Siskel & Ebert’s balcony closes for the final time
Siskel & Ebert
This week’s episode of At the Movies was the last of the series that premiered 35 years ago, originally hosted by Roger Ebert and the late Gene Siskel.
It’s time for these girls to do some shopping at the TV and movie oblivion boutique
Like the host burdened with the houseguest from hell who won’t leave, I have had enough of these women. And because they are fictional, it’s time for them to die. Continue reading
Time for a quick cinema pop quiz. What do you get when you cross all of these: a tale of young women trying to break into show business; lots of references to ‘60s and ‘70s culture including pot smoking, free sex and scantily-clad women showing lots of boobs; a noted director of X-rated movies, and a script authored by a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, five years before the Pulitzer showed up on his doorstep? The answer to this riddle is the trainwreck called “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.” Continue reading
Screaming Back at the Screen 