ROTTEN TOMATOES: New RT Column: Meet a Critic (With Richard Roeper)!

New RT Column: Meet a Critic (With Richard Roeper)!

The esteemed critic will also host a live chat on Thursday.

by Alex Vo | December 03, 2007

Our readers come to Rotten Tomatoes for primarily one reason: movie reviews. (That, and maybe to bicker on the forums about DVD cover art.) As we gradually roll out the new RT, we'll be implementing exciting new ways users can organize and interact with reviews and their authors. To compliment our new focus, RT is introducing a regular column we've dubbed Meet a Critic, launching this Wednesday!

Print and online, rising, popular, and even controversial: each Meet a Critic will acquaint you with some of your favorite writers. For the first MaC, we've lined up Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times critic whose reviews are consistently commented on at RT (and a lot of it is praise, not just asterisk-dotted words!). We've subjected Roeper to a battery of deeply personal inquiries, including questions about favorite films, guilty pleasures, formative film-going experiences, and his early days co-hosting his TV show with Roger Ebert. Keep an eye out for the interview this Wednesday.

And on Thursday, December 6^th, Roeper will host a live online chat on his website (www.AtTheMoviesTV.com) at 7pm ET/6pm CT/4pm PT. He'll answer your questions and discuss films and DVDs coming out this holiday season.

"The holiday season is truly a unique time for movie buffs," said Roeper. "The studios roll out some of their biggest movies of the year and last summer's blockbusters are now available on DVD."

Mark your calendars: the Roeper chat takes place on Thursday, and our Meet a Critic column launches Wednesday. While we're at it: Have any critics you'd like to see featured?

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joeylaura4 writes:
on Dec 03 2007 06:12 PM

Jim Emerson would be awesome, and so would Christie Lemire, A.O. Scott, and Manohla Dargis.

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hewpot writes:
on Dec 03 2007 06:33 PM

roeper owns, **** the haters

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Mr. Bowler writes:
on Dec 03 2007 06:35 PM

I'd like to see Peter Travers, Michael Philips, and of course, Rodger Ebert.

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kenporules writes:
on Dec 03 2007 06:37 PM

This is the thing I'm anticipating the most from the new RT.

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Atomic Cow writes:
on Dec 03 2007 06:57 PM

I hope its moderated. Some of our members can decide to be real pricks to celebrity guests.

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Bloody Mathias writes:
on Dec 03 2007 07:05 PM

Some critics that i'd like to chat with:

Stax from IGN, MaryAnne Johanson, Roger Ebert and James Berardinelli.

Now, back to the Patriot/Ravens game.

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Anderton2 writes:
on Dec 03 2007 07:07 PM

Roger Ebert, Jonathan Rossenbaum, Vincent Camby, Andrew Sarris... there are more, but those are the ones on the top of my head. By the way, I used to respect Roeper as a critic, now I look his reviews (most of them) and laugh. By the way, am I the only one who thinks most guest critics on the tv show look down on Roeper?

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hellblazer writes:
on Dec 03 2007 07:29 PM

Manohla Dargis
A.O. Scott
Andrew Sarris
Owen Glieberman

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TheForbiddenDouchebag writes:
on Dec 03 2007 08:47 PM

Kewl.

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KoolKatAWK writes:
on Dec 03 2007 09:30 PM

Owen Gleiberman, Peter Travers, Michael Phillips, A.O. Scott, and Harry Knowles

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v-alexander-the-great writes:
on Dec 03 2007 09:57 PM

Oh hurray!

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alsanali writes:
on Dec 03 2007 10:17 PM

I hope they get Victoria Alexander... but they better bring her in a bullet proof vest.

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CoUcH ToMaToE DoUgIe writes:
on Dec 03 2007 10:33 PM

Okay, Rotten tomatoes these are my demands, in critic form;)

Lou Lumenick new york post, Jack Matthews New York Daily News {hometown faves}

peter travers rolling stones, Richard Corliss TIME Magazine {intriguing nAtional voices}

Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com {like him because he reminds of turtle from entourage}

and finally, Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

{Because i hate this bastard & I wouldn't mind kicking the crap outta of him With my

Words, people;)}

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filmfascist writes:
on Dec 04 2007 04:16 AM

Walter Chaw

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Kid Vengeance writes:
on Dec 04 2007 05:24 AM

indeed, it's all about Walter Chaw

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dahluzz writes:
on Dec 04 2007 06:26 AM

Travers is must-have. you guys need to do some big names early to get this feature off the ground (roeper, not a bad first pick, even though he's pretty square). How bout Ty Burr from the Boston Globe. representin.

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Zap Rowsdower writes:
on Dec 04 2007 05:14 PM

Earl Dittman and David Manning

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POPCORNLUMPY writes:
on Dec 06 2007 12:35 PM

GO ROPER!!! GO ROPER!!!

YES WHOOO HECK YEAH!!!!!

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