Obviously, you could never be certain about it, but what's a movie you are like 95% confident would have made it to the Great Movies eventually?

Me, I think an almost definite one would be Hannah and Her Sisters

The video of them reviewing the sequel is on YouTube. I'm sure they reviewed it on television....right?

I noticed there are 4 star reviews without the "great movie" accolade. Is this on purpose?

Used to have it saved on my iPad. It had something to do with mortality and movies. Said something like only in movies can we explore the dreams beyond our mortal coil

It was such a good qoute

Ebert wrote that "I could see that the film was meant as an allegory, not a documentary. But on its own terms, this movie is diseased and corrupt. I would have admired it more if it had found the courage to acknowledge the real relationship it was portraying between Howell and Rutger, but no: It prefers to disguise itself as a violent thriller, and on that level it is reprehensible." https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-hitcher-1986

What did he mean by acknowledging the real relationship it was portraying between Howell and Rutger? What was this "real relationship" that the movie doesn't acknowledge?

I watched this movie recently and found it very entertaining. It seems like nowadays nobody remembers it. I'm glad Roger Ebert liked it enough to rate it 3 stars.

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Roger Ebert reevaluated many movies over the course of his career, most of which eventually became archived in his Great Movies collection (The Godfather Part II, A.I. Artificial Intelligence). However, did he reevaluate a film more negatively? I noticed that he gave four-star reviews to 2004's Spartan and 2009's Watchmen, but they weren't featured on his respective end-of-the-year lists for 2004 and 2009.

I know it's already been so long since Ebert passed away... I discovered his review fairly late but have come to love his style. He was my go to critic after seeing a movie.

My question: who's the critic that comes closest to Ebert's style? Who's your go to critic these days?

I remember reading one of Roger Ebert's wonderful reviews, and apparently the film he had watched was so powerful that he couldn't watch anymore movie that day. He said something to the effect that it wouldn't have been fair to review the other movies because of how the first movie affected him. What was the name of that movie?! Anyone familiar with that story? Thanks!

He didn't come off as a critic. He didn't have an ego. Just someone who loved watching movies and talking about them.

Am I right in thinking Roger Ebert has a cameo in Notting Hill? The scene where Hugh Grant interviews Julia Roberts I think he walks through the door but is on camera for less than a second. I can't find any reference to it on imdb or the internet. Am I crazy?