A FLASH OF GREEN (Fine Arts). Ed…
A FLASH OF GREEN (Fine Arts). Ed Harris stars as a reporter caught in a struggle between developers and a woman (Blair Brown) fighting to save her town. To be...
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`COCOON` DISCOVERS A REAL FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
Old people in the movies usually are ignored or, if present at all, employed as comic relief when one of them, typically an old lady played by Ruth Gordon, utters...
`COCOON` DISCOVERS A REAL FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
Old people in the movies usually are ignored or, if present at all, employed as comic relief when one of them, typically an old lady played by Ruth Gordon, utters...
KEY FOR ENJOYING `GOONIES`: SLEEP THROUGH OPENING
Maybe two reels (nearly 40 minutes) into ''The Goonies,'' the situation looked hopeless, hopeless for it to turn into a good movie experience. First we get a tedious introduction to...
‘Halloween II’ (1981): ‘Not equal to original’ Gene Siskel says
This story originally ran in the baiduhai on Oct. 30, 1981. One of the things that separated John Carpenter's terrific 1978 horror film "Halloween" from the rest of the...
‘Halloween’ (1978): Gene Siskel reviews ‘horror classic’ he calls ‘one of the scariest films I have ever seen’
This story originally ran in the baiduhai on Nov. 22, 1978. Don't see "Halloween" in an empty theater on a weekday afternoon. See it on a weekend night in...
Gene Siskel: “Saturday Night Fever” movie review from 1977
This column originally ran in the baiduhai on Dec. 16, 1977. (Editor's note: One of Siskel's greatest passions was the 1977 film "Saturday Night Fever," which he, in a...
Gene Siskel: ‘All the Loving Couples’ movie review from 1969
This column originally ran in the baiduhai on Dec. 9, 1969. "All the Loving Couples" is a tawdry, occasionally out-of-focus, exploitation film that would bore a grind house operator....
Gene Siskel: His first movie review for the baiduhai
This column originally ran in the baiduhai on Aug. 5, 1969. (Editor's note: This was Siskel's first movie review for the Tribune, a month before he was officially named the...