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The Perfect Game is a 2009 American drama film directed by William Dear, based on the 2008 book of the same name written by W. William Winokur. [1] The film is based on the events leading to the 1957 Little League World Series, which was won by the first team from outside the United States, the Industrial Little League of Monterrey, Mexico, who defeated the heavily favored U.S. team. [2 ...
Richard E. Roeper (born October 17, 1959) [1] is an American columnist and film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times.He co-hosted the television series At the Movies with Roger Ebert from 2000 to 2008, serving as the late Gene Siskel's successor.
On-screen graphic from Roger Ebert & the Movies. Ebert continued the show with a series of guest critics. [28] [29] Originally retaining the Siskel & Ebert title, the program was renamed Roger Ebert & the Movies on the weekend of September 4–5, 1999, after Siskel's death. The guests matched wits with Ebert and tested their chemistry.
Roger Joseph Ebert (/ ˈ iː b ər t / EE-burt; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter and author.He was the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013.
At the Movies (also known as At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert) is an American movie review television program that aired from 1982 to 1990. It was produced by Tribune Entertainment and was created by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert when they left their show Sneak Previews, which they began on Chicago's PBS station, WTTW, in 1975.
RogerEbert.com is an American film review website that archives reviews written by film critic Roger Ebert for the Chicago Sun-Times and also shares other critics' reviews and essays. The website, underwritten by the Chicago Sun-Times, was launched in 2002. [1] Ebert handpicked writers from around the world to contribute to the website.
The new incarnation of the show was originally titled Siskel & Ebert & the Movies, but later shortened to Siskel & Ebert. [2] At the Movies also continued for a few more years with other hosts until its cancellation in 1990. [2] The last five movies Siskel reviewed with Ebert on the show before his death aired during the weekend of January 23 ...
A reference to Siskel & Ebert can be heard in the 1989 film, Police Academy 6: City Under Siege. At one point during a high speed chase, Captain Harris shouts: "Look out for Gene and Roger's fruit stand!" [35] This was because Siskel and Ebert hated both the cliché of fruit stands being destroyed in movie car chases and the Police Academy film ...