"Films to the degree that they glorify mindlessness……" — Roger Ebert
"Films to the degree that they glorify mindlessness and short attention span they are bad, to the degree that they encourage empathy with people not like ourselves and encourage us to think about life, they are good."
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269 Quotes by Roger Ebert
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Kindness’ covers all of my political beliefs.
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To say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion.
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