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  • July 2008

    • Ebert, Roeper Close Curtain on At the Movies

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 22, 08 6:24 AM CDT

      Ebert, Roeper Close Curtain on At the Movies

      Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper are calling it a day with At the Movies , reports the Chicago Tribune . Insiders say Disney plans to revamp the 33-year-old show and give it more of a Hollywood focus. Ebert, who holds the trademark for the show's signature thumbs up/thumbs down format, has vowed to take his thumbs elsewhere. Roeper hinted he would be joining him. More »

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      film  • movies  • ABC  • Disney  • reviews  • Roger Ebert

  • April 2008

    • Film Critics Fading in Cyber-Culture

      newser  |  Variety  |  Apr 5, 08 7:54 PM CDT

      Film Critics Fading in Cyber-Culture

      Gone are the days when film critics swayed the culture and sparked serious debate, Anne Thompson laments in Variety . None of her college film students can name a critic besides Roger Ebert, though all are intense cinematic aficionados. Instead, most turn to review roundup sites, or “get their movie info straight from the studio marketing departments.” More »

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      Internet  • film  • Hollywood  • movie review  • Roger Ebert  • online review

    • Ebert Ready to Review Again

      newser  |  Editor & Publisher  |  Apr 1, 08 9:07 PM CDT

      Ebert Ready to Review Again

      Roger Ebert—beset by a series of serious health ailments in recent years—will soon resume reviewing films, he wrote in a letter to Chicago Sun-Times readers. The critic was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2002; since then he’s undergone several surgeries, including a tracheotomy that cost him his voice, Editor and Publisher reports. But he’ll put pen to paper once again, perhaps as early as this month. More »

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      film  • movie review  • Roger Ebert  • critic

  • January 2008

    • Bucket List Is Leaky Schlock

      newser  |  Rotten Tomatoes  |  Jan 11, 08 1:40 PM CST

      Bucket List Is Leaky Schlock

      The Bucket List, Rob Reiner’s new cancer comedy, “never ascends from the bowels of tearjerk formula and audience pandering," writes Newsday’s Jan Stuart. The film stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as terminally ill buddies trying to do it all before they die. They skydive, race cars, globetrot, and “recycle old screen personas with an abandon that borders on self-parody.” More »

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      movie  • movie review  • Jack Nicholson  • Roger Ebert  • Morgan Freeman  • Rob Reiner

    • Critics Pick Top Flicks for '07

      newser  |  RogerEbert.com  |  Jan 1, 08 3:00 PM CST

      Critics Pick Top Flicks for '07

      Film critics offer their top picks for 2007, ranging from quirky dramedy ( Juno ) to drama ( Michael Clayton ) to foreign fare ( The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ).                                                  Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Juno No Country for Old Men Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly : There Will Be Blood No Country for Old Men I'm Not There More »

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      movie  • film  • movie review  • George Clooney  • Roger Ebert  • Coen Brothers  • Sidney Lumet

  • September 2007
  • April 2007

    • Critic Carries Flag for Cancer Survivors

      newser  |  Chicago Sun-Times  |  Apr 25, 07 8:16 AM CDT

      Critic Carries Flag for Cancer Survivors

      Roger Ebert will show up at his ninth annual Overlooked Film Festival in Urbana, he writes in the Sun-Times , although he's recovering from cancer surgery that's left him temporarily mute and heavily bandaged. "We spend too much time hiding illness," Ebert writes. "I'm not going to miss my festival." More »

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      film  • cancer  • illness  • Roger Ebert

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