Roger Ebert

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Other (59) everyone in other

critic (2.5 stars), The Color of Money (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Color of Money with Chris Ryan)
critic, four stars, 'work of a master filmmaker', After Hours (Blank Check with Griffin & David, After Hours with Alison Sivitz)
critic who reviewed Raiders, Raiders of the Lost Ark (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis)
critic who liked Star 80 / called Roberts best of the year, Star 80 (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Star 80 with Julie Klausner)
critic who pushed an Oscar nod for Barkin, Switch (Blank Check with Griffin & David, An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens)
critic who hated the film, Friday the 13th (The Rewatchables, ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
critic (2 stars), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (The Rewatchables, ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan)
critic, Domestic Disturbance (The Rewatchables, ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
critic, The Good Son (The Rewatchables, ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
critic (rated Rush 4, Days of Thunder 2, Top Gun 2.5), Rush (The Rewatchables, ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
critic, 3 stars, Weird Science (The Rewatchables, ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt)
critic who gave the film four stars, The Truman Show (The Rewatchables, ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan)
critic, four stars, After Hours (The Rewatchables, ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)
critic who gave Working Girl four stars, Working Girl (The Rewatchables, ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson)
critic, four stars, Rocky (The Rewatchables, ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
critic, four stars, Crash (The Rewatchables, ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
critic, 3.5-star review, Friday Night Lights (2004 film) (The Rewatchables, ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin)
critic, 2.5 stars, Twister (The Rewatchables, ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
critic (three stars for The War of the Roses), The War of the Roses (The Rewatchables, ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins)
critic who reviewed it on At the Movies, Internal Affairs (The Rewatchables, ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
critic: 2.5 stars, The Big Chill (The Rewatchables, ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
critic, four stars, A Bronx Tale (The Rewatchables, ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
critic, 2.5 stars, My Cousin Vinny (The Rewatchables, ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris)
critic, 3 stars, The Edge (The Rewatchables, ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan)
critic, 3.5 stars, Margin Call (The Rewatchables, ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman)
critic, 3 stars, Misery (The Rewatchables, ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman)
critic, Knocked Up (The Rewatchables, ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck)
critic, one star, Beverly Hills Cop II (The Rewatchables, ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan)
critic, 3.5 stars for Die Hard 2, Die Hard 2 (The Rewatchables, ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
critic, 3 stars, Panic Room (The Rewatchables, ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
critic, four stars, The Ice Storm (The Rewatchables, ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
critic: two stars, Miracle (The Rewatchables, ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan)
critic, three stars, Father of the Bride (The Rewatchables, ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins)
critic, Saturday Night Fever (The Rewatchables, ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel)
critic (reviewed 2.5 stars), The Color of Money (The Rewatchables, ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
critic, 3 stars, What About Bob? (The Rewatchables, ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan)
critic, 3.5 stars, Thief (The Rewatchables, ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
critic, 3.5 stars, The Royal Tenenbaums (The Rewatchables, ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald)
critic who reviewed Se7en twice, Seven (The Rewatchables, ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
critic, 2.5 stars, Fletch (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
critic, 3 of 4 stars, Ferris Bueller's Day Off (The Rewatchables, ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
critic, Beverly Hills Cop (The Rewatchables, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
critic (4-star review), Do the Right Thing (The Rewatchables, ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris)
critic (2.5 stars), Reservoir Dogs (The Rewatchables, ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
critic of Freaky Friday, Freaky Friday (The Rewatchables, ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins)
critic, two-star review, The Natural (The Rewatchables, ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin)
critic who panned it, Old School (The Rewatchables, ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
critic, Tombstone (The Rewatchables, ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
critic, Dark Blue (The Rewatchables, ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
critic, 2.5 stars, Taken (The Rewatchables, 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano)
critic (four stars), Moneyball (The Big Picture, The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’)
critic, wrote on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (The Big Picture, ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt!)
critic (two thumbs down on Alien 3; 'best looking bad movie'), Alien 3 (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))
critic (made it his number one), Dark City (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))
critic (thumbs up), Shy People (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))
critic, Full Metal Jacket (Blank Check — Patreon, Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free))
critic who argued Paths of Glory may be Kubrick's best, Paths of Glory (Blank Check — Patreon, Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free))
critic, The Killing (Blank Check — Patreon, Fear & Desire / Killer's Kiss (Ad-Free))
critic, Blue Steel (Blank Check — Patreon, Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (2)

