Siskel & Ebert Review - RoboCop, The Squeeze, Snow White, Withnail and I

[@leew1598]

Snow White and the seven Dwarves is such a beautiful classic film. I'm dreading the Disney live action updated version with a modern twist.

[@JozeeWalz]

Thank you for posting these! I have to admit I've watched a lot of them and haven't left comment but it is totally appreciated. I'm pretty sure I've seen every one of these when they were originally broadcast. I followed these two since the PBS days in the mid-70s! Very cool to watch these again!

[@FreshSpecimens]

Their review of The Squeeze is hilarious. 🤣 I saw that movie when I was like ten years old and thought it sucked. I don’t even remember anything about it now, 35 years later, except maybe there was a scene with a severed thumb involved? Ugh.

[@adamgrimsley2900]

Great up load. For me RoboCop is the scariest film of the 80s

[@CraigMcfly1985]

It's a badass classic hit Adam.

[@matthewbrown2037]

Although I've gotten used to Gene putting down some classic movies, some of my all time favourite, I just can't understand him not liking Withnail and I? This film is genius, and a true comedy great, with one memorable scene after another. Roger, as always, gets it. RIP both of them. It's hard to believe Gene has been gone over 20 years now.

[@gus4u2c]

When Paul McGann was announced as the latest actor to play Doctor Who in the Mid ‘90s, I decided to check out Withnail and I, because I heard he was in it. Absolutely loved it. When Uncle Monty has the McGahnn character cornered in his underwear, I laughed so hard.

[@mchris65]

He was such a killjoy on the show. Ebert forever!

[@MrBoyYankee]

That Nancy Travis Excedrin commercial is timeless.

[@o.c.kiddkidd5163]

When these include the actual commercials from the original airings I LOVE IT!!! It's like a trip through time and I remember my distant youth.

[@ezmony6950]

Oh dang,that's her? Nice

[@FeverDog420]

"Mama's got the magic of Clorox 2" - why is that jingle occupying valuable space in my memory?

[@CraigMcfly1985]

She was about to do Richard Gere crime thriller two years later.

[@MrBoyYankee]

@@CraigMcfly1985 internal affairs.

[@N_Loco_Parenthesis]

The words iconic and legendary are tossed around too frequently today, but make no mistake, Withnail & I is an absolutely iconic film, indubitably and still uniquely English in its style and humour. Don't hesitate to see it.

[@randyd7836]

"Sounds like another relationship I know." 🤣

[@mykiethomas]

Feels so under appreciated but I absolutely love Disney’s Snow White. Left me with awful lasting nightmares from childhood into early adulthood, over the span of about 20 years, but I still watched it all the time! I stopped watching it for some time, and came back to it years later. It’s one of my all time favorite Disney movies. It’s held up. I love it.

[@lw3646]

It was my favourite video when I was a little kid, the music, the songs, the animation, the setting, just a lovely film, I probably watched it 100 times.

[@gspendlove]

I like George Carlin's take on the Seven Dwarfs: "Happy was into grass, and grass alone. Maybe occasionally a little hash on the weekends, but, Happy, that's all he did. Sleepy was into reds. Grumpy, too much speed. Doc was the connection. Sneezy was a full-blown coke freak. Dopey was into everything. He always had his arm out and his leg up. And the one we always forget, because he was, Bashful. Bashful didn't need drugs, he was paranoid on his own."

[@aaronbruceladner1983]

I Want the 1987 Episode, Where Gene and Roger Review MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE

[@LannieLord]

I have a good friend that worked at a professional costume shop in NYC in the 1980s that did costumes for movies and TV. One of his big jobs was costumes for The Squeeze ! LOL .

[@adamgrimsley2900]

How can you say Withnail is boring??? He's insane.

[@Flint-Dibble-the-Don]

He was right about Danny the Drug dealer though. He's the only reason I ever heard of the movie. Mostly due to Wayne's World 2.

[@adamgrimsley2900]

@@Flint-Dibble-the-Don that's irrelevant

[@Flint-Dibble-the-Don]

@@adamgrimsley2900 wrong Adam. It is 100% relevant.

