'The Weather Man' kicks off second day of Ebertfest

CHAMPAIGN – As the lights came up after "The Weather Man," the first movie of the second day of the Roger Ebert Overlooked Film Festival, Roger Ebert's face lit up along with them.

It's an expression his wife, Chaz Ebert, says she has seen recently from the famed film critic.

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