It was hailed as one of the best films of 1985 and the best western to appear for a considerable period, with Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune remarking, " This year ( 1985 ) will go down in film history as the moment Clint Eastwood finally earned respect as an artist ".

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.

He is shown discussing the dynamics of appearing with Gene Siskel on the 1970s show Coming to a Theatre Near You, which was the predecessor of Sneak Previews on Chicago PBS station WTTW.

In 1986, the Tribune announced that celebrated film critic Gene Siskel, the Tribunes best-known writer, was no longer the paper's film critic, and that his position with the paper had shifted from being that of a full-time film critic to that of a free-lance contract writer who was to write about the film industry for the Sunday paper and also provide capsule film reviews for the paper's entertainment sections.

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.

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 ).

This was not the first time he had attacked the genre or coined a term for it: originally during the 80s, he and the late Gene Siskel had a special about the term they used back then, " women in danger " films, where they said how the genre was degrading to women as it would show them at the mercy of a strong brutish man.

Its most vocal detractor was Gene Siskel, who in his review called Cunningham " one of the most despicable creatures ever to infest the movie business ".

The movie was well received by critics, including Siskel and Ebert praising the movie.

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.

Among Hersey's earlier students at Yale was Michiko Kakutani, currently the chief book critic of The New York Times, as well as film critic Gene Siskel.

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.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave Space Jam a " thumbs up ," which Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune also gave the film, although his zeal was more subdued.

On the film review television show Siskel & Ebert & the Movies, critic Gene Siskel said the film was as " good looking as it is funny " and that " despite some slow patches " he recommended the film, giving it a " thumbs up ".

Jay was visibly uncomfortable during both segments, repeatedly telling Howard " it will all be edited out ", and hastily trying to conduct the Siskel & Ebert interview while the crowd was going wild at Howard's antics.

The film was very well received critically, being listed on the Top Ten list of both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert for films released in 1989.

The film was well-received by critics during its initial release, including a " two thumbs up " rating from critics Siskel and Ebert.

Film critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel were offended by Porky's and later called it one of the worst films of 1982.

In 1984, Medved joined Sneak Previews, the weekly movie review show originated by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, co-hosting the program for 12 years with Jeffrey Lyons.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Siskel was raised by his aunt and uncle after both his parents died when he was ten years old.

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

When asked by a journalist to list his three favorite things about Chicago, Siskel named Michael Jordan, Mayor Daley, and the Film Center.

: For the 1982 – 90 movie review program also hosted by Siskel and Ebert, see At the Movies ( 1982 – 1990 TV series ).

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.

The show's origins and format trace back to Sneak Previews ( 1975 ), a PBS series produced by WTTW that originally featured Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, and At the Movies, a follow-on show that the two critics created with Tribune Entertainment.

a mock TV critic show hosted by Siskel and Ebert-type characters and featured bizarre, sometimes disturbing clips from parodied TV shows supposedly beginning that week.

Despite an all-star cast and director Rob Reiner at the helm, < i > North </ i > was both a critical and commercial failure, and was hated so heavily by notable critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert that they both named it the worst film of 1994.

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 ).

In 1990, the song was revamped to a longer version featuring various celebrities singing along with Grover, including Ray Charles, Robin Williams, Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, Julia Roberts, Bo Derek, Whoopi Goldberg and Siskel and Ebert, as well as a cameo appearance by The Simpsons.

Gene Siskel was both bored and offended by it and later called it one of the worst films of 1989.

* Archie Hahn as a man who dies after a critical mauling ( Roger Barkley and Al Lohman resembling Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert ) and is roasted at his funeral by a variety of people, including his wife ;

The film was bestowed the honor of Best Film of the Year by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert in 1992, and was named one of the 10 Best Films of 1992 by the National Review Board.

Clara's Heart ( 1987 ), starring Whoopi Goldberg and a young Neil Patrick Harris, was released five years later to more negative box office numbers and reviews, and was panned on television by Siskel and Ebert.

This was the last film reviewed by the noted film critics Gene Siskel, who gave the film a thumbs up, and Roger Ebert, who gave the film a thumbs down, on Siskel and Ebert and The Movies before Siskel's death on 20 February 1999.

He and Gene Siskel's widow, Marlene Iglitzen Siskel, still own the trademark phrase " Two Thumbs Up.

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.

" 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.

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.

Siskel and Roger Ebert spent an entire episode of their TV show berating the film ( and other slasher films of the time ) because they felt it would make audiences root for the killer.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.