Most people seem to accept that Back to the Future Part II is one of the greatest sequels of the 1980s. It’s pretty much impossible for anything to live up to the original, but by broadening the story ...

DULUTH — Siskel and Ebert only hugged once. It was 1985, and they were backstage waiting to be interviewed by Johnny Carson for the first time. "They started playing 'The Tonight Show' theme," Ebert ...

Like any great rivalry, the competition and, later, the lucrative partnership between Chicago Tribune film critic Gene Siskel and Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert has been dissected and ...

In the late 1960s, Gene Siskel was a young reporter at the Chicago Tribune and Roger Ebert a young reporter at the rival Chicago Sun-Times when each was offered his respective newspaper’s movie beat.

That’s how Matt Singer, author of the upcoming book “Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever,” describes the two most famous film critics in history. Like countless fans of his ...

This weekend Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel are back in the balcony watching recreated film clips from their past and arguing about their meaning in “Siskel and Ebert at 50.” Zack who’s playing Ebert and ...

Those who love cinema and film criticism should be more than familiar enough with Roger Ebertand Gene Siskel. Two of the best and most notorious film critics in history, the pair were the stars of ...

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