reviews, February 23, 2005

By	Anthony Spadaro "www.chapelhillnoir.com" (Chapel Hill N.C.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

And reviews them from the point of view of someone who actually likes movies. He likes more movies than I do, but his reviews do give me enough to know if I want to see the film - and that is really what it's all about. I buy the current book every year.
If you are worried about "accuracy" of his reviews - check out the big objections others have raised. Most people are aware there are more important things than obssessing over a minor detail from an F/X flick or the dialog in a 50 year old monster movie.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Rare Dish Indeed, September 9, 2005

By	Scott Delo (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Being given the chance to critique Roger Ebert is a heady dish indeed. Holding the microscope to the man who has held the microscope to so many others is a little like being divine, if just for a moment.

What do you say to the man who holds more sway over the movie-going public than any other critic? The easy answer is to criticize the obvious blunders he's made. How in the world could he not like Fight Club? It's the anthem for my generation, for God's sake. I'm also not sure I trust Roger's interpretation of foreign films either. He has a decidedly American view towards life and tends to look at the world through red, white and blue colored glasses. His negative review of 2046 is evidence of this. Roger Ebert is many things but a foolish man is not one of them. He knows which side his bread is buttered on. When a film like Fahrenheit 911 comes along, obviously pandering to the Hollywood liberal elite, you can trust Roger to fall in line with a good review.

Despite all this, whenever I want to know how good a movie is, the first person I go to is Roger Ebert. Roger is straightforward and intelligent and he usually likes the same kind of films I do. He's the critic I trust most and unlike most of his colleagues, he's already successful enough that he doesn't need to go out on a limb just to get noticed. He gets noticed for the insightfulness and intelligence of his reviews. Sometimes he makes me angry but maybe that's the mark of a good critic. Good, bad or indifferent, I always want to know what Roger has to say.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ebert is the best that film criticism has to offer today- maybe ever., July 7, 2005

By	Red Sox-ophile "Andrew" (Kansas City, Missouri) - See all my reviews

Roger Ebert is not only a great Film Critic, but he is also an excellent writer.Mmore than just rehashing a film, Mr. Ebert finds the humanity and subtle nuances that exist in film, and finds the greatness in those traits. There has never been a year when I have seen every movie that is included in his annual movie yearbooks, but I could still read every review in the book! It is his prose, his wit, his love for film, and his desire to see the medium move forward, while recoginizing the gennius that can be found in [some] genre films. I highly recommend his writing- There is simply no one better.