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Isabella Rossellini Was ‘Surprised’ by Roger Ebert’s Scathing ‘Blue Velvet’ Review
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Today in History: Film critic Roger Ebert dead at 70: On April 4, 2013, Pulitzer Prize-winning film reviewer Roger Ebert died in Chicago at age 70.
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Today in History: Film critic Roger Ebert dead at 70
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Roger Ebert Hated This Keanu Reeves Movie: Although it's become a cult classic for some fans, unfortunately, Roger Ebert deeply hated this Keanu Reeves ...
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Roger Ebert Hated This Keanu Reeves Movie
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Roger Ebert’s 20 Most Scathing Movie Reviews: Praise from Roger Ebert was sometimes seen as the biggest win a movie could get. Conversely, when he hated a film ...
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Roger Ebert’s 20 Most Scathing Movie Reviews
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Isabella Rossellini Was ‘Surprised’ by Roger Ebert’s Scathing ‘Blue Velvet’ Review
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M. Emmet Walsh Death: Blood Simple Actor Was 88: M. Emmet Walsh, who played a sniper in ‘The Jerk’ and Deckard’s supervisor in ‘Blade Runner,’ has died ...
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M. Emmet Walsh Death: Blood Simple Actor Was 88
Quick Glance: M. Emmet Walsh, Actor in 'Blood Simple' and 'Blade Runner', Dies at 88
  • M. Emmet Walsh, known for his masterful performances in films like Blood Simple and Blade Runner, has passed away at the age of 88.

  • His unique presence and quick-witted delivery made Walsh a sought-after supporting actor. He excelled in roles that explored the darker aspects of humanity and always left a lasting impression.

  • Walsh was particularly appreciated for his portrayal of Loren Visser, the ruthless private detective in Blood Simple. Visser, tasked with catching a cheating spouse and her lover, turns the tables and orchestrates a murder to satisfy his own greed.

  • In addition to Blood Simple, Walsh will also be remembered as Bryant in Blade Runner, a relentless police captain who brings Rick Deckard out of retirement to track down escaped replicants. This role showcased his versatile acting talent in a remarkable way.
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Roger Ebert Hated This Keanu Reeves Movie: Although it's become a cult classic for some fans, unfortunately, Roger Ebert deeply hated this Keanu Reeves ...
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Roger Ebert Hated This Keanu Reeves Movie
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Bound [64] is on Paramount+ & PlutoTV: www.metacritic.com/movie/bound/ #11pmspecial "It's pure cinema, spread over several genres. It's a caper movie, a gangster movie ... Show more
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10 Bad Movies That Siskel and Ebert Famously Annihilated: Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel hated these notoriously bad movies and didn't hold back with their ...
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10 Bad Movies That Siskel and Ebert Famously Annihilated
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Francis Ford Coppola's You're a Big Boy Now [71] www.metacritic.com/movie/youre-a-big-boy-now/ #11pmspecial "Coppola has fun directing, and his film is filled with sight jokes ... Show more
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Lucas [75] www.metacritic.com/movie/lucas/ #11pmspecial "Lucas is one of the year's best films (1986), and although its three stars are all teenagers ... Show more
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Rocky [70] is now on Max: www.metacritic.com/movie/rocky/ #11pmspecial "By now, everyone knows who wins, but the scenes before the fight set us up for it so completely, so emotionally ... Show more
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All the Right Moves [62] is a $4 VOD: www.metacritic.com/movie/all-the-right-moves/ #11pmspecial "Two people finally tell each other the truth. This is, of course, an astonishing breakthrough in ... Show more
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Pootie Tang [31] is now on Max: www.metacritic.com/movie/pootie-tang/ #11pmspecial "Weirdest, funniest studio release of the summer so far and a bona fide cult object in the making ... Show more
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Less Than Zero [48] is now on Starz: www.metacritic.com/movie/less-than-zero/ #11pmspecial "The movie's last 30 minutes are like a kick in the gut." - Roger Ebert
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The Deer Hunter [86] is a Metacritic Must-See ($4 VOD): www.metacritic.com/movie/the-deer-hunter/ #11pmspecial "It is not an anti-war film. It is not a pro-war film ... Show more
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10 Best Movies of All Time, According to Roger Ebert: According to iconic film critic Roger Ebert, movies like Casablanca, Raging Bull, and Alfred ...
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10 Best Movies of All Time, According to Roger Ebert
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Opinion | Thumbs Up for Eternity to Siskel and Ebert: Unlike most other film critics, they understood how American viewers took in the movies.
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Opinion | Thumbs Up for Eternity to Siskel and Ebert
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Gene Siskel bought early stock in Starbucks as a wedding gift for his assistant: In a stunning act of generosity, Gene Siskel once gave a young assistant early ...
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Someone Used AI To Rewrite My Book. It’s So Much Worse Than I Could Have Imagined.
