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In the episode, entitled "Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice" (which aired in 1995), Siskel and Ebert split and each wants Jay Sherman, the eponymous film critic, as his new partner. [31] The episode is a parody of the film Sleepless in Seattle. [31] They also appeared as themselves on Saturday Night Live three times, 1982, 1983, and 1985.
On-screen graphic from Roger Ebert & the Movies. Ebert continued the show with a series of guest critics. [28] [29] Originally retaining the Siskel & Ebert title, the program was renamed Roger Ebert & the Movies on the weekend of September 4–5, 1999, after Siskel's death. The guests matched wits with Ebert and tested their chemistry.
At the Movies (also known as At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert) is an American movie review television program that aired from 1982 to 1990. It was produced by Tribune Entertainment and was created by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert when they left their show Sneak Previews, which they began on Chicago's PBS station, WTTW, in 1975.
Despite appearing sluggish and tired, Siskel continued reviewing films with Ebert and would appear on Late Show with David Letterman. In February 1999, Siskel died of a brain tumor. [53] [54] The producers renamed the show Roger Ebert & the Movies and used rotating co-hosts including Martin Scorsese, [55] Janet Maslin [56] and A.O. Scott. [57]
On his year-end top ten films list, Ebert ranked Mississippi Burning the #1 movie of 1988. [62] Writing for the Chicago Tribune , Siskel praised Hackman and Dafoe's "subtle" performances, but felt that McDormand was "most effective as the film's moral conscience".
At the Movies (1982 TV program), an American program, originally known as At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. At the Movies (1986 TV program), a successor/competitor program (1986–2010) to the original, which was also known as Siskel & Ebert & the Movies; Ebert Presents: At the Movies, a successor program (2011)
The late, legendary film critic Roger Ebert called it as he saw it: “Gladiator lacks joy. It employs depression as a substitute for personality, and believes that if the characters are bitter ...
The show continued the format originated by Ebert and Gene Siskel on their first show, Sneak Previews, and continued on At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert and At the Movies, [1] in which two film critics discuss the week's new releases. Occasionally, the program aired special theme episodes, such as one listing the hosts' favorite ...