Roger Ebert

I’m crushed…

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…to discover that I’ve been deleted from Wikipedia. The editors’ objections would also seem to apply to James Berardinelli and The Filthy Critic. I wonder why they get to stay and I get the boot… Oh, I get it: I’ve never been mentioned by Roger Ebert. And I don’t rate movies by extending my middle … more…

question of the day: If ‘Variety’ doesn’t see any future in film criticism, is there any hope for it?

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I’ve been feeling very, very depressed lately about the prospects of ever making anything like a reasonable living at this film criticism game. And this shocking news did not help: On Monday, Variety, the legendary Hollywood trade publication, laid off its chief film critic, Todd McCarthy. Editor Tim Gray, in a memo to Variety staffers, … more…

my week at the movies: ‘Gentlemen Broncos,’ ‘Michael Jackson’s This Is It,’ ‘Creation,’ ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox,’ ‘The Fourth Kind,’ ‘Pirate Radio’ (aka ‘The Boat That Rocked’), ‘Collapse’

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Busy, busy week. And awards season hasn’t quite hit yet (though screeners are starting to come). It’s gonna be a crazy couple months… Most hilarious title ever? Gentlemen Broncos (opens in the U.S. on October 30; no U.K. release date has been announced) looks to be a hoot… and I do really like Jared Hess’s … more…

question of the day: Is Armond White a troll?

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So, Armond White of the New York Press wrote a negative review of District 9. No biggie: not everyone loves the same movies, and there’re always gonna be a few critics who buck trends and revile a film that almost everyone else, to varying degrees, loves. The thing is, fans have been noticing that White … more…