Ebert
Ebert is a German surname, most associated with Roger Ebert (1942–2013), the American film critic whose reviews and television show with Gene Siskel popularized the "thumbs up/thumbs down" rating system.
In film discussion, invoking Ebert often signals appeal to accessible, mainstream criticism: What would Ebert think of this one?
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- reviewCritical written assessment
- PulitzerMajor journalism award
- ChicagoMajor Illinois metropolis
- Sun-TimesChicago-based daily paper
movies · cinema · screening · rating · critique · commentary · filmmaker · Hollywood
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- thumbs upGesture signaling approval
- thumbs downGesture of rejection
- PBSNon-profit educational broadcaster
- syndicatedLicensed for wide distribution
Buena Vista · Disney · banter · debate · spoilers · clips · weekly · broadcast
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- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- jawBone holding teeth
- courageFortitude facing danger
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
accessibility · populist · democratizing · criticism · archive · retrospective · influential · beloved
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Sun-Times · movies · cinema · screening · rating · critique · commentary · filmmaker · Hollywood · Oscars
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Raised exterior platform
- thumbs upGesture signaling approval
- thumbs downGesture of rejection
- PBSNon-profit educational broadcaster
syndicated · Buena Vista · Disney · banter · debate · spoilers · clips · weekly · broadcast · duo
memoir
Written personal recollection
inspiration · accessibility · populist · democratizing · criticism · archive · retrospective · influential · beloved · voice
- German LeadersBismarck, Hindenburg, Hitler, Kohl, Merkel
- Weimar Germanyhyperinflation, Treaty of Versailles, Hindenburg, emergency decrees, coalition governments
- Weimar ExecutiveHindenburg, presidential powers
- Weimar powersemergency powers, presidential decrees, emergency decrees, rule by decree, Hindenburg
Ebertfilmmaker
One who makes movies
director · Steven Spielberg · Martin Scorsese · auteur · screenwriter