Michael Phillips

Roger Ebert dies at 70; Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic

2013-04-04 17:46:00

Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic whose gladiatorial "thumbs-up, thumbs-down" assessments turned film reviewing into a television sport and whose passion for independent film helped introduce a new generation of filmmakers to...

'Oz the Great and Powerful' skids over the rainbow, reviews say

2013-03-08 08:47:00

Three years after Disney scored a $1-billion global hit with "Alice in Wonderland," the studio is back with another 21st century take on a beloved fantasy tale: "Oz the Great and Powerful," a sort-of prequel to�the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz." The...

'Jack Reacher' comes up short, movie critics say

2012-12-21 15:51:00

When it comes to kicking butt, Tom Cruise is an old hand. He's done it as an ace pilot in "Top Gun," a soldier-turned-samurai in "The Last Samurai," a globe-trotting super-spy in the "Mission: Impossible" movies, a futuristic cop in "Minority Report"...

'The Avengers': Superhero fun for many critics, and Fury for one

2012-05-03 21:37:23

'Act of Valor' offers steely action, wooden acting, critics say

2012-02-24 21:38:06

Hollywood flop sweat: What caused the latest box-office duds?

2012-03-20 16:39:24

Movie review: 'Joyful Noise' is spirited fluff

2012-01-13 00:00:00

'Hunger Games': Jennifer Lawrence reaps praise from critics

2012-03-23 16:37:47

Big surprise: This whale tale is a winner

2012-02-03 00:00:00

'American Reunion': Critics not nostalgic for reheated 'Pie'

2012-04-06 21:38:19

'The Three Stooges' draws laughs, shrugs and rebukes from critics

2012-04-13 16:39:02

Movie review: 'Straw Dogs'

2011-09-16 00:00:00

Writer-director Rod Lurie's bird-brained remake of "Straw Dogs" doesn't work on its own terms, and it can't hold a candle to the unruly, unstable merits of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 original. It's miscast, barely functional in terms of technique, stupid and...

Members of the audience listen as Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips discusses film adaptations at The Book Stall at Chestnut Court

2012-12-14 00:00:00

PG-13; 1:27 running time The boy at the story's center is Cyril, an 11-year-old recently given up to a state-run home by his unreliable father.

2012-03-21 13:29:41

R; 1:40 running time Gamers will be slain, over and over, by the insanely violent multilevel bash "The Raid: Redemption," in which a skeezy 15-story tenement complex serves as the setting for a series of stabbings, slicings and a showcase for the Indonesian martial art known as Pencak Silat.

2012-03-21 09:29:11