Roger Ebert
Translating the Westboro Baptist Church Statement on Roger Ebert's Funeral
The lovely people at Westboro Baptist Church released the following statement regarding their proposed picketing of recently deceased film critic Roger Ebert's funeral. It is unclear whether they did in fact show up to the funeral yesterday, but they clearly hoped to. There's a ...read more
10 Best Roger Ebert Put Downs
ThoughtCatalog has done a brilliant top 40 list of the best Roger Ebert movie review take downs. Here are (in my opinion) the best 10: 1. Atlas Shrugged (Part 1) (2011): “And now I am faced with this movie, the most anticlimactic non-event since Geraldo Rivera broke into Al ...read more
Top 10 Roger Ebert Quotes
Not only was Roger Ebert a marvelous film critic, he was an astute observer of history current events. He laced his reviews with technical nous and an understanding of political and cultural context, engaging his readers intellect as well as their senses. Here are a selection ...read more
The Balcony is Closed: Roger Ebert, 1942-2013
Huff Post: Legendary film critic Roger Ebert has died at the age of 70, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. On April 2, Ebert revealed on his blog that his cancer had returned and that he would be reducing his reviewing duties at the Chicago Sun-Times. Ebert wrote that he would be ...read more
Quote of the Day: New Spider-Man Movie a Remake of a Remake of a Remake
David Cox on the new Spider-Man movie that if calculated properly, is a remake of a remake of a remake (and I'm including the old 70's movie as well here): Enthusiasm for The Amazing Spider-Man has been tempered by a caveat. In the words of Roger Ebert, "We didn't really ...read more