We especially like this tribute to Roger Ebert, who passed away on April 4th, from  The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias.

Some thoughts on the death of Roger Ebert, a man who meant a lot to us | Film | Newswire | The A.V. Club.

Yup, we’ve also got a battered, well-thumbed-through paperback of Roger Ebert’s Movie Home Companion (though we mostly blew off any negative reviews of horror movies we were already determined to see).  He will be missed–and do check out the article; it’s an especially thoughtful, moving, and realistic tribute.

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• In Honor of Roger Ebert – A Look Back at Some of His At the Movies Horror Reviews (dreadcentral.com)