Wings of Desire received " Two Thumbs Up " from Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert on Siskel & Ebert & The Movies.

Ebert is known for his film review column ( appearing in the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, and later online ) and for the television programs Sneak Previews, At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, and Siskel and Ebert and The Movies, all of which he co-hosted for a combined 23 years with Gene Siskel.

In 1982, the critics moved to a syndicated commercial television show named At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, and in 1986 they left to create Siskel & Ebert & The Movies with Buena Vista Television ( part of the Walt Disney Company ).

When Siskel died in 1999, the producers retitled the show Roger Ebert & the Movies with rotating co-hosts.

The demotion occurred after Siskel and longtime Chicago film critic colleague Roger Ebert decided to shift the production of their weekly movie-review show — then known as At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert and later known as Siskel & Ebert & The Movies — from Tribune Entertainment to The Walt Disney Company's Buena Vista Television unit.

At the time of its release Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel included the film in their " Worst of " list for 1994, singling out the melancholy tone of the film, and the quality of Seagal's dialogue.

Both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert ranked the film as the best of 1989 and later ranked it as one of the top 10 films of the decade ( Siskel No. 6, Ebert # 4 ).

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert both gave the film a ' thumbs down ', commenting that while the film had great special effects, it lacked any real substance or character depth.

However, the film was not without its naysayers, including Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert ; though the latter still gave it a positive vote, both criticized the picture for being too long and having too many superfluous characters ( such as Harris's English Bob, who enters and leaves without ever meeting the protagonists ).

Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel attributed the film's success to the positive reaction from critics and audiences towards Rocky II and the production team's " quality control " of that film.

* November 23-Sneak Previews, the first American film review show, premieres and launches the careers of critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.

On a similar route, the two-headed dragon was named " Eborsisk " after film critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel.

The film received " two thumbs down " from Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert — though Lynch used this to his advantage by claiming it was " two good reasons to go and see Lost Highway.

A number of critics, including Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, positively reviewed the film.

It gained mostly positive reviews from film critics and a " two thumbs up " from Siskel and Ebert.

" Later, during Siskel and Ebert's annual " If We Picked the Winners " program, Gene Siskel gave away the surprise twist of the film while giving his review, which infuriated Ebert.

Each giving it thumbs up, Siskel remarked, " The Abyss has been improved ," and Ebert added, " it makes the film seem more well rounded.

* Siskel & Ebert review of the Special Edition release on Laserdisc.

In February 1995, a section of Chicago's Erie Street near the CBS Studios was renamed Siskel & Ebert Way.

In 1975, Ebert and Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune began co-hosting a weekly film review television show, Sneak Previews, which was locally produced by the Chicago public broadcasting station WTTW.

In 1995, Ebert, along with colleague Gene Siskel, guest starred on an episode of the animated TV series The Critic.

In the episode, Siskel and Ebert split and each wants Jay as his new partner.

In the episode, Siskel and Ebert split and each wants Jay Sherman, the titular critic, as his new partner.

Siskel also appeared as himself on an episode of The Larry Sanders Show.

In 1986, Film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert did a special episode of Siskel & Ebert addressing colorization as " Hollywood's New Vandalism.

The episode features cultural references to songs such as " The Joker " and "( They Long to Be ) Close to You ", and the television series Siskel & Ebert & the Movies.

The television show that the Simpson family watches at the beginning of the episode, in which the two reviewers discuss the latest McBain film, is a parody of the American television series Siskel & Ebert & the Movies.

" Siskel declined to comment on the new arrangement, but Ebert publicly criticized Siskel's Tribune bosses for punishing Siskel for taking their television program to a company other than Tribune Entertainment.

The exception was critic Gene Siskel who, on the TV show " Siskel & Ebert ", admitted " I went to the theater to see it expecting the worst ", and called it, " a brave little movie that explored the provocative issue of how some frustrated men channel their inability to love a woman into cruelty.

It received praise and " Two Thumbs Up " from Siskel and Ebert who were surprised by how good the film was considering Rob Reiner's previous film, North, was both of their selections for the worst movie of the year.

Siskel praised Douglas and Bening for their performances.

Stern and the two lesbians stayed on the show during Siskel and Ebert's segment, who were also guests on the show that night, where he began to suck one of their toes, to raucous applause and behavior from the crowd.

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film " Two Thumbs Up " on their show and both Siskel and Ebert named Hoop Dreams the best film of 1994.

In 1986, Siskel and Ebert left Tribune Broadcasting to have their show produced by the syndication arm of The Walt Disney Company.

Normally, Siskel and Roger Ebert would refuse to guest star in movies or televisual series ( except for talk shows ) as they felt it would undermine their responsibility to the public.

Siskel was survived by his wife, Marlene, and their children, Kate, Callie, and Will and is interred at Westlawn Cemetery.

On their show, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the picture two thumbs down, disappointed that the film didn't try anything new.

Gene Siskel in his appraisal of the film said that he had lost interest in the film after its introduction due to the very formulaic approach, and repeated Roger Ebert's criticism that the talents of the lead actors were wasted ; suggesting that the production company did not spend significant time producing a script which would be suitable for their talents.

" On their show At the Movies, Gene Siskel gave D. A. R. Y. L.

At the Movies ( originally Siskel and Ebert and The Movies, and later At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper ) is a movie review television program produced by Disney-ABC Domestic Television in which two film critics shared their opinions of newly released films.

Following the death of Gene Siskel, Disney considered not permitting guest critics to use the " thumb " rating in their movie review.

Roger Ebert greeted the film with ★★ stars and also rated it ( along with colleague Gene Siskel ) thumbs down on their television program, stating that Pee-Wee entered the real world, and comparing it to Pee-Wee's Playhouse, dubbed by the duo as " the television show " and Pee-wee's Big Adventure ( by claiming that the characters in those have absolutely no connection with reality whatsoever ).

However, a few weeks later, during their televised review of Happy Gilmore, Ebert tried to defend Farley, saying that he believed Siskel was too hard on him, and that he believes that with a good script, Farley could be good in a film.

Ebert and his partner Gene Siskel gave the film " two thumbs up " on their television show.