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| Cancer took Roger Ebert's voice, not his thumbs up |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 4:00 am |
| Tags: Cancer, Cancerous, Critic, Down, Ebert, Film, Films, Gene, Gland, Growth, Movie, Reviews, Richard, Roeper, Roger, Salivary, Screens, Siskel, Site, Speak, Surgery, Television, Thumbs, Web |
| of America's best known film critics, has not been able to speak since he had emergency cancer surgery on July 1 to repair a burst blood vessel near the site of his June 16 surgery to remove a cancerous growth on his salivary gland. But he can still give a thumbs up or thumbs down as he reviews movies on his Web site.Starting today, clips from |
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| Heavenly Sword Is "Half-Assed" According To Itagaki |
| Published: August 4, 2007, 11:08 am |
| Tags: Games Industry, Assed, Developers, Egm Magazine, Good Game, Graphics Programmer, Heavenly Sword, Hero, Improvements, Ninja Gaiden, Outspoken Critic, Sequences, Tecmo |
| the record as an outspoken critic of Sword's Hero Sequences. I've never played a good game where the developers put a big icon of the button you're supposed to press onscreen, Itagaki says. I look at Heavenly Sword and it seems really half-assed, because it's asking you to do all these button-timing sequences but you are not getting |
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| Which Siskel & Ebert TV Reviews Have You Watched Again? |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 10:01 am |
| Tags: Critic, Ebert Roeper, Ebertandroeper, Film Criticism, Filmcriticism, Gene Siskel, Genesiskel, Roger Ebert, Rogerebert, Siskel Ebert, Siskelandebert |
| aired -- my favorite film critic and my favorite film director having a passionate conversation, it's pure gold. Their choices are terrific, but be prepared to be confused by Scorsese's #1 choice: "Now I'm cheating a bit with my choice for the #1 film of the 90's because it was actually made in '86." Insane, but I guess you don't tell Scorsese |
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| 100 things about me: Part 7 |
| Published: July 21, 2007, 12:52 pm |
| Tags: Personal Thoughts, Aids Walk, Articles, Calorie Count, Conservative, Coworkers, Critic, Dislike, Freelancing, Liberal, Mental Illness, Moderate, Nyu, Only Child, Self Loathing, Weight |
| year. 65. I am my biggest critic and probably dislike myself more than anyone else. 66. I'm afraid that all my coworkers don't like me. 67. I'd like to write articles by freelancing but I'm not sure how to get into the business. 68. I calorie count obsessively. 69. I watch my weight closely. 70. I participated in AIDS Walk back |
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| Food Critic Outted by Philadelphia Magazine |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 2:20 pm |
| Tags: Craig Laban, Craiglaban, Food Critic Outted, Larry Platt, Philadephia Magazine, Philafoodie |
| how Craig LaBan, the food critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer, was being sued by a local restaurant for libel. They claimed that he had incorrectly identified a cut of meat in an article, thus giving them a negative review that they hadn't deserved. The real big brouhaha about the whole thing was the fact that if the case when to trial, |
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| This Critic Is Not Happy With The Russian 'married With Children': “Today, people are becoming accustomed ... |
| Published: September 10, 2007, 9:34 am |
| Tags: People Who Will Eventually Be Killed By Putin, Russia, This Critic Not Happy The Russian Married Children |
| “Today, people are becoming accustomed to not thinking about life,” he said. “The television is training them to not think about which party is in Parliament, about which laws are... |
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| This Critic Is Not Happy With The Russian 'married With Children': “Today, people are becoming accustomed ... |
| Published: September 10, 2007, 9:34 am |
| Tags: People Who Will Eventually Be Killed By Putin, Russia, This Critic Not Happy The Russian Married Children |
| “Today, people are becoming accustomed to not thinking about life,” he said. “The television is training them to not think about which party is in Parliament, about which laws are being passed, about who will be in charge tomorrow. People have become accustomed to living like children, in the family of a very strong and powerful |
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| 100 things about me: Part 7 |
| Published: July 21, 2007, 12:52 pm |
| Tags: Personal Thoughts, Aids Walk, Articles, Calorie Count, Conservative, Coworkers, Critic, Dislike, Freelancing, Liberal, Mental Illness, Moderate, Nyu, Only Child, Self Loathing, Weight |
