Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review The Long Good Friday (1980), Class of 1984 (1982), Lola (1981) and Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982). The Stinker of the Week is Homework (1982).
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review five Alfred Hitchcock re-releases: Rear Window (1954), The Trouble with Harry (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958) and Rope (1948).
1983 had two new James Bond movies (Octopussy and Never Say Never Again) so a whole episode of "At the Movies" was devoted to the James Bond movie series by Siskel & Ebert.
Roger opens the show with a seriously negative review of the Sybil Danning thriller "They're Playing With Fire", which he announces as one of the worst movies of the year. Gene agreed but was appalled by the film's violence. They split on "Beat Street", which Gene liked but Roger kept waiting to turn up the energy. They both liked "Ghostbusters", yet neither liked "Les Compares" which they thought was no better than a sitcom.
In this special episode, Gene and Roger look at four sequels to four bad movies which equal four bad sequels. First Gene looks at "Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment", which admits has a total of two laughs. Then Roger looks at "Missing Action 2: The Beginning" which he admits the best sequel on the show, but Gene admitted that the movie forced his mind to drift into the melancholy of the real Vietnam War. Then Gene looks at the second sequel to "Porky's" called "Porky's Revenge," and calls it a numbing experience. Finally, Roger looks at "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning" which he called a dismaying and depressing experience.
In this special program, Gene and Roger discuss the recent trend of bodybuilding working its way into the movies. Featured are scenes from "Rambo: First Blood, Part II" (1985), "Rocky" (1976), "Stay Hungry" (1976), "Conan the Barbarian" (1982), Jane Fonda's "Workout" (1982) (V), "On Golden Pond" (1981), "American Gigilo" (1980), "Staying Alive" (1983), "Vision Quest" (1985), "Flashdance" (1983), "Personal Best" (1982), "Pumping Iron 2: The Women" (1985).
In this special episode, Gene and Roger look at the recent trend of movies that depict a victorious view of The Vietnam War, as a response to the loss in real life.
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review Fletch (1985), A View to a Kill (1985), Perfect (1985) and Goodbye, New York (1985).
Roger opens a negative review of George Romero's "Day of the Dead", the second sequel to "Night of the Living Dead", to which Gene agreed. Both gave an extremely negative review of the post-college drama "St. Elmo's Fire" which they dismissed as a phony and obvious mess. They split on the Clint Eastwood western adventure "Pale Rider", Gene thought it was below par, but Roger liked it. However, they both liked the small town drama "A Flash of Green".
Roger opens with a negative review of "Red Sonja" which he and Gene thought was laughably bad. They gave two excited thumbs up to "Back to the Future", a marginal thumbs up to "Silverado" and then two more excited thumbs up to "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" which Roger thought was one of the year's best films.
Gene and Roger discuss the recent trend of Hollywood's attempts to bring a positive, and more heroic, view of the Vietnam War by marketing to kids as entertainment.
In this special show, Gene and Roger take time out to recommend some films that viewers may have missed that are available on video. Gene picks: Comfort and Joy (1984), Blue Collar (1978), The Lonely Guy (1983) and Entre Nous (1983). Roger picks Micki + Maude(1984), Altered States (1980), Love Streams (1984) and Melvin and Howard (1980).
The Worst of 1987
The Worst of 1988
Lethal Weapon 2, Karate Kid III, Great Balls of Fire (1989)
Terminator 2, Naked Gun 2 1/2, Europa Europa (1991)
Demolition Man, Fatal Instinct, Remains of the Day (1993)
Cliffhanger
Groundhog Day, Untamed Heart, Love Field (1993)
Jerry Maguire, Daylight, Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Worst of 1998
Worst of 1996
Worst of 1999
Ace Ventura When Nature Calls, The American President
In this annual special, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert choose who would win the Academy Awards if they were the ones making the decisions.
