I am fairly new to all this but I have decided that THE GUY IS A DUDE:
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005. (3 trackbacks)
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Like last night, when Ebert said that the first 30 seconds of D.E.B.S. is funny, and he said "that's like saying you enjoyed the napkin at a bad restaurant"!
haha!
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
adam, please.
-- s1ocki (slytus...), March 28th, 2005.
no seriously!
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
I'd...kind of still like to see D.E.B.S. anyway.
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
To see how it compares with Sugar & Spice.
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
-- Cabaret Voltron (adrian.langsto...), March 28th, 2005.
Yes Ade I like Sonatine.
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
I'd trust a napkin at a restaurant to review movies before I trust that fuckhead!
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 28th, 2005.
i like him!
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
You think the ending of HEAT is good!
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 28th, 2005.
He's pretty annoying but I see what he's trying to do.
-- gabbneb (gabbne...), March 28th, 2005.
ME or ROEPER?
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
I like him, he seems very reasonable and occasionally drops a pretty good zinger.
-- Spencer Chow (spencercho...), March 28th, 2005.
He is admirably un-liberal with his upward-pointing thumb. So he's a little smug, who isn't?
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
He HAS some of the worst taste known to mankind! He's also an idiot!
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 28th, 2005.
adam, this time you've gone too far!
-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), March 28th, 2005.
I saw Ebert in SF last week. Doing a talk at Stacey's.
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
Ebert looks pretty crappy lately. All of the color seems to be bleached out of his face.
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 28th, 2005.
Ebert's taste also seems to have gotten worse since hanging out with Roeper.
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 28th, 2005.
Who or what are we comparing him to? He's a smarter dresser than Ebert. Probably has less cowlicks than Rosenbaum. Might be able to do the sliding thumb-removal trick better than Sarris...
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 28th, 2005.
I'm basically comparing him to any other popular tv movie critic. I think that's fair.
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
That would pretty much be Ebert, then... and using the word "critic" fairly loosely.
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 28th, 2005.
That's not much of a comparison (I can't name another TV critic right now.) I also dispute that Roeper is popular with anyone. But either way he's significantly worse than Siskel was and not even half as good as most of the people they had sitting in for Siskel after he died. He is better than Michael Medved, but that's not saying much.
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 28th, 2005.
-- i am the modren man (theundergroundhom...), March 28th, 2005.
TS: Roeper vs Medved
(IOW, FIGHT THE REAL ENEMY)
-- The Ghost of Dan Perry (djperr...), March 28th, 2005.
but my favorite tv film critic is this guy
-- i am the modren man (theundergroundhom...), March 28th, 2005.
Minneapolis TV critics repazent!
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 28th, 2005.
Medved might be a reactionary twerp, but at least his approach to discussing films makes sense compared to Roeper, who I still can't even get a read on (mostly because there's not much to read).
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 28th, 2005.
He's also an idiot!
No, he's criticism for people who don't 'get' criticism. He's pretty clearly smarter than he acts.
-- gabbneb (gabbne...), March 28th, 2005.
I don't buy that for a minute.
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 28th, 2005.
No, he's criticism for people who don't 'get' criticism.
No, that's:
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 28th, 2005.
ROEPER IS GODAWFUL and if any of you fools ever had to read his stuff in the Sun-Times you'd agree with me. What's even worse than his film "criticism"? HIS GODAWFUL POLITICS/SOCIETY COLUMNS.
-- hstencil (hstenc!...), March 28th, 2005.
-- miccio (anthonyisrigh...), March 28th, 2005.
Interesting. Neither Ebert nor Roeper are members of the BFCA.
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 28th, 2005.
He's pretty clearly smarter than he acts.
No, and Hstencil is right about his Sun-Times columns. You'd think that if he was really smart, and was just flexing for the TV show, that his columns would be totally illuminating. Guess what? It's USA Today bullshit.
-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), March 28th, 2005.
hstencil beat me to it
-- Matos-Webster Dictionary (michaelangelomato...), March 28th, 2005.
actually i've read much better journalism/criticism in USA TODAY. Roeper isn't fit to be a middle school paper's lead writer.
-- hstencil (hstenc!...), March 28th, 2005.
I love ilx CONDEMNATION, it's like he's turned into hitler or something!
-- Spencer Chow (spencercho...), March 28th, 2005.
If most people on ILX would like to consider themselves social critics, and Roeper is committing what could be considered the mass genocide of critical perception on a weekly basis, the hyperbole isn't misplaced, I guess.
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 28th, 2005.
I'm pleased you all like Roeper like I do.
