Ignatiy Vishnevetsky and Christy Lemire review new films opening this week. In this episode, Christy and Ignatiy review 'No Strings Attached', 'The Company Men', 'The Way Back', 'The Dilemma' and 'The Green Hornet' . Ignatiy and Christy split on all five films. Ignatiy gave all five films a thumbs up, and Christy Lemire gave all five films a thumbs down. Kim Morgan discusses the 1949 classic, 'The Third Man'. In the 'Roger's Office' segment, director Werner Herzog provides the voice of Roger Ebert as he reviews the film, 'My Dog Tulip'.
Christy and Ignatiy review "The Mechanic," "Another Year," "Barney's Version," "Biutiful," and "The Illusionist"; Roger reviews "The Rite"; Kartina Richardson comments on "Black Swan."
Christy and Ignatiy review "The Other Woman," "Cold Weather," "Louder Than a Bomb," and "The Housemaid"; Roger reviews "Sanctum" and the newly reissued "The Leopard"; and Jeff Greenfield discusses unrealistic speeches in political movies.
The critics select the movies that made them critics. Christy selects "The Breakfast Club," "Nights of Cabiria," "Magnolia," "No Country for Old Men," and "The Wizard of Oz." Ignatiy selects "True Heart Susie," "Foolish Wives," "Play Time," "Shoah," and "Histoire(s) du cinéma." Clips from Roger's choice, "Citizen Kane," are accompanied by excerpts from his commentary for the DVD of the film.
Christy and Ignatiy review six films including "The Adjustment Bureau", "Boomee", "Beastly", "Take Me Home Tonight" and "Rango"; Roger reviews "I Will Follow"; Jeff Greenfield comments on language in film.
Christy and Ignatiy review "Jane Eyre," "Mars Needs Moms," "Of Gods and Men," "Certified Copy", and "Red Riding Hood"; Roger reviews "Battle: Los Angeles"; Matt Singer discusses films shot on iPhones and other consumer electronic equipment.
Christy and Ignatiy review "Paul," "Win Win," "Cracks," and "The Lincoln Lawyer"; Roger reviews "Limitless" and does a Great Movies segment on the 1943 "Jane Eyre"; Alison Bailes discusses documentaries about environmental issues.
Roger reviews "Source Code"; reviews are repeated from earlier episodes which were preempted in some cities for pledge drives. Favorites Roundup: "Rango", "Battle Los Angeles".
Christy and Ignatiy review "Insidious," "In a Better World," "Hop," and "Super"; Roger's review of "Source Code" is repeated from last week's episode; Jeff Greenfield discusses baseball movies.
Christy and Ignatiy review "Arthur," "Hanna," and the "Mildred Pierce" miniseries; Roger reviews "Your Highness"; Nell Minow discusses films where the villain is a corporation.
Christy and Ignatiy review "Trust," "The Conspirator", "Henry's Crime," and "White Irish Drinkers"; Roger reviews "Scream 4" and "Rio"; Kartina Richardson pays tribute to the "Thin Man" movies.
Ignatiy and Christy review "African Cats," "Miral," "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold," "Incendies," and "The Bang Bang Club"; Roger reviews "Water for Elephants"; and David Poland pays tribute to Sidney Lumet.
Christy and Ignatiy review "Prom," "Sympathy for Delicious," "Cave of Forgotten Dreams," and "13 Assassins," and respond to questions from viewers; Roger reviews "Fast Five."
Christy and Ignatiy review "Thor," "Something Borrowed," "Hobo with a Shotgun," and "The Beaver"; Roger reviews "Jumping the Broom."
Christy and Ignatiy review "Bridesmaids," "Everything Must Go," "Passion Play," "The First Grader," and "Skateland"; Roger reviews "There Be Dragons"; Omar Moore discusses Alfred Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man."
Christy and Ignatiy review "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," "Earthwork," "Midnight in Paris," "Too Big to Fail," and "How to Die in Oregon"; Roger reviews "A Small Act"; Chaz Ebert reports from the Cannes Film Festival.
Christy and Ignatiy review "The Tree of Life," "Kung Fu Panda 2," and "Forks Over Knives"; Roger reviews "The Hangover Part II" and "Make Believe"; Chaz Ebert reports from Cannes; Kartina Richardson discusses Terrence Malick's "Badlands."
Christy and Ignatiy review "Beautiful Boy," "Beginners," "Film Socialisme," "Submarine," and "Tuesday, After Christmas"; Roger reviews "X-Men: First Class"; Matt Singer discusses "Videodrome."
Christy and Ignatiy review "Super 8" and "The Trip"; Roger reviews "Midnight in Paris"; Kevin Lee reports on South Korean films from the Jeonju International Film Festival; reviews of other films are repeated from earlier episodes.
Christy and Ignatiy review "Green Lantern," "The Art of Getting By," "Buck," "Mr. Popper's Penguins," and "Page One"; Roger discusses "The Bride of Frankenstein"; Kartina Richardson discusses "Who's That Knocking at My Door?".
