Roger Ebert





Roger Ebert

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born
in Urbana, Illinois, The United States
June 18, 1942

died
April 04, 2013

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Roger Joseph Ebert was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic and screenwriter.

He was known for his weekly review column (appearing in the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, and later online) and for the television program Siskel & Ebert at the Movies, 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 Ebert & Roeper and the Movies in 2000.

Ebert's movie reviews were syndicated to more than 200 newspapers in the United States and abroad. He wrote more than 15 books, including his annual movie yearbook. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Cr...more


Roger Ebert isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed.

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(NOTE: If the blog looks a bit weird right now, it's a "known issue" and I hope somebody will be able to fix it quickly.)

I've been hearing from some disgruntled comic-book and superhero fans that they think critics have a prejudice against the genre. Or genres. I think there's a distinction to be made between comic-book, graphic novel and superhero movies (though, obviously, certain pictures...

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Average rating: 3.90 · 5,264 ratings · 841 reviews · 53 distinct works · Similar authors
Life Itself
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 1,788 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions
The Great Movies
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions
Your Movie Sucks
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 614 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
I Hated, Hated, Hated This ...
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The Great Movies II
4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions
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4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions
The Great Movies III
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
Roger Ebert's Book of Film:...
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1996
A Horrible Experience of Un...
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2012
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“I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try.”
Roger Ebert

“It's not what a movie is about, it's how it is about it.”
Roger Ebert

“Sometimes two people will regard each other over a gulf too wide to ever be bridged, and know immediately what could have happened, and that it never will.”
Roger Ebert

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