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
But I prefer bitching about Armond or Medved or people who have an angle.
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 28th, 2005.
spencer, at least hitler didn't murder the english language.
KIDDING.
-- hstencil (hstenc!...), March 28th, 2005.
Hitler!
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
Where?
-- miccio (anthonyisrigh...), March 28th, 2005.
under the bed!
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
get the broom!
-- miccio (anthonyisrigh...), March 28th, 2005.
D.E.B.S.!
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
i actually do think he's smarter than he appears, but he's pretty devoted to his just-a-regular-guy schtick and i'm not sure that speaks any better for him than if he really were just a knucklehead.
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), March 28th, 2005.
look, get this straight: one of these days justice will be done. and on that day Roeper will be pulled from his home, tied to the back of a horse and dragged through the streets where we can spit on him and kick stones at his naked body, and he will be ripped asunder for our enjoyment.
-- kyle (akmonda...), March 28th, 2005.
i like roeper, but am skeeved out at his hand
-- anthony (anthony.easto...), March 28th, 2005.
is it coated in baby blood?
-- kyle (akmonda...), March 28th, 2005.
i actually do think he's smarter than he appears
Is this just a really really really understated slam on Roeper (i.e. "he appears to be dumber than a piece of lint, therefore he's got to be smarter than he appears"), or is this the whole Rosenbaum vs. Ebert thing all over again?
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 28th, 2005.
what about his hand?
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
It's like Johnny Tremaine's hand!
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 28th, 2005.
who is Johnny Tremaine? Is he like Jeremy Beadle?
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
Who the hell is Jeremy Beadle? He's referenced on some Roll Deep song, isn't he?
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 28th, 2005.
Hahahahahahahaha!
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
Is this just a really really really understated slam on Roeper
no. i just mean that i think his schtick is a self-conscious one to some degree, that he probably cusses out interns during commercial breaks and stuff like that.
i saw him "live" once, before an outdoor film screening. he told bad jokes, and had a very ill-fitting sweater. but i couldn't work up any dislike for him.
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), March 28th, 2005.
Jeremy Beadle is a Trust Patron of The Philip Green Memorial Trust, and he annually hosts a quiz party along with Crown Prince Shwebomin of Burma to raise money for disadvantaged children.
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 28th, 2005.
but i couldn't work up any dislike for him.
I can't either. That's why I hate him.
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 28th, 2005.
GENE SISKEL's ROTTING CORPSE WRITES BETTER REVIEWS THAN ROEPER!
-- Star Cauliflower (spen...), March 28th, 2005.
I found this by way of further explanation. It's a bit "Calum":
http://www.ubersite.com/m/47944
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
I defy you to find one sentence in any of these three columns that doesn't make you regret being able to read English.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeper/cst-nws-roep171.html
http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeper/cst-nws-roep151.html
http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeper/cst-nws-roep151.html
-- Keith Harris (kharris3...), March 28th, 2005.
gene siskel was a crap writer too.
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), March 28th, 2005.
(xxpost)That's pretty repellent.
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 28th, 2005.
You know, in print he reads sort of like Tom O'Neil, don't he?
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 28th, 2005.
i told you so.
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
Do you really not who Johnny Tremaine is?
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 28th, 2005.
OMG those columns are awful. also, at times, very strange:
'Sometimes I'll go six months or even a year without seeing the Walking Man, but he always resurfaces. He walks in the morning, he walks in the afternoon, he walks and walks. In the last month, I've seen him at least a half-dozen times. Earlier this week, he was on Wacker Drive between Wabash and State.
What. Is. His. Deal."
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), March 28th, 2005.
Michael Jackson has to be the first accused child molester in history to show up for his trial in pajamas and slippers. My God, why not show up carrying a lollipop and a guide to area grade schools?
Haha, this is like a cross between conservative talk radio and stand up comedy without the jokes!
Or are those basically the same thing?
Do you really not who Johnny Tremaine is?
not a clue
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
He uses words like "kudos" and "bomb" that make me thirst for blood.
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 28th, 2005.
Apparently I don't know how to spell Tremain either.
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 28th, 2005.
Here.
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 28th, 2005.
stand up comedy without the jokes!
this is EXACTLY how roeper was in person.
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), March 28th, 2005.
Hahaha! That snippet that Amateurist posted is grimly hilarious!
-- whatever (adamr...), March 28th, 2005.
While you're over there.
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 28th, 2005.
Hmmmm....
I envy the person who has not read this book., April 23, 2002
Reviewer: Joann Fantina (Bernardsville, NJ, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
Good for the young and old alike. This historical fiction book is quite accurate about the American Revolutionary war era - and is easy to read and moves along quickly. Very well written and very enjoyable reading. I often give it as a gift to a 'New' American.
