* 1967 – Film critic Roger Ebert published his very first film review in the Chicago Sun-Times.

Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four stars and wrote, " The movie isn't as funny or entertaining as Evil Dead II, however, maybe because the comic approach seems recycled ".

Critics that frequently admire De Palma's work include Pauline Kael, Roger Ebert and Armond White, among others.

Love received critical acclaim, a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, and a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress, for what film critic Roger Ebert called " quite a performance ; Love proves she is not a rock star pretending to act, but a true actress ".

In a review in the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert states: " Barrymore is the right actress for this role precisely because she approaches it with such grave calm.

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 ".

Summing up Barrymore's appeal, Roger Ebert, in his review of 50 First Dates, described Barrymore as having a " smiling, coy sincerity ," describing the film as " ingratiating and lovable.

Roger Ebert approves of the use of the label in unsuccessful films that had been tampered with by studio executives, such as Sergio Leone's original cut of Once Upon a Time in America, and the moderately successful theatrical version of Daredevil, which were altered by studio interference for their theatrical release.

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 of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a three star rating ( out of four ) describing it as " a fairly sophisticated satire.

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.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 stars, praising the film for being " boldly operatic, involving family drama, secrets, generations at war, melodrama, romance and violence ".

* An article by critic Roger Ebert describing his involvement with science fiction fanzines in the 1950s.

Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it " delightful and sly ", and directed with " light-hearted enchantment " by Newell.

Roger Ebert, who gave the film a mere one star in the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote :" The filmmakers must have known that the original Godzilla ( 1956 ) had many loyal fans all over the world who treasured the absurd dialogue, the bad lip-synching, the unbelievable special effects, the phony profundity.

Roger Ebert praised the ability of the film to spoof the " illogic of the TV show ".

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

* 1942 – Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter

Roger Ebert said of his performance: " For one thing, there's more of a human element in the movie, and it comes from Klaus Maria Brandauer, as Largo.

Roger Ebert commented that Dunst's creation of the child vampire Claudia was one of the " creepier " aspects of the film, and mentioned her ability to convey the impression of great age inside apparent youth.

One of Scorsese's most consistent supporters, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote that " In countless ways, right down to the detail of modern TV crime shows, Mean Streets is one of the source points of modern movies.

Roger Ebert discussed it in a June 2000 article and praised Strange Company's machinima setting of Percy Bysshe Shelley's sonnet " Ozymandias ".

" Similarly, Roger Ebert, writing of his iconic performance in Last Tango in Paris, said: " This was the greatest movie actor of his time, the author of performances that do honor to the cinema.

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Roger Ebert, film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times, described the film as " more or less predictable ", but awarded it three-and-a-half stars, stating, " The structure of Peter's Friends is not blazingly original-The Big Chill comes instantly to mind-but a movie like this succeeds in its particulars.

The Wolf made a couple of brief cameo appearances in Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( in one instance, he was wearing a sheep costume and mask which he instantly stripped off to reveal his true wolfish features ).

CBS Washington correspondent Roger Mudd summed it all up: " It was a death that touched everyone instantly and directly ; rare was the person who did not cry that long weekend.

Seven of his team-mates Mark Jones, David Pegg, Roger Byrne, Geoff Bent, Eddie Colman, Liam Whelan and Tommy Taylor – had been killed instantly.

His performance in the title role in a Manitoba Theatre Centre production of Hamlet was praised by Roger Lewis, the Sunday Times, who declared Reeves " … one of the top three Hamlets I have seen, for a simple reason: he is Hamlet.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said it was " as violent and gruesome and blood-soaked as the title promises ", yet praised its acting and technical execution.

Critics praised Curry's performance as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Roger Ebert called him " the best thing in the movie, maybe because he seems to be having the most fun.

Joe Kidd received a mixed reception, with Roger Greenspun of The New York Times writing that it was unremarkable, with foolish symbolism and sloppy editing, although he praised Eastwood's performance.

Roger Ebert compared the nature and vulnerability of Eastwood's portrayal of Josey Wales with his Man with No Name character in the Dollars westerns and praised the film's atmosphere.

Roger Ebert wrote that the film is " fascinating ," " masterful ," and praised DiCaprio's performance.

" Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times praised Tate as " a wonder to behold ", but after describing the dialogue in one scene as " the most offensive and appalling vulgarity ever thrown up by any civilization ", concluded that, " I will be unable to take her any more seriously as a sex symbol than Raquel Welch.

Roger Ebert praised his performance, and noted that while " DiCaprio, who in recent films [...] has played dark and troubled characters, is breezy and charming here, playing a boy who discovers what he is good at, and does it.

Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and praised it for allowing " all the financial wheeling and dealing to seem complicated and convincing, and yet always have it make sense.

Roger Ebert compared the nature and vulnerability of Eastwood's portrayal of Josey Wales with his " Man with No Name " character in the Dollars Trilogy and praised the atmosphere of the film.

Roger Ebert praised the film, giving it 4 out of 4 stars and observing that:

Critics praised the film and its " new " director, with The New York Times commenting that the film was " sharply directed by Allen Smithee who has an adroit facility for scanning faces and extracting sharp background detail ," and Roger Ebert commenting, " Director Allen Smithee, a name I'm not familiar with, allows his story to unfold naturally.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times praised the film as " the best of the mid-1970s wave of disaster films ".

Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars and praised the film for being as " knowledgeable about the TV news-gathering process as any movie ever made, but it also has insights into the more personal matter of how people use high-pressure jobs as a way of avoiding time alone with themselves ".

Film critic Roger Ebert praised the film for how it took " on the resonance of classic tragedy.

In the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert praised the film, saying: " Magnolia is the kind of film I instinctively respond to.

On the other hand, Roger Ebert gave the film four stars and praised it highly, saying, " Here we have a Woody Allen film, and we're talking about O ' Neill and Bergman and traditions and influences?

Roger Ebert praised the film, giving it four out of four stars.

" Decades later, Roger Ebert also praised the film, adding it to his " Great Movies " list and calling it " the most elegant expression of the master's visual style.

Roger Ebert praised Freeman's performance as well as Rickman's, but ultimately decried the film as a whole, giving it two stars and stating, " Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a murky, unfocused, violent, and depressing version of the classic story ...

Movie critic Roger Ebert praised Watts ' performance: " The character is played by Watts with courage, fearless observation, and a gift for timing that is so uncanny it can make points all by itself.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times praised Hall's cinematography and the thematic use of water.