"Whether you agreed with his opinion or not, Roger Ebert was the number one voice everyone respected when it came to movie criticism. His words inspired many and his long running syndicated television show entertained even more. Even Hollywood waited in anticipation to see if their films would receive Roger’s trademarked “Thumbs Up,” because if they didn’t it was almost certain that movie would be box office flop." - Craig Kandiko of Geekenstein.com
Every Film Critic Owes A Bit to Roger Ebert.
Variety
Josh Gad has closed a deal to play the legendary film critic Roger Ebert in the STX comedy “Russ & Roger Go Beyond.”
LRA writes: This week we are running pretty lean but will still find some time to discuss a flurry of new movie trailers and the passing of Roger Ebert, one of the greatest and most influential film critics who ever lived. Then we delve head first into our review for the long awaited remake of "Evil Dead" and spare no ones soul as we go over the gory details piece by piece. Featured music this week is from the music group "The Divine Madness".
