'At the Movies' canceled

**dfergie** · 03-25-2010 01:39 AM

Movie review show will air last program Aug. 14

STUART LEVIN

The long-running movie review skein that taped in Chicago, went through several name and host changes and made TV stars out newspaper crix Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert has been canceled. The final program will air Aug. 14.

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variety.com

**yaz96** · 03-25-2010 01:49 AM

Wow! That's a surprise. I wonder if Ebert's health had anything to do with it?

**dfergie** · 03-25-2010 01:54 AM

Ebert has been gone for a couple of years, I haven't seen this in a long time, but used to watch it when it was "Siskel & Ebert"...

**MikeD-C05** · 03-25-2010 09:28 AM

NO one listens to critics about movies anymore. I have noticed just about every movie that they rave about, are obscure dog films and the great popular feature movies they say tank ,are the BEST. There time is now past.

**Bobby** · 03-25-2010 11:09 AM

I'm not surprised at all. These two clowns just aren't Siskel and Ebert or Ebert and Roper or Roper and his guest critic. It just doesn't work...

**yaz96** · 03-25-2010 11:52 AM

I thought Ebert came back, and I didn't know Roper was gone. So it basically was just a hollow shell of it's former self. No wonder.

I really enjoyed Siskel and Ebert, and still get Ebert's weekly email reviews.

**riffjim4069** · 03-25-2010 11:58 AM

In my opinion, this show should have been cancelled once Ebert left due to illness. To be honest, I haven't watched the more than a handful of times since Siskel passed-away more than 10-years ago.

**Bobby** · 03-25-2010 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by yaz96

I thought Ebert came back, and I didn't know Roper was gone. So it basically was just a hollow shell of it's former self. No wonder.

I really enjoyed Siskel and Ebert, and still get Ebert's weekly email reviews.

Roger lost his lower jaw in his last round of cancer. He can no longer speak, or eat in the normal manner. Roper left at the end of last season.

**riffjim4069** · 03-25-2010 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by Bobby

Roger lost his lower jaw in his last round of cancer. He can no longer speak, or eat in the normal manner. Roper left at the end of last season.

Yep, for people (like me) who haven't seen Ebert lately his appearance has changed drastically. My wife records Oprah and I noticed he was on a recent episode. Anyway, I didn't care for him as a movie critic but I have newfound respect for him as a person.