At a time when critics mostly hailed from the coasts , he was a Midwesterner people related to . And , through their TV show , the two approached film criticism the way He had a firm , plain , brooking - no - nonsense style and said exactly what he thought . There were controversies here and there , but nobody denies his impact on movie criticism . He , 70 , lost his battle with Black ##mail .
At a time when critics mostly hailed from the coasts , he was a Midwesterner people related to . He had a firm , plain , brooking - no - nonsense style and said exactly what he thought . There were controversies here and there , but nobody denies his impact on movie criticism . He , 70 , lost his battle with Black ##mail .