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The Great Movies is the name of several publications, both online and in print, from Roger Ebert, an American film critic and columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times. The object was, as Ebert put it, to "make a tour of the landmarks of the first century of cinema", [ 1 ] by writing essays on films Ebert considered particularly well-made, important ...
Roger Donaldson (director); Roger Towne, Kurt Wimmer, Mitch Glazer (screenplay); Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht, Kenneth Mitchell, Karl Pruner: F E B R U A R Y: 7 Deliver Us from Eva: Focus Features
Roger Joseph Ebert (/ ˈ iː b ər t / EE-bərt; 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.
Scary Movie 3 broke Red Dragon ' s record ($36.5 mil) for the highest weekend debut in October as well as for any fall release, and broke Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ' s record ($47.7 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4, and wrote: "The movie's races are thrilling because they must be thrilling; there's no way for the movie to miss on those, but writer-director Gary Ross and his cinematographer, John Schwartzman, get amazingly close to the action."
The 76th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2003 and took place on February 29, 2004, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories.
Roger Ebert compiled "best of the year" movie lists beginning in 1967 until 2012. Since Ebert died, the practice has continued since 2014 with his website. The primary contributors do a Borda count where each critic ranks films, with ten points for the first-placed film to one point for the tenth-placed film. The scores are compiled and best ...
After Gene Siskel of Siskel & Ebert died on February 20, 1999, [17] [18] Roger Ebert co-hosted the show with nearly 30 guest critics. [19] After ten appearances on the program, [20] Roeper was offered the opportunity to co-host the popular film review show with Ebert permanently. [21] The series was renamed Ebert & Roeper and the Movies in 2000 ...