Date of Birth
17 October 1959,
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height
6' (1.83 m)
Trivia
Graduated from Illinois State University in 1982.
Has been a columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times since 1987.
For seven years, he was a contributor to Fox News in Chicago, where his commentaries were nominated for five Emmys, winning twice.
His all-time favorite films are The Godfather (1972), The Godfather: Part II (1974), and True Romance (1993).
The Chicago White Sox are his favorite baseball team.
Since he has been co-hosting with Roger Ebert, he walked out on The Brothers Solomon (2007). He also came very close with Son of the Mask (2005) and Tideland (2005).
In November of 2004, on a special segment of "Ebert & Roeper," he stated that his all-time favorite film about Thanksgiving is Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987).
Gave The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) thumbs down. However, he gave The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) thumbs up. After viewing the second and third chapters, his appreciation for "The Fellowship of the Ring" increased.
Regrets giving Men in Black II (2002) and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) thumbs up.
[To Roger Ebert regarding the film May (2002)] If it's ever playing on an airplane, I'm going to find out if my seat really is a floatation device. 'Cause I'm jumping out, okay?
[After Ebert suggested Vincent Gallo should bill The Brown Bunny (2003) as "the worst movie ever made" to make "people want to see it"] Well, I understand your point. If you told me that over in the corner there was a hot, steaming pile of excrement, I'd want to go over and take a look, but I'd be glad I didn't make it.
[On films getting an R rating because of smoking] I don't hear anybody saying, "If there's a *gun* in a movie, we should automatically consider an R rating." There are a lot of movies... that are *quite* violent, have lot of shootings and killings, and everybody's perfectly fine with getting a PG-13 rating. So, something like 'Ghost Rider' with Nicolas Cage gets a PG-13, but now if there's smoking in a movie, it's gonna get an R, I think it's nonsense.
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