contrast (contrast): Roger Ebert → James Thurber. Ebert said the war between the sexes here makes Thurber's work on the subject seem almost resigned.
“A word between the sexes that makes James Thurber's work on the same subject almost resigned by comparison”
The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:19:12 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
contrast (critical opposite): Roger Ebert → David Denby. Ebert's Cannes tears and empathy versus Denby's New York magazine scorn; Sean calls Denby's one of the worst pieces of criticism he has read.
“You know, one of the worst pieces of film criticism that I've ever read.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:25:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)

industry (2)

industry (industry): Roger Ebert → Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Siskel and Ebert had said after Ace Ventura that Carrey would never have a movie career, then apologized on air for Truman Show.
“they said he would never have a movie career.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:36:08 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
industry (franchise fatigue): Roger Ebert → Die Hard 2. Ebert in 1987 may have felt the way people feel now about Marvel: bloated 80s action sequels getting less funny.
“You see the way things are going and you're like, oh, like these 80s bloated action movies are just going to get less funny and more incoherent.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:23:44 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

programming (1)

programming (programming): Roger Ebert → Crash. Running joke: Ebert gave Crash four stars the week before Rocky.
“Four stars last week for Crash.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:34:54 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)

unmapped (9)

unmapped (critic champion): Roger Ebert → Switch. Ebert argued Barkin deserved an Oscar nomination; she got a Golden Globe nod.
“Roger Ebert was pushing that Ellen Barkin should have gotten an Oscar nomination for this movie.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 1:42:55 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (critic grudge): Roger Ebert → Spies Like Us. Ebert had trashed Spies Like Us on the Tonight Show with Chevy Chase sitting next to him, showing his salt toward these comedies.
“he was on the Tonight Show with Chevy Chase and he reamed the Spies like Us movie right in front of him.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:23:09 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
unmapped (critical reception): Die Hard 2 → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave it 3.5 stars and called it bruised-forearm entertainment like Indiana Jones.
“this is terrific entertainment.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:22:43 · Bill Simmons (0.65 sure it was them)
unmapped (critic split): Gene Siskel → Roger Ebert. Siskel understood Chase's detached persona was the point of Fletch; Ebert gave 2.5 stars and wanted a character to invest in.
“Siskel nailed it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
unmapped (mocked expectation): Roger Ebert → The Killing Fields. Mock-Ebert asks why Fletch is not like serious dramas such as The Killing Fields or Chariots of Fire.
“Why isn't this like the killing field?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (critical disagreement): Roger Ebert → Gene Siskel. Siskel disliked Ferris over Chicago accuracy, while Ebert gave it three stars and later Roeper made it his favorite.
“Gene Siskel did not like the movie”
The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:50 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
unmapped (critical reassessment): The Good, the Bad and the Ugly → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave it three stars as a young critic, believing something so entertaining could not be important, then reversed.
“something this entertaining cannot be an important film.”
The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 1:08:25 · Patton Oswalt (0.90 sure it was them)
unmapped (critic champion): Roger Ebert → Dark City. Ebert made Dark City his number one film of the year and recorded a commentary track for it.
“Yeah, Ever made that his number one.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 2:16:57 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (critic split): Roger Ebert → Shy People. Only Ebert gave Shy People a thumbs up; Siskel gave it a thumbs down.
“Only Ebert gave it thumbs up.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 2:21:27 · Matt Singer (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (29)

verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Good Son. Ebert's Domestic Disturbance rating is compared with his half-star for The Good Son.
“Last week, Good Son was a half star when we recorded that.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:44 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Domestic Disturbance. Ebert gave it one and a half stars, calling it a paid holiday for the director.
“He wrote, the movie is a paid holiday for its director, Harold Becker.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:49 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Weird Science → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave it 3 stars and called Kelly LeBrock wonderful.
“Roger Ebert, 3 stars.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:30:44 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Truman Show. Ebert gave Truman Show four stars and wrote about the values technology forces on humanity.
“So Ebert, 4 stars, uh, absolutely loved it”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:09 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Species → Roger Ebert. Ebert's two-star review complained that Hollywood fears intelligent characters; the panel waves it off with Have some fun.
“Mainstream Hollywood is so terrified of intelligent human characters that it's no wonder they don't want aliens who are even smarter than the humans.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:25:16 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Working Girl. Ebert gave Working Girl four stars and praised its clockwork craftsmanship.
“The plot of working girl is put together like clockwork, carries you along while you're watching it, but reconstruct it later and you'll see the craftsmanship.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:50:16 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Biloxi Blues. Ebert said Working Girl was Nichols returning to the top of his form; the panel notes they did not like Biloxi Blues much.
“Working girl is Nichols returning to the top of his form.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:50:29 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Graduate. Ebert: this is Melanie Griffith's movie the way The Graduate belonged to Dustin Hoffman.
“this is Melanie Griffith's movie in the same way the graduate belonged to Dustin Hoffman.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 2:06:15 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Rocky. Ebert gave Rocky four stars, the week after four stars for Crash.
“Four stars this week for Rocky.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:34:57 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Friday Night Lights (2004 film). Ebert gave it 3.5 stars and praised the power of sports to involve us.
“The movie demonstrates the power of sports to involve us.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:31:22 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Twister → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave 2.5 stars, saying loud dumb escapist entertainment works but not for thinkers; this became a running joke later.
“you want loud, dumb, skillful escapist entertainment? Twister works.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:30:23 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The War of the Roses. The Ebert review (3 stars) called Roses a black, angry, bitter, unrelenting comedy.
“The War of the Roses is a black, angry, bitter, unrelenting comedy.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:19:08 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Internal Affairs. Ebert and Siskel both loved it; Ebert called it a movie about personalities, and Gere brilliant.
“And Ebert said, it's really a movie about personalities.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:25:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Big Chill. Ebert gave it 2.5 stars while calling it a splendid technical exercise; hosts think the message is the emptiness.
“The Big Chill is a splendid technical exercise.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:29:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): My Cousin Vinny → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave it 2.5 stars and called it a movie for home video.
“It's the kind of movie home video is invented for”
The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:35:40 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Margin Call → Roger Ebert. Simmons reports Ebert's 3.5-star review praising the cast making financial talk compelling.
“Our guy Roger Ebert, 3.5 stars said excellent cast.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:34:36 · Bill Simmons (0.95 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Knocked Up. Bill notes there is no Roger Ebert review of Knocked Up, guessing Ebert had health issues.
“No Roger Ebert review.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Knocked Up’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:31:03 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Panic Room → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave Panic Room 3 stars and called Fincher a visual virtuoso and Foster spellbinding.
“All right, Roger Ebert, 3 stars.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:56 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Ice Storm. Ebert gave it four stars as satirical, funny and observant; Siskel also loved it.
“Four stars for this one.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:38:08 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Saturday Night Fever. Ebert gave it 3.5 stars and called the dance sequences dazzling.
“Roger Ebert.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:27:55 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Seven → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave 3.5 stars, then republished a four-star review years later, which becomes the show's running Ebert gag.
“He did the fucking redo?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:36:04 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Beverly Hills Cop → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave the film 2.5 stars, calling Eddie a victim of the Star Magic Syndrome.
“Eddie Murphy looks like the latest victim of the Star Magic Syndrome, in which it is assumed that a movie will be a hit simply because it stars enormously talented person.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:30:12 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Reservoir Dogs → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave it 2.5 of 4, saying the script lacked curiosity about the characters; the hosts call it a miss.
“But Tarantino's script does not have much curiosity about the characters, gave it 2.5 stars out of four.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:22:05 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Gene Siskel. Siskel and Ebert later had a big turnaround on Tarantino after being critical.
“He and Cisco famously had a big turnaround on Tarantino, where they were a little bit critical.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:22:23 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): The Natural → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave two stars and said it turned into idolatry; Mallory calls the critique bad because myth-making is the draw.
“It's bad critique.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:18:46 · Mallory Rubin (0.60 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Tombstone. Ebert gave Tombstone three stars, called Kilmer the definitive saloon cowboy.
“Singled out Valcomer's portrayal as the definitive saloon cowboy of our time.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:24 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → Dark Blue. Ebert's Dark Blue review lamented Tombstone getting lost in the holiday shuffle.
“got lost in the year-end holiday shuffle and never got the recognition it deserved.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:44 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
verdict (review): Roger Ebert → Alien 3. Ebert gave it two thumbs down and said the chases were contrivances because the aliens could always outrun the humans.
“Ebert says, I lost interest in Alien 3 when I realized that the aliens could at all times outrun and outleap the humans”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:12:33 · Matt Singer (0.40 sure it was them)
verdict (verdict): Stanley Kubrick → Roger Ebert. Ebert argued Paths of Glory might be Kubrick's best film.
“I think Ebert even argued it was perhaps his best film.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 1:42:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