| year. 65. I am my biggest critic and probably dislike myself more than anyone else. 66. I'm afraid that all my coworkers don't like me. 67. I'd like to write articles by freelancing but I'm not sure how to get into the business. 68. I calorie count obsessively. 69. I watch my weight closely. 70. I participated in AIDS Walk back in high |
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| Everyone's A Critic: An op-ed website has discovered Jezebel, ... |
| Published: October 5, 2007, 2:20 pm |
| Tags: Everyone S Critic |
| An op-ed website has discovered Jezebel, and has a few retarded things to say about us. First the author described us as "naughty," which we hate ("naughty" is for nurse costumes and Santa Claus!),... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] |
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| Denis Coderre--no "team" player |
| Published: October 5, 2007, 5:44 pm |
| Tags: Afghanistan, Defence Critic, Liberal Egotist, Denis Coderre |
| How is it that Mr. Coderre was not among this committee who arrived in Afghanistan on January 23, 2007. If he was busy and not able to, he had lots of time to get himself on another group arranging to go from within the House of Commons. His complaints of being ignored and being forced to make his own arrangements ring very cold to this |
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| Filter Out Stupid People From The Internet? |
| Published: November 21, 2007, 12:49 pm |
| Tags: Internet, Comments, Critic, Filter, People, Stupid, Video, Detects, Babs, Aims, Filters, Hurts, Support, Youtube, Crtics |
| democratic system for video criticism that could have revolutionized the way we find and discuss films. The 5 star rating system and the open comments on videos have the potential to allow everyone to become a film critic. Allowing anyone to rate a video and even leave a few words on how they came to their decision could have created a focused |
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| Washington Post article on Oaxaca gets a beating |
| Published: November 26, 2007, 2:39 pm |
| Tags: Abuses, Article, Attacks, Attempting, Beating, Brad, Civil, Comments, Critic, Culminated, Deaths, Demanding, Describes, Detaining, Efforts, Events, Expats, Film Maker, Freidberg, Gets, Indymedia, Information, Insight, Journalist, Killed, Lack, Lives, Mexi, Politics |
| An article published in this weekend's Washington Post about Oaxaca, Mexico has caused a stir and prompted criticism for failing to explain adequately the problems that gripped the city twelve months ago and continue...read more |
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| BC Homeless:NDP "Shocked and Flawed" |
| Published: December 2, 2007, 10:33 am |
| Tags: Abbotsford, David, Nanaimo, Announced, Called, Carole, Chudnovsky, Communities, Conference, Conservative, Consultation, Creation, Crisis, Critic, Culture, Downtown, Eastside, Embarrassed, Finding, Friday, Homeless, Housing, Issue, James, Leader, Local, News, Opini |
| OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorBritish Columbia's NDP Party Leader Carole James, may seem to some as a "Crack Head", who has definitely "Cracked her Head" once too often walking the hallowed halls...read more |
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| L.A., New York, Boston, and D.C. Critics Announce Year-End Awards |
| Published: December 10, 2007, 6:02 am |
| Tags: Awards2007, Away From Her, Awayfromher, Coen Brothers, Coenbrothers, Critic Awards, Critic Awards 2007, Criticawards, Criticawards2007, Daniel Day Lewis, Danieldaylewis, Julian Schnabel, Julianschnabel, Julie Christie, Juliechristie, No Country For Old Men, Nocountryforo |
| before the ball drops, critics have started to share their picks. So, while we were all enjoying our weekends, the Los Angeles, Boston, New York, and D.C. critics were picking their best films of the year. B-town was all over a certain country for old folks, while the others were crazy for a little blood. Many of the critics picked the same |
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| Casting Bites Part Two: A Car Salesman, Trucks, and Some 'Push' |
| Published: December 20, 2007, 2:32 pm |
| Tags: Hitting The Bricks, Hittingthebricks, Ken Jeong, Kenjeong, Mr Art Critic, Mr Artcritic, Pizza With Bullets, Pizzawithbullets, Push, Sherri Shepherd, Sherrishepherd, Toni Trucks, Tonitrucks |
| and finally -- Mr. Art Critic, which has her co-starring with one Mr. Bronson Pinchot. (If you don't know who that is, go watch Perfect Strangers.) After this, maybe she'll take on the world! Last but not least, Less than Perfect co-star Sherri Shepherd has nabbed herself a new gig, according to Variety. She's signed on for one of the |
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