I’m not familiar with the author, but it’s a great article. And I was likewise surprised to see something similar from Howard Kurtz.
Roeper was Roger Ebert’s partner for the “At The Movies” TV series until Ebert couldn’t do it any more.
You don’t remember Ebert & Roeper At The Movies? He replaced Gene Siskel in around 2000.
He’s now also a co-host on WLS with Roe Cohn.