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  <name><![CDATA[Roger Ebert]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Roger Joseph Ebert is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic and screenwriter.

He is known for his weekly review column (appearing in the &lt;i&gt;Chicago Sun-Times&lt;/i&gt; since 1967, and later online) and for the television program &lt;i&gt;Siskel &amp; Ebert at the Movies&lt;/i&gt;, which he co-hosted for 23 years with Gene Siskel. After Siskel's death in 1999, he auditioned several potential replacements, ultimately choosing Richard Roeper to fill the open chair. The program was retitled &lt;i&gt;Ebert &amp; Roeper and the Movies&lt;/i&gt; in 2000.

Ebert's movie reviews are syndicated to more than 200 newspapers in the United States and abroad. He has written more than 15 books, including his annual movie yearbook. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. His television programs have also been widely syndicated, and have been nominated for Emmy awards. In February 1995, a section of Chicago's Erie Street near the CBS Studios was given the honorary name Siskel &amp; Ebert Way. Ebert was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in June 2005, the first professional film critic to receive one. Roger Ebert was named as the most influential pundit in America by Forbes Magazine, beating the likes of Bill Maher, Lou Dobbs, and Bill O'Reilly.[2] He has honorary degrees from the University of Colorado, the American Film Institute, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Since 1994, he has written a &lt;i&gt;Great Movies&lt;/i&gt; series of individual reviews of what he deems to be the most important films of all time. Since 1999, he has hosted the annual Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival in Champaign, Illinois.
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  <title><![CDATA[Your Movie Sucks]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Great Movies]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Roger Ebert]]></name>
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  <published>2002</published>  
  
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        <book id="23569">
  <title><![CDATA[I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Roger Ebert]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.93</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>131</ratings_count>
  <published>2000</published>  
  
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        <book id="23560">
  <title><![CDATA[The Great Movies II]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Roger Ebert]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.25</average_rating>
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  <published>2005</published>  
  
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        <book id="23558">
  <title><![CDATA[Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Roger Ebert]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
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  <published>2006</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Roger Ebert's Book of Film]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Roger Ebert]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.18</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>39</ratings_count>
  <published>1996</published>  
  
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        <book id="3911870">
  <title><![CDATA[Scorsese by Ebert]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Roger Ebert]]></name>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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        <book id="23567">
  <title><![CDATA[Questions For The Movie Answer Man]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Roger Ebert]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.76</average_rating>
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  <published>1997</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Ebert's Little Movie Glossary: A Compendium of Movie Cliches, Stereotypes, Obligatory Scenes, Hackneyed Formulas, Shopworn Conventions, and Outdated Archetypes]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
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  <published>1994</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007 (Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Roger Ebert]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.75</average_rating>
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  <published>1993</published>  
  
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