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Someone Used AI To Rewrite My Book. It’s So Much Worse Than I Could Have ...
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Rumble Fish [63] is a $4 VOD: www.metacritic.com/movie/rumble-fish/ #11pmspecial "Offbeat, daring, and utterly original." - Roger Ebert "The most amazing thing about this amazing ... Show more
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Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: The Impact of Siskel & Ebert, Unleashing Oppenheimer, and Lots of Late Gift Ideas
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Sometimes the third time isn’t the charm — let alone the sixth, but not everybody seems to agree. Full story ➡️ wg.tc/3RyaQwZ
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Event Horizon [35] is now on SHO & the Criterion Channel: www.metacritic.com/movie/event-horizon/ #11pmspecial "The screenplay creates a sense of foreboding and afterboding, but no actual boding ... Show more
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‘I Spit On Your Grave’ Is a Vicious Reminder of a Bleaker Time in Horror: How I Spit on Your Grave, a movie dubbed one of the worst ever made impacted the horror ...
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‘I Spit On Your Grave’ Is a Vicious Reminder of a Bleaker Time in Horror
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For many people, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel remain the very exemplars of film criticism. Fellow-critics still admire their vigorous ... Show more   nyer.cm/yZhXWdn
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Siskel and Ebert Believed This Was the Worst Movie Ever Made: Frozen Assets, starring Corbin Bernsen and Shelley Long, is a movie so hard to watch ...
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Siskel and Ebert Believed This Was the Worst Movie Ever Made
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Four Books About TV and Hollywood to Read Right Now: From an oral history of ‘The O.C.’ to the inside story of Marvel’s Hollywood ambitions ...
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Four Books About TV and Hollywood to Read Right Now
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Roger Ebert's First Ever Review Was of a Strange Satire: Roger Ebert was arguably the most influential critic in film. Before he gained this status ...
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Roger Ebert's First Ever Review Was of a Strange Satire
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Lessons For Film Critics From J. Hoberman: Ten tips from a master of film criticism.
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Lessons For Film Critics From J. Hoberman
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Would Siskel and Ebert give thumbs up to this new book about them?: The problem with “Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever" is that it's ...
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Would Siskel and Ebert give thumbs up to this new book about them?
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What We Learn from the Lives of Critics: Parul Sehgal on the lives of critics such as Randall Jarrell, Elizabeth Hardwick, Susan Sontag, Margo Jefferson ...
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What We Learn from the Lives of Critics
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Matt Singer on his Siskel and Ebert book 'Opposable Thumbs': Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert inspired a generation of future film critics. Matt Singer returns the ...
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Matt Singer on his Siskel and Ebert book 'Opposable Thumbs'
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The Grifters [86] is on Paramount+ metacritic.com/movie/the-grifters/ #11pmspecial "The performances are all insidiously powerful." - Roger Ebert
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The Siskel & Ebert rivalry, and its legacy, comes alive in the new book ‘Opposable Thumbs’
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14 of Roger Ebert's Most Hated Zero-Star Reviews: Not one to hold back when a movie was truly god-awful, Roger Ebert "hated, hated ...
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14 of Roger Ebert's Most Hated Zero-Star Reviews
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You can Airbnb the house Roger Ebert grew up in: You just need to know the rental's code name.
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You can Airbnb the house Roger Ebert grew up in
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Celebrating the late, great local musician John Prine in the new book ‘Prine on Prine’
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Spike Lee Scorches Film Critics David Denby and Joe Klein Over ‘Do the Right Thing’
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Why Rotten Tomatoes Is Roger Ebert's Fault: Rotten Tomatoes is rightly getting called out for turning film art into content and critics into quip machines ...
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Why Rotten Tomatoes Is Roger Ebert's Fault
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Roger Ebert Simply Refused to Rate ‘The Human Centipede’: Famed movie critic Roger Ebert refused to give The Human Centipede a star rating in his review.
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Roger Ebert Simply Refused to Rate ‘The Human Centipede’
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2023 TIFF Tribute Awards: Barry Jenkins and Chaz Ebert Honor Spike Lee: Director Pedro Almodóvar, first-time director Patricia Arquette, and Best Actor contender ...
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2023 TIFF Tribute Awards: Barry Jenkins and Chaz Ebert Honor Spike Lee
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10 Critically Panned Movies That Roger Ebert Liked: From Alice in Wonderland (2010) to The Golden Compass, these 10 movies were critical duds but Roger Ebert ...
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10 Critically Panned Movies That Roger Ebert Liked
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Roger Ebert Didn’t Hate Horror, He Was Just Doing His Job: Despite having a reputation for being a snob, Roger Ebert did not hate all horror.. ...
