The best of the 1980s for Ebert included adaptations, franchise starters, eclectic comedies, and hair-raising horror.

The satirical story of rock bands and the music industry earnedfour stars from Ebertafter its original release.

It is about understanding how the other guy feels."

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“Thats what the movies offer: Escapism into lives other than our own.

Despite earning 11 Oscar nominations,The Color Purpledidn’t take home a single golden statue that night.

Ebert called the movie “just plain fun” in his republished2000 great movie review.

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That Spielberg places his message in the crevices of the action makes it all the more effective.

‘Raiders’ may have an impersonal superstructure, but its foundations are personal, and passionate.”

A film with no villains.

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No fighting between the two kids.

No darkness before the dawn.

A world that is benign."

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In her big screen leading role,Ebert’s great movie reviewcalled Turner “an intriguing original.”

The moment we believe that, the movie stops being an exercise and starts working."

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Neal Page (Steve Martin) and Del Griffith (John Candy) sit next to each other on a freezing cold morning in ‘Planes, Trains, & Automobiles’

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Whoopi Goldberg as Celie in The Color Purple.

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Jack Torrance, played by Jack Nicholson, laughing madly while sat at a bar in The Shining.

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Indiana Jones preparing to replace a golden statue with a bag of sand in Raiders of the Lost Ark’

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Chu Totoro and Mei running through the forest in ‘My Neighbor Totoro’

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William Hurt corners Kathleen Turner in Body Heat

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Mozart conducting before a large crowd in Amadeus

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Tony Montana Shooting a Rifle in ‘Scarface’

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Jake LaMotta with a heavily bruised face fighting in the ring in Raging Bull

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