fun, about Roger Ebert: Ebert and Siskel hated it so much that he gave away the ending, printed Paramount's address for letters, and teased Betsy Palmer's home town.
“he hated it so much that he intentionally gave away the ending in the 2nd paragraph.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:25:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Roger Ebert: A YouTube compilation of Siskel and Ebert raging at every Friday film; likened to Zach Lowe deciding 3-pointers would ruin the NBA.
“there's an amazing compilation on YouTube of all of their Friday the 13th reviews across the franchise.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:27:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Roger Ebert: The running joke: Ebert is dead, so they guess his star ratings: Rush 4, Days of Thunder 2, Top Gun 2.5.
“Roger Ebert did not review this movie because he's been dead for like 10 years.”
The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:44:31 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
fun, about Roger Ebert: The Ebert-review bit: Ebert gave it 3 stars after a tough week; Kyle guesses Ebert wished he could make a woman too.
“I never met Roger Ebert, but I'd venture to guess that there's a point in his life he wish he could have made a woman”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:31:19 · Kyle Brandt (0.60 sure it was them)
fun, about Roger Ebert: The two-star Ebert review is read; the panel's response is settle down and have some fun.
“Settle down, Rush.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:25:35 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Roger Ebert: Bill reads Ebert's four-star review, the week after Crash, the running Ebert gag.
“A description of it would sound like a cliche from beginning to end, but Rocky isn't about a story.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:35:00 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
fun, about Roger Ebert: The running Ebert bit: no review found, but At the Movies with Siskel, where both loved it and Ebert called it a movie about personalities.
“So, Ebert, I couldn't find a review.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:25:05 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Roger Ebert: Ebert gave 3 stars but hated the ending credit for Bart the Bear right after the emotional close.
“Now, Bart is one hell of a bear, but this credit in this place is a spectacularly bad idea.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:31:13 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
fun, about Roger Ebert: Ebert's two-star review mocks the thankless wife role and proposes all workaholic movie leads be bachelors.
“I propose all future movies about workaholics, just make them bachelors, to spare us the dead air.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:46:33 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
fun, about Roger Ebert: Ebert gave Se7en 3.5 stars, then republished a four-star version around 2010; the hosts joke about revising old predictions.
“Can you imagine if he changed it?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:36:26 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
fun, about Roger Ebert: Ebert gave it two stars, asking why it was turned into idolatry; the hosts fumble the word.
“Why did the natural have to be turned into Idolatry?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:18:22 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Roger Ebert: In the Roger Ebert category Bill reads his pan, then declares Ebert zero for two in 2019 and never to be trusted on comedies.
“never to be trusted on comedies.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Old School’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:15:17 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Roger Ebert: Running joke: Ebert is the greatest pop critic and is on a hot streak on the show.
“He's the greatest pop movie critic in the history of the media.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:57 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about Roger Ebert: Ebert reviewed Blue Steel as the best Halloween sequel ever made, the grown-up version of Halloween.
“this is actually the best Halloween sequel that's ever been made.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:05:23 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)