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"At The Movies" about as good as it could be.
Tue, Sep 8 2009 4:16 PM

We're a long way from Siskel & Ebert, but the new "At The Movies" -- featuring The New York Times' A.O. Scott and The Chicago Tribune's Michael Phillips -- is on the air. They are, of course, the replacements for the short-lived, universally reviled duo of the Bens (Lyons and Mankiewicz); Mankiewicz himself didn't seem to get people... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Critic watch, At the Movies, Michael Phillips, A.O. Scott, Big Fan, The Burning Plain, All About Steve, 9

Film critics gone wild.
Tue, Sep 1 2009 1:00 PM

Actually, that's a misleading headline if there ever was one, considering that A.O. Scott and Michael Phillips look more buttoned up than ever in this promo for the new season of "At the Movies." But after a year in the wilderness, I share the excitement of Karina Longworth and Anne Thompson in seeing the film critics from the New York Times and... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Critic watch, Watchy, Ben Lyons, Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies, Michael Phillips, A.O. Scott

All thumbs™.
Tue, Nov 11 2008 11:51 AM

RogerEbert.com has switched over from the usual four star rating system to a mix of stars and thumbs, which makes for an interesting repurposing of the two digit approval system over which the critic got into a tiff with Disney. The thumbs, which have been sort of replaced by "See It/Skip It/Rent It" on the new incarnation of "At the Movies,"... Read More...

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Filed under: Critic watch, Roger Ebert, At the Movies

The Roger Ebert of our age.
Fri, Aug 22 2008 2:35 PM

Or could he be more the Gene Siskel? Clearly, he's aiming for both... Ben Mankiewicz better watch his back. The new season of "At the Movies" starts September 6, for anyone playing along at home. + Video: My break out in "House Bunny" (BenLyons.com)... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Critic watch, Watchy, Ben Lyons, At the Movies

Mankiewicz and Lyons at the movies.
Tue, Jul 22 2008 11:54 AM

Well, if there's ever been a sign of the general decline in estimation of film critics, it's that the new hosts of ABC's review show "At the Movies," from which Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper bailed in the past two days, are just that -- professional TV hosts. Ben Mankiewicz, late of the Air America talk radio show "The Young Turks"... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Critic watch, Roger Ebert, Jeffrey Lyons, Ben Lyons, Ben Mankiewicz, Richard Roeper, At the Movies