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Because I don't give the studios advanced quotes or an advanced look at my reviews. I think the readers deserve to read my reviews before the studios do.

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Roger Ebert
Age: 70 †
Born: 1942
Born: June 18
Died: 2013
Died: April 4
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I am grateful for the gifts of intelligence, love, wonder and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting.
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All good art is about something deeper than it admits.
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It is not enough for a movie to be righteous. It must also be watchable.
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Growing up, I missed the whole 'Three Stooges' thing. Either they weren't on the station in my hometown, or we hadn't bought a TV set yet, or they came to town too late for me. I'm pretty sure that at the right age, I would have loved them.
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I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take the risks of performance.
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I am proudly a liberal. I am also patriotic, reasonable, pro-American, and stand for family values.
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The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling us that the press is slanted to the left when it really isn't. They want to shut other people up. They really don't understand the First Amendment.
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And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different opinions, and disagree with them, and argue with them, and differ with them, but don't just try to shut them up.
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Open-heart surgery is now part of a typical life experience for many people. Folks talk casually about 'having a stent put in,' as if they had their tires rotated.
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Because of the rush of human knowledge, because of the digital revolution, I have a voice, and I do not need to scream.
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We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try.
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If you pay attention to the movies they will tell you what people desire and fear. Movies are hardly ever about what they seem to be about. Look at a movie that a lot of people love, and you will find something profound, no matter how silly the film may be.
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The layout was griping, the glide is awesome. Two ten-inch fins up, way up.
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If you plan to miss this movie, better miss it quickly I doubt if it'll be around to miss for long.
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If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something.
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I just assume I'm right. Partially out of conviction and partially as a pose.
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There are few lonelier sights than a good comedian being funny in a movie that doesn't know what funny is.
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Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women.
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Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?
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Reese Witherspoon is as cute as a button on Raggedy Ann's overalls, but irresistible raw sex appeal is not one of her qualities.
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