Christy and Ignatiy review "Conan O'Brien Can't Stop," "A Better Life," "Road to Nowhere," and "Rejoice and Shout"; Roger reviews "Cars 2" and does a Great Movies segment on "Say Amen, Somebody."
Christy and Ignatiy review "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," "Bad Teacher," "Larry Crowne," "Beats Rhymes & Life," "Cars 2," and "Terri"; Roger pays tribute to Peter Falk's work in "Wings of Desire" and "A Woman Under the Influence."
The critics discuss the trend of films being released in 3D, including "Avatar", "Thor", Cars 2", "Green Lantern", "Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides".
Christy and Ignatiy review "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," "Horrible Bosses," "Zookeeper," "Lucky," "The Ward," and "Project Nim"; Roger reviews "Tabloid"; David Poland discusses Stanley Kubrick.
Christy and Ignatiy review "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Another Earth"; the critics name their top 5 films of the year so far (or top 6, for Roger).
Roger reviews "Cowboys & Aliens"; Christy and Ignatiy review "Crazy, Stupid, Love"; the critics name their worst films of the year so far.
Christy and Ignatiy introduce a vintage episode of "Sneak Previews" from 1980, in which Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert showed the process of how they went about doing their reviews.
Christy and Ignatiy introduce a 1980 episode of "Sneak Previews" titled "Mel Brooks or Woody Allen?" in which Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert debate which filmmaker is funnier, with Gene choosing Allen and Roger choosing Brooks.
Christy and Ignatiy introduce a 1980 episode of "Sneak Previews" in which Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert discuss "Great Performances That Oscar Ignored."
Christy and Ignatiy introduce a 1979 episode of "Sneak Previews" in which Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel discuss the movies of 1978.
Christy and Ignatiy introduce a 1979 episode of "Sneak Previews" in which Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel discuss surprise hit films which became influential by starting trends.
Christy and Ignatiy introduce a 1982 episode of "Sneak Previews" in which Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert discuss changing attitudes toward homosexuality in the movies.
Christy and Ignatiy introduce a 1980 episode of "Sneak Previews" in which Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert discuss the trend of horror movies focusing on violence against women.
Christy and Ignatiy introduce a 1980 episode of "Sneak Previews" in which Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel describe changes in the way men and women are portrayed in Hollywood movies.
Christy, Ignatiy, director Don DuPree, and executive producer Chaz Ebert discuss how "Ebert Presents: At the Movies" came to be.
Christy and Ignatiy review "The Ides of March," "50/50," "Real Steel," "Moneyball," and "Drive"; Roger reviews "The Interrupters."
Christy and Ignatiy review "Footloose," "Take Shelter," "The Women on the 6th Floor," "Father of Invention," and "The Human Centipede 2." Christy reviews "The Skin I Live In" alone. Roger reviews "The Big Year."
Christy and Ignatiy review "Margin Call," "Martha Marcy May Marlene," "Texas Killing Fields," and "Johnny English Reborn." Ignatiy reviews "The Three Musketeers." Roger reviews "The Thing" and "Le Havre." Chaz Ebert reviews "Thunder Soul."
Christy and Ignatiy review "Puss in Boots," "The Rum Diary," "Like Crazy," "Anonymous," and "The Catechism Cataclysm." Roger does a Great Movies segment on "Nosferatu." Kevin Lee reports on the current movie scene in China.
Christy and Ignatiy review "J. Edgar," "Janie Jones," "Tower Heist," "Boy Wonder," "In Time," "The Son of No One," and "Killing Bono." Roger reviews "Oranges and Sunshine."
Christy and Ignatiy review "Melancholia," "J. Edgar," and "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within"; Roger reviews "Into the Abyss" and does a Great Movies segment on "This Is Spinal Tap."
Christy and Ignatiy review "The Descendants," "The Greening of Whitney Brown," "Immortals," "Happy Feet Two," and "Jack and Jill"; Roger discusses the 30th anniversary restoration of "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Christy and Ignatiy review "Hugo," "The Artist," "The Muppets," "A Dangerous Method," and "My Week with Marilyn". Roger reviews "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1."
Christy and Ignatiy review "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," "Shame," "Being Elmo: a Puppeteer's Journey," "Hugo" and "The Artist." Roger reviews "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, pt.1" and "The Descendents."
A special episode deals with the portrayal of African Americans in the movies, featuring contributors Kartina Richardson and Jay Smith and a clip from a 1981 episode of "Sneak Previews" with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel.
Christy and Ignatiy review "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," "Carnage," "New Year's Eve," "Young Adult," "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked," and "The Sitter"; Roger reviews "Kinyarwanda."
Christy and Ignatiy review "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," "We Bought a Zoo," "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "War Horse," and "The Adventures of Tintin"; Roger reviews "Passione."
Join Christy, Ignatiy, and Roger as they count down the year's best films, and each make their pick for the worst of the year. Plus, Roger and Chaz present a special message on the status of the show.