-- whatever (adamr...), March 29th, 2005.
Ugh! (Stand-up comedy, indeed! "Women be different than men!")
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 29th, 2005.
I can't believe someone would publish his stuff?!!? Who buys these?
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 29th, 2005.
Apparently no one as the first book is #202,926 on Amazon's sales ranking thing.
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 29th, 2005.
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A waste of money, November 26, 2002
Reviewer: A reader
Mr. Roeper has said that he "doesn't get" the fuss about Charlie Chaplin, and he gave a "thumbs up" to JACKASS: THE MOVIE.
Why anybody would pay good money to read a movie book he has written is beyond me.
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-- whatever (adamr...), March 29th, 2005.
Adam, I'm gonna give you Johnny Tremain as a gift. Then I'll explain our tax system to you!
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 29th, 2005.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
xp-fuck your tax system!
-- whatever (adamr...), March 29th, 2005.
wow, roeper really is a douchebag.
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), March 29th, 2005.
(xpost)Our tax system fucked you FIRST!
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 29th, 2005.
he gave a "thumbs up" to JACKASS: THE MOVIE
See, he's not all bad.
-- milozauckerman (wooderso...), March 29th, 2005.
he is very eclectic though:
Schlock Value: Hollywood at Its Worst
Ten Sure Signs a Movie Character is Doomed, and Other Surprising Movie Lists
Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That Are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True
Hollywood Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Delightfully Persistent Myths of Films, Television, and Music
He Rents, She Rents: The Ultimate Guide to the Best Women's Films and Guy Movies
Short-circuit Currents in Three-Phase Systems
Biology of Symbiotic Fungi Associated with Ambrosia Beetles of Western United States
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), March 29th, 2005.
I would tend to agree with him about Jackass, and there's really no point in comparing his views on the film to his views about Charlie Chaplin. But the existence of that book and all like it ("movies for guys who like movies") are more offensive than that comparison.
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 29th, 2005.
i mean, how many other movie critics do you know that have also written books on symbiotic fungi?
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), March 29th, 2005.
Two.
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 29th, 2005.
Oops, sorry. Here's the third column I meant to post:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeper/cst-nws-roep091.html
"(No word yet on whether Tara Reid is still attached to her breasts.)"
But why limit yourself? There's a whole world of fun at:
http://www.suntimes.com/index/roeper.html
-- Keith Harris (kharris3...), March 29th, 2005.
I was surprisingly UN-surprised by his Surprising Movie Lists.
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 29th, 2005.
i think they would be surprising if you used most of your brain energy trying to decide how to get a free snickers from the break room snack machine.
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), March 29th, 2005.
With me, that task takes teamwork, but deciphering Roeper's books is a solo endeavor.
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 29th, 2005.
D.E.B.S.
-- i am the modren man (theundergroundhom...), March 29th, 2005.
Okay, I don't care enough to click on the columns but in isolation that easy jab at Tara Reid is hilarious.
-- The Ghost of Dan Perry (djperr...), March 29th, 2005.
I knew it was just gonna be a matter of time before Keith found this thread.
-- Matos-Webster Dictionary (michaelangelomato...), March 29th, 2005.
I'm astounded at both the love and hate! (I venture towards the 'he seems like a smug dick' side.)
-- Ned Raggett (ne...), March 29th, 2005.
did you read those links, Ned?
-- Matos-Webster Dictionary (michaelangelomato...), March 29th, 2005.
Not those in particular yet -- most of what I've read from him were these complaints about the LOTR movies, which didn't make me well inclined towards him.
-- Ned Raggett (ne...), March 29th, 2005.
Well normally I would say complaining about the LOTR movies showed good sense, but this is Richard Roeper. . .
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 29th, 2005.
FIGHT WITHIN YOUR SOUL, ALEX
-- Ned Raggett (ne...), March 29th, 2005.
roeper is like the "friend i only sort-of like from down the street's boring & slightly creepy dad" i never had. adam, you are a wingnut.
-- jones (victorygarden...), March 29th, 2005.
AREN'T YOU BITCHES FORGETTING SOMEONE!?!?!?!?
-- THAT'S RIGHT IT'S THE SHALIT (dontfuckwithmegladwar...), March 29th, 2005.
I know Roeper's sister, and she is bad-ass (and smart). To quote a friend, she's got more ink on her than a retarded kid at a pen factory. If R. Roeper, on the other hand, is indeed smart as well, then the man is just terribly unambitious.
