107.9 The River » Roger Ebert http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Fri, 24 May 2013 03:44:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Remembering Roger Ebert – A Guy Who Loved Life http://theriver1079.com/remembering-roger-ebert/ http://theriver1079.com/remembering-roger-ebert/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:19:55 +0000 John Riggs http://katsfm.com/?p=196960 I'll best honest, I didn't know Roger Ebert. Sure, I knew of him, but wasn't a follower of his. I didn't care if he thought a movie was good or bad. I didn't watch his show. I do know that he had one of the coolest jobs in the world and definitely struggled at the end of his life. All too recently, they're showing pictures of what he looked like near the end of his days, after surgery missing his jaw and all that. I'd rather remember him for this picture. Just some dude who doesn't look like a super model or fashion plate who loves what he did.

]]> http://theriver1079.com/remembering-roger-ebert/feed/ 0 Imgur Legendary Movie Critic Roger Ebert Dies at the Age of 70 http://theriver1079.com/rip-roger-ebert/ http://theriver1079.com/rip-roger-ebert/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:43:28 +0000 Mike Sampson http://screencrush.com/?p=94787 Just days after announcing a leave of absence from writing to deal with a recurrence of cancer, the Chicago Sun-Times reported this afternoon that legendary movie critic Roger Ebert has died.

]]> http://theriver1079.com/rip-roger-ebert/feed/ 0 Ethan Miller Roger Ebert Names the Best Movies of 2012, And His Top Pick Is… http://theriver1079.com/roger-ebert-names-the-best-movies-of-2012-and-his-top-pick-is/ http://theriver1079.com/roger-ebert-names-the-best-movies-of-2012-and-his-top-pick-is/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:21:41 +0000 Nick Romano http://screencrush.com/?p=71994 2012 turned out to be a big year for movies -- 'The Avengers' and 'The Dark Knight Rises' helped make superhero movies cool again, while 'Cloud Atlas' and 'Life of Pi' painted mind-blowing visual effects on the screen, and Ben Affleck and Quentin Tarantino debuted their latest projects. For famed film critic Roger Ebert, it was a busy time as well, having written a personal record of 300 movie reviews in 12 months. But which one of all these films did he pick as the absolute best of 2012?

Being that it's the end of the year and all, Ebert put together his "Top 10" list of the best films of 2012 and he gave the top spot to...

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