That’s how Matt Singer, author of the upcoming book “Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever,” describes the two most famous film critics in history. Like countless fans of his ...

We called one of them “Fatty” and the other one “Skinny,” and surely we weren’t the only ones. When it came to our moviegoing habits, their word was the beginning and the end. Matt Singer, author of ...

50 year ago this week, two movie critics from Chicago changed TV history. The 50 reviews below span the show’s entire 25-year history, and I did my best to provide a wide range of reviews; some of ...

In the late 1960s, Gene Siskel was a young reporter at the Chicago Tribune and Roger Ebert a young reporter at the rival Chicago Sun-Times when each was offered his respective newspaper’s movie beat.

During the late 1980s, when his movie review show with fellow film critic Roger Ebert was called “Sneak Previews,” Gene Siskel would occasionally take cat naps under the table in their station’s ...

Collier Jennings is an entertainment journalist with a substantial amount of experience under his belt. Collier, or "CJ" to his friends and family, is a dedicated fan of genre films - particularly ...

Exactly 50 years after their first joint TV appearance on Chicago’s public TV station, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert’s legacy received a heartfelt celebration Saturday in their hometown — including a ...

This weekend Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel are back in the balcony watching recreated film clips from their past and arguing about their meaning in “Siskel and Ebert at 50.” Zack who’s playing Ebert and ...

I do not know Matt Singer, the author of “Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever,” which was published Oct. 24 and which the Tribune’s Michael Phillips recently praised, calling ...

Gene Siskel was a highly respected critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune who determined the best in film for 30 years. Some of his top picks are worth adding to your movie watchlist. Siskel, ...