I've noticed that lately, Roger Ebert's reviews have not been showing up in MetaCritic scores. Does anyone know why this is?

Alex

He's been ill. He had a relapse of cancer. He hasn't been on his show. Roeper has been paired with guests. A.O. Scott, the "Times" chief film critic, has been getting a lot of face time.

Well I wish him a speedy recovery. The reviews posted in my town's newspaper have been a mixture of Richard Roeper, David Germain, and Christy LeMire. (last two sound familiar to anyone?)

I've found that Roeper tends to be generous, I like Germain, and LeMire has an annoying habit of giving films a bad star review and then what sounds like a great written review.

People criticize Ebert for getting reviews wrong every once and a while, but for my money, he's the best reviewer I've read. Get well soon!

I agree. I love his website: Rogerebert.com! 'The Little Movie Glossary' is the truest & most hilarious take on movie "rules". There are so many pages of them I haven't read them all yet & I've been picking up where I left off for a couple months now! Everytime I buy a new DVD, I jump onto his 'site to find out if he liked it as much as I did. Sometimes, I'm actually surprised that he did, othertimes, I think he's being a tad hard on it, but, everytime it's a joy to read his reviews. He does have a GREAT sense of humor & even if I liked it & he didn't, I'll still laugh at the stabs he makes at it. Man, Mr. Ebert, PLEASE GET WELL & COME BACK! I MISS YOUR REVIEWS!!!!

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Originally posted by Monkey_Boy:
Everytime I buy a new DVD, I jump onto his 'site to find out if he liked it as much as I did. Sometimes, I'm actually surprised that he did, othertimes, I think he's being a tad hard on it![/b]

I'm surprised you could find a film he didn't like. If so, it would be a first.

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Originally posted by ChrisFromAstoria:
I'm surprised you could find a film he didn't like. If so, it would be a first.

Actually, he hated "The Usual Suspects". I was shocked by that, since I've NEVER run into anyone that didn't like that movie! He was confused by the way the timeline bounces around in the movie.

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Originally posted by ChrisFromAstoria:

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Originally posted by Monkey_Boy:
Everytime I buy a new DVD, I jump onto his 'site to find out if he liked it as much as I did. Sometimes, I'm actually surprised that he did, othertimes, I think he's being a tad hard on it![/b]

I'm surprised you could find a film he didn't like. If so, it would be a first.

if by first you meant several hundredth... in fact it's his negative reviews which i enjoy most. frequent those if you can muster the gumption!
or better yet, check out his book 'YOUR MOVIE SUCKS'

The last time a saw Mr. Ebert in a news story he was unable to talk and had to rely on someone to communicate for him as well as having a facial deformity. However, it appeared to be on his way to recovery but whether he can come back completely wasn't made entirely clear. He and Siskel - want a crap that age does to all of us!