Critic Roger Ebert, in a review dated January 1, 1972, did not care for the film.

Although his name remained in the title, Ebert did not appear on the show after mid-2006 after he suffered post-surgical complications related to thyroid cancer, leaving him unable to speak.

Although doctors have asked him to allow them to make one more attempt to restore his voice, Ebert has refused, indicating that he is done with surgery, and will likely decline significant intervention even if his cancer returns, as he feels that the last procedure he underwent did more harm than good.

Roger Ebert did not like it.

Ebert did, however, eventually include the film in his " Great Movies " list.

Roger Ebert coined the derogatory nickname " Dead Teenager Movies ", although he did write a highly favorable review of the original Halloween.

However, Ebert was bothered by several plot holes and wrote that " lot of people are going to be leaving the theater as I did, wondering about the logic and plausibility of the last 15 minutes.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, claiming the filmmakers did well by not going berserk with the action sequences as other films do.

Although the Weimar constitution ( which Ebert signed into law in August 1919 ) provided for the establishment of workers ' councils on different levels of society, they did not play a major part in the political life of the Weimar Republic.

" ( Ebert did not see or review the first film.

" While Ebert did not find the plot to be particularly innovative, he acknowledged that Wexler purposely left it up to his audience to fill in the gaps of the romance, and at the same time presented images of great political significance.

Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and felt that it did not " work on its intended level, because we don't care enough about the interactions of the enormous cast.

The Nationalists soon defamed the revolutionaries and even politicians like Ebert, who never wanted a revolution and did everything to prevent it, as " November Criminals " ( Novemberverbrecher ).

Ebert did his best to act in agreement with the old powers, and intended to save the monarchy.

The sailors did not exploit the situation to eliminate the Ebert government, as could have been expected from Spartacist revolutionaries.

Nevertheless Tucholsky did accuse Ebert and Noske of betrayal -– not of the monarchy but of the revolution.

On Siskel & Ebert, Gene Siskel gave the movie thumbs down, criticizing its violence, but did praise its " funny offbeat script.

In his review, Ebert had recounted Jarecki's statement at the Sundance Film Festival that he did not know whether Arnold and Jesse Friedman were guilty of child molestation.

Only once during his long association with Roger Ebert did Gene Siskel ever change his vote on a movie.

By October of 2006 Ebert had recovered sufficiently to resume writing published reviews on a limited basis ; and later was able to make a few public appearances, but due to his difficulty speaking, he did not return to the show.

As it became more common for Ebert to give solo reviews for films that did not screen in time for the main critics to discuss, he started ending his positive reviews with a thumbs-up.

In 1986, Film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert did a special episode of Siskel & Ebert addressing colorization as " Hollywood's New Vandalism.

Ebert notes that “ it may be true that Zwigoff ’ s life was saved because he did make the film .”

On the day of the Academy Award ceremony, Ebert and Roeper typically appear on the live pre-awards show, An Evening at the Academy Awards: The Arrivals.

She also continues to appear on television, with appearances on Boston Legal, Reno 911 !, The Boondocks, and as a guest movie critic on several episodes of At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, filling in for the absent Roger Ebert while he recuperated from surgery.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said, " The plot ... is not as complex as a movie like The Sting, and we can see some of the surprises as soon as they appear on the horizon.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said the film " plays oddly like the loose ends and unused inspirations of other Woody Allen movies ; it's sort of a revue format in which a lot of famous people appear onscreen, perform in the sketch Woody devises for them and disappear.

*" You Got Me " ( 2005 )-Directed by Ryan Rickett ; Giant Drag's Annie Hardy and Ima Robot's Alex Ebert both appear in the video

Barrymore's role in the costume drama Ever After ( 1998 ) offered a modern take on the classic fairy tale of Cinderella and served as a reminder, according to Roger Ebert, of how well Drew Barrymore " can hold the screen and involve us in her characters ".

Critic Roger Ebert was and remains today a champion of the film, including it on his all-time top ten best films list.

Roger Ebert considers it to be the finest film on the Vietnam war and included it on his list for the 2002 Sight and Sound poll for the greatest movie of all time.

Roger Ebert gave The Rainmaker three stars out of four, remarking: " I have enjoyed several of the movies based on Grisham novels ... but I've usually seen the storyteller's craft rather than the novelist's art being reflected.

In memorial of this " Hour of birth of democracy ", the 11th August was created as Constitution Day, because the President of the Empire, Friedrich Ebert, signed the constitution on this day.

After a brief spell as Budapesterstraße in the late 1920s ( although this name was not widely recognised ), on 6 February 1930 it was renamed Ebertstraße after Friedrich Ebert ( 1871 – 1925 ), first President of Weimar Germany.

* Roger Ebert on Seven Samurai

Wings of Desire received " Two Thumbs Up " from Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert on Siskel & Ebert & The Movies.

Chicago Sun Times film critic Roger Ebert put the film on his " Great Movies " list in 2007, calling it "... modern, lean, and honest.

Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's " extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929, he worked without interruption on a series of films that make him, arguably, the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies.

Roger Ebert wrote, " Streep and Eastwood weave a spell, and it is based on that particular knowledge of love and self that comes with middle age.

The film met with generally positive reviews ; Roger Ebert gave it three and a half stars and described it as a " very good film ... with moments evoking great emotion ", while Variety Todd McCarthy wrote, " Inspirational on the face of it, Clint Eastwood's film has a predictable trajectory, but every scene brims with surprising details that accumulate into a rich fabric of history, cultural impressions and emotion.

* Siskel & Ebert review of the Special Edition release on Laserdisc.

" Although he acknowledged that the film was not without its charms — Paris and Cannes being " two of the most photogenic cities on earth "— Ebert wrote, " Kline's Frenchman is somehow not worldly enough, and Ryan's heroine never convinces us she ever loved her fiance in the first place.

Ebert ended his association with the show in July 2008, but in February 2009 he stated that he and Roeper would continue their work on a new show.

Ebert's most recent show, Ebert Presents: At the Movies, premiered on January 21, 2011, with Ebert contributing a review voiced by someone else in a brief segment called " Roger's Office ".

In June 2005, Ebert was the first film critic to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

After receiving his undergraduate degree from Illinois in 1964, Ebert spent a semester as a master's student in the department of English there before attending the University of Cape Town in South Africa on a Rotary fellowship for a year.

The load of graduate school and being a film critic proved too much, so Ebert left University of Chicago to focus his energies on reporting.

Ebert co-wrote the screenplay for the 1970 Russ Meyer film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and likes to joke about being responsible for the film, which was poorly received on its release but is now regarded as a cult classic.

Since the 1970s, Ebert has worked for the University of Chicago as a guest lecturer, teaching a night class on film.