-- Josh in Chicago (Vitesse9...), March 29th, 2005.
Yeah, I'm not too keen on LOTR, but Roeper was all, "C'mon, it's just a ring, who cares?"
-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), March 29th, 2005.
Josh -- did you write that SYGC profile in Red Eye? (If so, good job. They're friends of mine, we share a practice space, etc.)
-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), March 29th, 2005.
"C'mon, it's just a ring, who cares?"
awesome
-- who's asking? (adamr...), March 29th, 2005.
Actually, that is kinda awesome, now that I think about it -- but on TV, saying it, he was floundering.
-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), March 29th, 2005.
i think this whole thread shows what a wonderful diversity of perception there is among us human beings!
-- who's asking? (adamr...), March 29th, 2005.
I wish I could grow long arms and hug you all
-- who's asking? (adamr...), March 29th, 2005.
it's gene shallot!
-- lame nytimes crossword pun (tracerhan...), March 29th, 2005.
-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), March 29th, 2005.
What wonderful diversity of opinion? Everyone except for you pretty much thinks the guy is a moron and a terrible film critic!?! There's probably more consensus on this thread than any except the Pat O'Brien one!
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 29th, 2005.
I think Ebert hired Roeper just so he could have a snot-nosed kid to push around from time to time. My favourite Ebert moment ever (and I'm a huge fan...check out his print review of Gerry) was on the show where they were arguing over the use of blue language in some Jeffrey Tambour movie about old people having dirty sex. Roeper was all, "It's so brave to have old people cursing!"
And Ebert lays the smack down: "Yeah, but there's a difference between good cursing and bad cursing. Take it from me, I wrote an X-rated movie. How many X-rated have you written? None, that's how many!"
-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...), March 29th, 2005.
I was lukewarm on Ebert, until they actually got him to be a guest speaker at work a month or so ago. (Long story, but yeah Ebert came to Folsom.) He's damn cool. Plus he has these little snippets of stories that made me nearly fall out of my seat...like mentioning hanging with Thelma Schoenmaker & watching 'Raging Bull'. Damn his oily hide!!
-- VegemiteGrrl (sharonjo...), March 29th, 2005.
a few months ago, i met this girl at a club in chicago. she was drunk and cycling through her text messages and there were some from "r. roeper" and i was like "is that..." and she was like "yeah we went out for a year and we're still friends."
his messages were SO corny, they were all like "hey baby, u wanna get dinner 2nite?" and stuff like that. anyway she and i ended up getting really drunk and going out for a 3am dinner of our own later on that nite, but when it came time to go back to her hotel afterwards, i put the brakes on. casual sex lasts for an evening; being the guy who hit cleanup for richard roeper lasts a lifetime.
-- mark p (mark.p****...), March 29th, 2005.
dude!!
-- s1ocki (slytus...), March 29th, 2005.
x-post jaymc, yeah that was me. Talked to them in the house of Canasta and snagged a copy of your Peter Schilling cover.
-- Josh in Chicago (Vitesse9...), March 29th, 2005.
TS: Roeper vs Medved
(IOW, FIGHT THE REAL ENEMY)
I didn't see that anyone ever posted Medved's 50 worst movies as published in the book of basically the same title roughly 25 or 30 years ago:
Abraham Lincoln
Airport '75
Alkazam the Great
The Ambushers
The Assassination of Trotsky
At Long Last Love
The Big Noise
Boy Did I Get a Wrong Number
Bring Me the Head Of Alfredo Garcia...!
Che!
The Conqueror
Daughter of the Jungle
Dick Tracy Vs. Cueball
Dondi
Eegah!
Godvilla vs. the Smog Monster
Goldwyn Follies
Horror of Party Beach
Hurry Sundown
Ivan the Terrible...!!!
Jamaica Inn...!
Jet Attack
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
King Richard and the Crusaders
The Last Movie
Last Year at Marienbad...!!
Lost Horizon ('73)
Myra Breckinridge
New Moon
Morthwest Mounted Police
The Omen
Parnell
Place for Lovers
Return of Sabata
Robot Monster
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Say One For Me
Solomon and Sheba
Spinout
The Story of Mankind
Swamp Women
Swing Your Lady
Terror of Tiny Town
That Hagen Girl
Three on a Couch...!!
Trial of Billy Jack
Trouble Man
Twilight of the Rio Grande
Valley of the Dolls
Zabriskie Point...!!
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 30th, 2005.
Nice, Josh. I'd suspected you were the dude behind the byline I see every so often, but wasn't sure.
-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), March 30th, 2005.
