Platoon 1986
The clip both replacement duos leaned on: Medved and Lyons praising it on the new Sneak Previews, Reed and Harris arguing over it on the relaunched At the Movies.
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5. Attack of the Clones | Gene and Roger
August 10, 2021/ 25 min/ Brian Raftery
Part five of Brian Raftery's Gene and Roger series: the 80s wave of Siskel-and-Ebert imitators, and why none of the copycats could match the original pair.
6 films across 1 segment.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
Attack of the clonesThe critics who tried to replace Siskel and Ebert
Full Metal Jacket 1987
Rex Reed and Bill Harris review it on At the Movies, sliding into a Platoon comparison.
Project X 1987
The Matthew Broderick movie about rescuing a lab chimp, reviewed by the teens on Nickelodeon's Rated K, who debated it against Siskel and Ebert.
King Kong 1933
Leonard Maltin, reviewing for Entertainment Tonight, plugged Criterion's Laserdisc restoration of it in 1985.
Red Heat 1988
Cited as an example of the era's throwaway blurb raves: 'Red Heat is red hot.'
Some Kind of Wonderful 1987
Another blurb-bait title from the same run of 80s billboard raves.
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TV Sneak PreviewsAt the MoviesSiskel & EbertRated K: For Kids by KidsEntertainment Tonight
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