mjm
08-17-2010, 04:45 PM
Watched the last episode of "At the Movies" Sunday, 8/15. The retrospective starting with Siskel & Ebert was nice. I know there's plenty of Internet sites to get reviews from. But I loved having two people there in front of you debating the merits of a movie, with clips!
It's too bad the new producer for the show from Buena Vista television screwed up the concept back in 2008 by getting rid of the balcony seating and hiring Ben Lyons of E! Entertainment Television, although his partner, Ben Mankiewicz of Turner Classic Movies, knew his stuff. At lease Buena Vista had enough sense to put A. O. Scott of the New York Times and Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune in the seats in 2009.
But of course now Buena Vista doesn't care about letting the show get it's audience back after screwing it up originally.
It's too bad the new producer for the show from Buena Vista television screwed up the concept back in 2008 by getting rid of the balcony seating and hiring Ben Lyons of E! Entertainment Television, although his partner, Ben Mankiewicz of Turner Classic Movies, knew his stuff. At lease Buena Vista had enough sense to put A. O. Scott of the New York Times and Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune in the seats in 2009.
But of course now Buena Vista doesn't care about letting the show get it's audience back after screwing it up originally.