Critics are awful. Worst of lists are awful.
-- Spencer Chow (spencercho...), March 30th, 2005.
Ivan the Terrible?!?!?!?
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), March 30th, 2005.
I'll have to watch that again tonight in Michael Medved's honor.
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), March 30th, 2005.
is this the same ivan the terrible that's made several sight & sound top ten lists?
i'm guessing medved thinks a lot of himself for daringly declaring this film to be one of the "worst." he also obviously has no fucking clue about anything.
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), March 30th, 2005.
Myra Breckinridge
TAKE THAT REX REED!
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 30th, 2005.
haha if only he listed "BEYOND the valley of the dolls," he'd have taken swipes at TWO fellow film critics
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), March 30th, 2005.
Are you guys sure that's the same Ivan The Terrible?
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 30th, 2005.
I mean I gotta say to Medved's credit most of these movies are really pretty bad (some are so bad they are actually campy fun, but they are still bad.)
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 30th, 2005.
And even the movies that I really like (The Omen, Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia, Zabriske Point) are movies that I TOTALLY understand why other people might despise.
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 30th, 2005.
The Omen is actually good, though.
xpost
-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...), March 30th, 2005.
A friend and I nearly peed ourselves watching Roeper splutter over the Oshima film "Taboo." Roeper was in classic gay-panic mode re its homoerotic samurai content, and Ebert was failing to calm him down.
-- Dr Morbius (wjwe...), March 30th, 2005.
Was Ebert trying to calm him down with a tender, but masculine, back rub?
-- Huk-L (handsomishbo...), March 30th, 2005.
ha roeper + oshima = good times
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), March 30th, 2005.
So he's a little smug, who isn't?
OTM
-- Chuck Tatum (sappy_papp...), March 30th, 2005.
It is indeed the Eisenstein Ivan. The accompanying chapter comes with the requisite swipes at the "swishy" male characters.
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 30th, 2005.
that is indeed the same Ivan the Terrible (xpost)
Eric brings up something I only noticed recently, re-reading those Medved Bros. books--they're homophobic as all fuck.
-- Matos-Webster Dictionary (michaelangelomato...), March 30th, 2005.
If Roeper was just "a little smug" he wouldn't provoke this level of ire. The man is a complete nitwit.
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 30th, 2005.
Yep. Ed Wood gets more flack for wearing ladies' sweaters than any of his directorial choices. It's been so long since I looked at the book, I can't remember what his objections to Three on a Couch (of all Jerry Lewis films) were, but I wonder if it has anything to do with Lewis' extended drag sequences, as opposed to the mere "drag cameos" in other Lewis films.
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 30th, 2005.
You OWN Medved's books, Matos?!!?
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 30th, 2005.
Also, I still want to see Losey's Assassination of Trotsky.
-- Eric H. (ephende...), March 30th, 2005.
of course! they were HUGE influences on me in high school. (The 50 Worst Movies of All Time, Hollywood Hall of Shame and Golden Turkey Awards, not the later craptastic shield-our-children-from-the-shame ones.) my paper did a good profile of Michael Medved a couple years ago, between my stints here: http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0320/film-medved.php
-- Matos-Webster Dictionary (michaelangelomato...), March 30th, 2005.
I wish more film critics were actually like Jay Sherman.
-- latebloomer: AKA Sir Teddy Ruxpin, Former Scientologist (posercore24...), March 30th, 2005.
note Medved Bros., not Medved. the three I have (well, two--still missing HHoS, still looking) are co-written w/his brother Harry.
-- Matos-Webster Dictionary (michaelangelomato...), March 30th, 2005.
I will admit I actually liked Medved when he did the "Golden Turkeys" on Sneak Previews on PBS (not enough to buy his books though-esp. after realizing what a right-wing kook he was.) As soon as he replaced Neil Gabler though WOAH boy was he terrible. He needed to focus his "talents" on tearing apart goofy b-movies and stay away from everything else.
-- Alex in SF (clobberthesauru...), March 30th, 2005.
-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), May 26th, 2005.
It's great that Judi Dench has finally found someone.
-- the black hand (ada...), May 26th, 2005.
Roeper sometimes reminds me of Jonathan Franzen:
-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), May 26th, 2005.
somebody's got a cruuuuUUUUUUUUUuuuuuush!!
-- s1ocki (slytus...), May 26th, 2005.
he sort of reminds me of loudon wainwright iii, or will ferrell.
-- Amateur(ist) (amateuris...), May 26th, 2005.
Am, I think that's the first time anyone's ever typed that sentence.
-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), May 26th, 2005.
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