[@adamgrimsley2900]

@@Flint-Dibble-the-Don if you've only heard of the film and not seen it how can you say that means it's boring? That information would be complete irrelevant

[@Flint-Dibble-the-Don]

@@adamgrimsley2900 You seem to be under the impression that I agreed with him calling the film boring. I did not. I agreed with his praise of the actor who played Danny the Dealer. I hope this clears things up.

[@JGlennFL]

Snow White is one of the most, if not the most, groundbreaking movies of all time. It was the first feature length fully animated film. And when they were making it, many people believed that people would not pay money to see a cartoon (they were always included along with the feature film), or to take the characters in a cartoon seriously in those scarier scenes because it had never been done before. In fact, it was called "Disney's Folly" because Walt bet everything on it and his studio probably would have gone bankrupt if it had bombed. The entire Disney empire, including every Disney movie, cartoon, theme park, cruise ship, and TV show, owes its very existence to Snow White's success.

[@vjspectron]

Props to Roger for defending Snow White's original aspect ratio.

[@FeverDog420]

Guess Disney listened - the 1993 release showed it in 4:3.

[@sandal_thong8631]

Normally they are on about having widescreen or Letterbox 16:9 in VHS releases, just as they do for Laserdisc. Someone said it was DVD that made Letterbox standard. But it may have been the introduction of widescreen TVs, or going to digital television in that ratio in the early 2000s.

[@jerometaperman7102]

They shouldn't have shown that RoboCop scene in any of the previews. I wish I could have watched that scene in the theaters without knowing what was coming. It would have been cool to experience "You now have 15 seconds to comply" in a vacuum.

[@jackiescanlon]

Oh Gene. How can you give thumbs down to Withnail and I. One of the best movies of the 1980s

[@wisef00l76]

I bet you he came back around to being able to enjoy WIthnail. It's not a movie that's necessarily impactful for it's immediacy, but only gets better with each repeated viewing.

[@strykertool]

Robocop is more than just an action flick. Movie has a lot to say.

[@JM-ll2vv]

What??? Gene didn't like Withnail and I? That movie is awesome

[@gus4u2c]

When Paul McGahnn was cast as Doctor Who in the Mid ‘90s, I decided to checkout Withnail & I because I was told how funny it was. Loved it! Favorite scene is when Uncle Monty is about to rape the Paul McGahnn character

[@scottvincent184]

Wow, 'The Squeeze', sometimes a movie comes along with great actors and a script that seems perfect for an audience, then it's shown in a theater, and ouch 😀

[@Jbaxter85]

Robocop👍🌟🌟🌟🌟 Snow White & 7 dwarfs👍🌟🌟🌟🌟 Young man with the horn👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Round Midnight 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@Hal9000ize]

No love for withnail and I?

[@Jbaxter85]

@@Hal9000ize Haven't seen Withnail & i

[@Hal9000ize]

@@Jbaxter85 you should

[@Jbaxter85]

Netflix don't have it

[@GilesAWalker]

@@Jbaxter85 Did you watch Withnail & I yet?

[@LukeLovesRose]

I cant believe how much Siskel loved Robocop and hated The Terminator... even though I strongly believe that these two never actually watched The Terminator. They even use the Terminator theme for the Robocop trailer. They apparently had no idea how great James Cameron was.

[@CraigMcfly1985]

Apparently Siskel really liked T2.

[@LukeLovesRose]

@@CraigMcfly1985 Yeah... as much as he could like a James Cameron movie. Titanic as well

[@ozanyapisan5965]

I’m pretty sure Gene’s hammered in this one haha. I think that’s why Roger keeps giggling.

[@shayZero]

Remember when Ebert said he tried reaching for the ball when it went towards the screen in the sandlot? Guys a bullshit merchant. To call Withnail and I boring is a cardinal sin for cinema

[@CaptainSpalding72]

Haha! Gene is great. THE SQUEEZE is a hunk of piss.