If a movie isnt a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy. – Roger Ebert
Its a good question, because a movie isnt good or bad based on its politics. Its usually good or bad for other reasons, though you might agree or disagree with its politics. – Roger Ebert
If a movie is really working, you forget for two hours your Social Security number and where your car is parked. You are having a vicarious experience. You are identifying, in one way or another, with the people on the screen. – Roger Ebert
The right really dominates radio, and its amazing how much energy the right spends telling us that the press is slanted to the left when it really isnt. They want to shut other people up. They really dont understand the First Amendment. – Roger Ebert