Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies
You're talking about Eleanor Ringel-Gillespie? She was the main AJC critic for years. She was truly a Southern lady in appearance and manner. I did often wonder at her reviewing films like Boyz in the Hood and the like. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:44:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies Mr Worf, we had a woman here in Atlanta who used to review movies for the AJC. Keith will probably remember her name before I will, because I couldn't stand reading her column. It was clear that she didn't like many of the movies she was sent to review. It felt, at times, like a Tea Party assessment of President Obama's job performance. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: The problem with movie critics is that you will find someone that loves heavy foreign dramas trying to review an action film. The person will probably not like 99% of action movies and pan the movie. That doesn't give the film justice. There was a couple of critics in San Francisco like that. One was an older woman that loved stuff like Fried Green Tomatoes why did they try to send her to review the Matrix or a Bruce Willis film? On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the hosts' seeming desire to find the next GWTW in every movie that came across their screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas Rotten Tomatoes uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the artsy mold as critics. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with SE's show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as SE to fill their shoes. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show Share | At the Movies is fading to black after 24 seasons. The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel. Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending. Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo ! Groups Links http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies
What did she use as a ranking system? Mint Juleps? The lady that I was talking about here used red hats as her ranking system. Always laughable. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: You're talking about Eleanor Ringel-Gillespie? She was the main AJC critic for years. She was truly a Southern lady in appearance and manner. I did often wonder at her reviewing films like Boyz in the Hood and the like. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:44:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies Mr Worf, we had a woman here in Atlanta who used to review movies for the AJC. Keith will probably remember her name before I will, because I couldn't stand reading her column. It was clear that she didn't like many of the movies she was sent to review. It felt, at times, like a Tea Party assessment of President Obama's job performance. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: The problem with movie critics is that you will find someone that loves heavy foreign dramas trying to review an action film. The person will probably not like 99% of action movies and pan the movie. That doesn't give the film justice. There was a couple of critics in San Francisco like that. One was an older woman that loved stuff like Fried Green Tomatoes why did they try to send her to review the Matrix or a Bruce Willis film? On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the hosts' seeming desire to find the next GWTW in every movie that came across their screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas Rotten Tomatoes uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the artsy mold as critics. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with SE's show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as SE to fill their shoes. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show Share | At the Movies is fading to black after 24 seasons. The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel. Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending. Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies
That's her, Keith, and thanks for the brain jog! [?] Mr Worf, that red-hat rating system sounds vaguely familiar. Who does it? Myself, I've come to rely on this group for movie reviews, first and foremost. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: What did she use as a ranking system? Mint Juleps? The lady that I was talking about here used red hats as her ranking system. Always laughable. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: You're talking about Eleanor Ringel-Gillespie? She was the main AJC critic for years. She was truly a Southern lady in appearance and manner. I did often wonder at her reviewing films like Boyz in the Hood and the like. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:44:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies Mr Worf, we had a woman here in Atlanta who used to review movies for the AJC. Keith will probably remember her name before I will, because I couldn't stand reading her column. It was clear that she didn't like many of the movies she was sent to review. It felt, at times, like a Tea Party assessment of President Obama's job performance. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: The problem with movie critics is that you will find someone that loves heavy foreign dramas trying to review an action film. The person will probably not like 99% of action movies and pan the movie. That doesn't give the film justice. There was a couple of critics in San Francisco like that. One was an older woman that loved stuff like Fried Green Tomatoes why did they try to send her to review the Matrix or a Bruce Willis film? On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the hosts' seeming desire to find the next GWTW in every movie that came across their screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas Rotten Tomatoes uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the artsy mold as critics. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with SE's show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as SE to fill their shoes. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show Share | At the Movies is fading to black after 24 seasons. The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel. Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending. Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 330.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies
I don't think that she is on tv here anymore so she may be down your way. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: That's her, Keith, and thanks for the brain jog! [?] Mr Worf, that red-hat rating system sounds vaguely familiar. Who does it? Myself, I've come to rely on this group for movie reviews, first and foremost. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: What did she use as a ranking system? Mint Juleps? The lady that I was talking about here used red hats as her ranking system. Always laughable. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: You're talking about Eleanor Ringel-Gillespie? She was the main AJC critic for years. She was truly a Southern lady in appearance and manner. I did often wonder at her reviewing films like Boyz in the Hood and the like. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:44:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies Mr Worf, we had a woman here in Atlanta who used to review movies for the AJC. Keith will probably remember her name before I will, because I couldn't stand reading her column. It was clear that she didn't like many of the movies she was sent to review. It felt, at times, like a Tea Party assessment of President Obama's job performance. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: The problem with movie critics is that you will find someone that loves heavy foreign dramas trying to review an action film. The person will probably not like 99% of action movies and pan the movie. That doesn't give the film justice. There was a couple of critics in San Francisco like that. One was an older woman that loved stuff like Fried Green Tomatoes why did they try to send her to review the Matrix or a Bruce Willis film? On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the hosts' seeming desire to find the next GWTW in every movie that came across their screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas Rotten Tomatoes uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the artsy mold as critics. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with SE's show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as SE to fill their shoes. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show Share | At the Movies is fading to black after 24 seasons. The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel. Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending. Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 330.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies
Honestly, rave, I thought it had been canceled three years ago, when it stopped being aired in its usual 12:30 Sunday afternoon spot. Just learned this year (thanks to insomnia) that it's been kicked back to 3:30 Sunday mornings. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show Share | At the Movies is fading to black after 24 seasons. The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel. Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending.
Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies
I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with SE's show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as SE to fill their shoes. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show Share | At the Movies is fading to black after 24 seasons. The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel. Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending. Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies
That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the hosts' seeming desire to find the next GWTW in every movie that came across their screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas Rotten Tomatoes uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the artsy mold as critics. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with SE's show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as SE to fill their shoes. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show Share | At the Movies is fading to black after 24 seasons. The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel. Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending. Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Curtain closes on At the Movies
The problem with movie critics is that you will find someone that loves heavy foreign dramas trying to review an action film. The person will probably not like 99% of action movies and pan the movie. That doesn't give the film justice. There was a couple of critics in San Francisco like that. One was an older woman that loved stuff like Fried Green Tomatoes why did they try to send her to review the Matrix or a Bruce Willis film? On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: That in part, Mr Worf. I also see, as a problem with the show, was the hosts' seeming desire to find the next GWTW in every movie that came across their screens (a MAJOR reason why I don't like critics), whereas Rotten Tomatoes uses regular people as reviewers, who aren't of the artsy mold as critics. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I think that shows like that are good to have. I watch the Rotten Tomatoes show on Current tv pretty regularly. I think the problem with SE's show is that they didn't find hosts that were as interesting as SE to fill their shoes. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2010/03/disneyabc-to-cancel-at-the-movies-siskel-and-eberts-old-show.html Disney-ABC cancels 'At the Movies,' Siskel and Ebert's old show Share | At the Movies is fading to black after 24 seasons. The cancellation will bring down the curtain on the Chicago-based nationally syndicated TV showcase for dueling film critics that traced its lineage to WTTW-Ch. 11's mid-1970s pairing of the Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert and Tribune's Gene Siskel. Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Media Productions finally yelled cut Wednesday, announcing the final show with current reviewers Michael Phillips of the Tribune and A.O. Scott of the New York Times will air the weekend of Aug. 14. It was anything but a surprise ending. Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
