City of Ember

The society living in this city of Ember had taken on an amazingly different vision of the future. CITY OF EMBER is a film to take notice on it has elements of some of the best in science fiction and fantasy film without being strictly derivative of any of those films. ... Full Review

It's an incredible mélange of 20th century artistic pop culture, which certainly plays into the eras that would have spawned an idea like Ember. The art department has actually built the city of Ember as one giant set with streets and alleys and the various key pieces built into the main set so that you can actually walk indoors off the main thoroughfare into Doon's little apartment. ... Full Review

Sounds plausible enough, and thanks to an incredibly subversive turn from Bill Murray in the role of the morally bankrupt politician, City of Ember finds its most potent moment in a public address scene as the grease-stained mayor talks to his citizens, warning of tough times ahead. ... Full Review

But City of Ember seems more concerned with hurtling through the story to get to the mystery waiting at the end; it has no concept of admiring the view or savoring the journey. This premise promises some really impressive visuals, perhaps as good as sister cities Dark City (1998) and The City of Lost Children (1995), or at least a complete idea as to what day-to-day life in Ember might be like. ... Full Review

City of Ember" is an obsessively creative and wondrous film, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that Hollywood need not dumb down its fare to appeal to kids of all ages. City of Ember" continues that winning streak. ... Full Review

Unlike other fantasy books turned into movies and later into a whole franchise, Jeanne DuPrau's 2003 fantasy novel, "The City of Ember" brings out to much more than spells, curses and flying brooms, thus viewers of all ages may indulge... ... Full Article

This is the story elaborated in Jeanne DuPrau's 2003 fantasy novel, "The City of Ember," and now the English director Gil Kenan has made an ambitious attempt to translate the book into a movie. ... Full Article

Last year, Saoirse Ronan joined a very select group: actors younger than 15 who are nominated for an Oscar.The accolade came for playing an upper-class British girl whose vivid imagination ruins her sister's life in the film "Atonement." ... Full Article

Kenan came through Austin to show the flick at Fantastic Fest, bringing Bill Murray in tow.I didn't get a chance to interview Mr. Murray, but I did get a chance to shake his hand get in some small talk,... ... Full Article

Last night, Ireland's Belfast city centre hosted the European premiere of the motion picture City of Ember.It is also the place where the movie was shot. ... Full Article