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Roger Ebert Didn’t Hate Horror, He Was Just Doing His Job
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Let's take a deep dive into famous critic Roger Ebert and his top 10 films of all time! 🍿
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Roger Ebert was quite fond of the documentary Gates of Heaven, here’s why! 🍿#gatesofheaven #rogerebert #movieclips #shorts #reels #entertainment #documentary
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Young Love [82] comes to Max Thursday: www.metacritic.com/tv/young-love/season-1/ "It’s a thoroughly charming, hilarious, and often thoughtful continuation of the beloved short ... Show more
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Uptown Girls Reminds Us to Connect with Our Inner Child, 20 Years Later: Brittany Murphy and Dakota Fanning's comic performances in Uptown Girls truly speak ...
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Uptown Girls Reminds Us to Connect with Our Inner Child, 20 Years Later
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Roger Ebert Absolutely Hated This Michael Bay Sequel: Roger Ebert’s one-star review of Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is one of his harshest.
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Roger Ebert Absolutely Hated This Michael Bay Sequel
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Eight on the Lam [42] comes to Prime Video in Sept: www.metacritic.com/movie/eight-on-the-lam #11pmspecial "You wouldn't think Hope and Jonathan Winters, those masters of timing ... Show more
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SLC Punk! [50] is a $3 VOD: www.metacritic.com/movie/slc-punk!/critic-reviews "Lillard's performance dominates the film, and he does a subtle, tricky job of being both an obnoxious punk and a kid ... Show more
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What we gain from going to the movies: “If the movie is a good one, you allow yourself to be absorbed in its fantasy, and its dreams become part of your memories ...
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What we gain from going to the movies
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Worst Horror Movies of All Time, According to Roger Ebert: Ebert was one of the most entertaining and inspiring film critics, but when he hated a film ...
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Worst Horror Movies of All Time, According to Roger Ebert
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The Brinks Job [60] www.metacritic.com/movie/the-brinks-job #11pmspecial "What we have here is basically two hours of inventive, colorfully imagined entertainment ... Show more
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The Problematics: 'Debbie Does Dallas' and The Birth of a Porn Legend: Like Deep Throat, Debbie proved to have franchise power.
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The Problematics: 'Debbie Does Dallas' and The Birth of a Porn Legend
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10 Critically Acclaimed Movies That Roger Ebert Disliked: From Blue Velvet to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, these 10 acclaimed movies weren’t esteemed critic ...
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10 Critically Acclaimed Movies That Roger Ebert Disliked
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Worst Comedy Movies of All Time, According to Roger Ebert: Roger Ebert was not one to mince words, and his classic critiques of bad mainstream comedy movies were ...
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Worst Comedy Movies of All Time, According to Roger Ebert
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Roller Boogie [34] www.metacritic.com/movie/roller-boogie #11pmspecial "Let's say Roller Boogie is no better and no worse than the beach blanket/bikini/bingo/bongo movies ... Show more
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'Titanic' Fan Spots Hilariously Bad Detail You Definitely Missed In 1997: “Our good tvs are ruining old movies now,” a commenter said about a particular scene ...
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'Titanic' Fan Spots Hilariously Bad Detail You Definitely Missed In 1997
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Column: The ‘Flash’ that didn’t: How many franchise ‘sure things’ will it take for the movie industry to rethink its future?
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Column: The ‘Flash’ that didn’t: How many franchise ‘sure things’ will it ...
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Class of 1984 [49] is now on Peacock: www.metacritic.com/movie/class-of-1984 #11pmspecial "It is violent, funny, scary, contains boldly outlined characters, and gets us involved ... Show more
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Oppenheimer Is Cinema's Most 'AAA' Gaming Moment Of 2023: Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster has all the makings of a massive gaming circus
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Oppenheimer Is Cinema's Most 'AAA' Gaming Moment Of 2023
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Rocky's Massive Success Was A Double-Edged Sword For Sylvester Stallone: Sometimes you need to take the L before you can find the eye of the tiger.
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Rocky's Massive Success Was A Double-Edged Sword For Sylvester Stallone
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The Overdue Revival of the 'SNL'-Sketch Movie: Conan O’Brien reminds us that a very stupid premise can make for the most hilarious movie.
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The Overdue Revival of the 'SNL'-Sketch Movie
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This Strange Satire Was Roger Ebert’s Only Produced Screenplay: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Roger Ebert's only produced screenplay ...
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This Strange Satire Was Roger Ebert’s Only Produced Screenplay
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The Overdue Revival of the 'SNL'-Sketch Movie: Conan O’Brien reminds us that a very stupid premise can make for the most hilarious movie.
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The Overdue Revival of the 'SNL'-Sketch Movie
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14 of Roger Ebert's Most Hated Zero-Star Reviews: Not one to hold back when a movie was truly god-awful, Roger Ebert "hated, hated ...
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14 of Roger Ebert's Most Hated Zero-Star Reviews