I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE the news of his passing.
Grew up watching him and Ebert through my adolescent years and the Roeper era when I started college at Mt. SAC in the early 00s. Loved reading his insightful blogs on society in his last few years as well.
RIP Roger.
I plan on using the $10 weekend Metrolink ticket and using the redline subway to see this at City Walk. Where else but at a Sudio behind the 2nd highest grossing movie in the studio's history?
Plus, I never saw it in theaters. I saw it once when it came out on video when I turned 14.
I listen to a song by Prince called The Cross.
I'd find a link but that egotistical purple clad midget doesn't want Youtube licensing his songs. Greedy a-hole.
Just imagine if Natalie Maines waited a handful of years later...oh who am I kidding? She'd still be blasted by the right wing media while crying foul when Ted Nugent gets bashed! Merica!
I believe he wrote The Truman Show as well. Sad to see himself hit this low.
Then again, apart from In Time, he did that awful looking Pacino movie where he creates a digital movie star.
He's not a great actor but he's a likable presence in some movies and he's got great taste in scripts. He's even got a few actual decent performances in movies like The Gift and Street Kings. He did quite a good job narrating and interviewing in that Side By Side doucmentary from last year.
What I've read of him, he seems like a well rounded dude without a huge ego.