Bilge Ebiri

Connecticut, New York

Editor and Film Critic at New York Magazine

Editor and Film Critic at Vulture

"A while longer still in this business."

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The Life of Chuck, a moving Stephen King adaptation

3 weeks ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

Annalise Basso and Tom Hiddleston in The Life of Chuck. Based on a short story by Stephen King, Mike Flanagan’s The Life of Chuck begins as a disaster movie, though not the kind one might expect from a guy like King. Early on, we hear news of a magnitude 9.1 earthquake splintering off a huge chunk of California into the Pacific, just the latest in a series of worldwide calamities.
Dogma Is Still the Best Movie Kevin Smith Ever Made

3 weeks ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in Dogma. Kevin Smith wrote the screenplay for Dogma before his 1994 DIY hit Clerks came out, but it took several more movies and a stint in the Hollywood meat grinder before he felt ready to make the film. At the time of Clerks, Smith was an unknown from the New Jersey suburbs who had shot a feature with his friends for practically nothing; five years later, he was an industry veteran with the scars to prove it.
Don’t Be Surprised If The Life of Chuck Breaks You

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Bilge Ebiri

7 hours agoUSA/Syfy’s Resident Alien started as a quirky mashup of Northern Exposure and Invader Zim, a fish-out-of-water comedy where Harry Vanderspeigle (Alan Tudyk of Firefly, Rogue One, and Andor), the new doctor in the small town of Patience, Colorado, is actually an alien who wants to take over Earth. Harry’s …
Where Does Tom Cruise Go After ‘Mission: Impossible’?

3 weeks ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

Maybe he can feel free to branch out again, to take risks, to lend his star power to marginal projects that could then reward him with a great role. Can Tom Cruise survive without Ethan Hunt? No, our favorite unkillable, rogue IMF agent and living manifestation of destiny doesn’t die in Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, but the unsettled feeling we get throughout the picture regarding his fate isn’t entirely unwarranted.
Karate Kid: Legends Is Empty, Lazy Nostalgia-Bait

4 weeks ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

Ben Wang in Karate Kid: Legends. The chief pleasure of Karate Kid: Legends — maybe the only pleasure of Karate Kid: Legends — is the opportunity to see Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio jointly coaching a young martial-arts student.
Why Everyone Wants to Get Into the Criterion Closet

4 weeks ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

The ritual has become part of the fabric of modern movie fandom over the past decade and a half. Last fall, the mobile version of the Criterion Closet, a retrofitted truck containing the boutique home-video label’s collection of DVDs, Blu-rays, and 4Ks, parked itself outside Lincoln Center over two weekends at the New York Film Festival.
Why Everyone Wants to Get Into the Criterion Closet

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Bilge Ebiri

3 hours agoNetflix’s new crime thriller movie is now streaming — and it’s based on a shocking true storyNetflix is no stranger to releasing a steady stream of crime thrillers, but it’s the ones rooted in real events that tend to leave the deepest …2 hours agoHistorical Nonfiction for Readers Who Crave AdventureFor the average reader, nothing is more satisfying than opening up a book and disappearing into another time and place. For the adventure seeker, …
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life Is From a Different Century

1 month ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

Camille Rutherford in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. Despite its title, Laura Piani’s endearing romantic-comedy Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is as much about nature as it is about literature. Amid its charming ruminations on books and writing and ambition and love, what comes through most vividly is a distinct sense of place.
The Stories Behind the Original Lilo & Stitch’s Disney-Spoofing Ads

1 month ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

In 2002, the ads for Lilo & Stitch blew raspberries in the face of Disney tradition. Here’s how they came together. If you were watching any movie trailers or TV spots in the run-up to the release of the original Lilo & Stitch in 2002, you probably remember the ads for the film. At the time, Walt Disney Pictures, still basking in the residual glow of its 1990s renaissance, was seen as a historic institution that treated its catalogue with great reverence.
Maybe a Live-Action Lilo & Stitch Remake Wasn’t Such a Great Idea

1 month ago | vulture.com | Bilge Ebiri

The beloved 2002 Disney animated classic is a one-of-a-kind wonder. This live-action remake feels like a shrill, soulless imitation. Did the people who remade Lilo & Stitch think remaking Lilo & Stitch was a good idea? One assumes they did — too much work goes into these live-action Disney redos for anyone to make one against their will — but this new version exudes a palpable whiff of frustration.