Gene Siskel

Our Flick of the Week is "Contact," in which "Forrest Gump" director Robert Zemeckis, a Steven Spielberg protege, makes his version of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," substituting the...

Our Flick of the Week is the often hilarious "Men in Black," a smart, funny and hip adventure film in a summer of car wrecks and explosions. A restrained Tommy...

`Face/Off" is the best action movie of the summer, and it works so well not because of its action scenes -- who cares about watching another attempt to stop a...

Our Flick of the Week is "Batman & Robin," a sniggering, exhausting, overproduced extravaganza that has virtually all of the humanity pounded out of it in the name of an...

Our Flick of the Week is "Speed 2," which succeeds just as its predecessor did by giving us enough fresh action for two movies, hosted by two extremely attractive performers....

Our Flick of the Week is "Con Air," a mostly entertaining -- and absurdly so -- mix of "Airport," "The Dirty Dozen" and "The Silence of the Lambs." That translates...

Two Sundays ago, Tribune Bulls beat writer Terry Armour and Tribune movie columnist and Bulls fanatic Gene Siskel debated the merits of Karl Malone (Terry's choice) and Michael Jordan (Gene's...

Our Flick of the Week is "The Lost World: Jurassic Park," which I didn't review last week in this space because it was previewed after production deadline. Is anyone still...

Our Flick of the Week is "Addicted to Love," an often charming romantic comedy about a couple of jilted lovers spying together on their former partners who are now wrapped...

Our Flick of the Week is Sidney Lumet's "Night Falls on Manhattan," a big-city crime and politics picture, with character actor Ron Leibman stealing the show with a boisterous performance...