Siskel & Ebert Season 11 Episodes

Episode 1

Bogus/The Big Squeeze/Bulletproof/The Trigger Effect/The Island of Dr. Moreau

Sat, Sep 7, 1996

Episode 2

American Buffalo/Fly Away Home/Feeling Minnesota/The Rich Man's Wife/Grace of My Heart/The Wife

Sat, Sep 14, 1996

Episode 3

The First Wives Club/Big Night/Surviving Picasso/Last Man Standing/Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

Sat, Sep 21, 1996

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review five new movies. And in a new segment, "The Revolving Thumb", Steve Buscemi gets a thumbs up, while Quentin Tarantino gets a thumbs down for his too-frequent cameo appearances.

Episode 4

Extreme Measures/Secrets & Lies/2 Days in the Valley/Caught/Ed's Next Move

Sat, Sep 28, 1996

Episode 5

That Thing You Do!/Bound/Michael Collins/Infinity/If These Walls Could Talk

Sat, Oct 5, 1996

Siskel and Ebert review five new movies. And in the "Revolving Thumb" segment, Ebert gives a thumbs up to "Lone Star", and Siskel gives a thumbs down to forgettable movie titles.

Episode 6

The Chamber/The Ghost and the Darkness/The Long Kiss Goodnight/Looking for Richard/Freeway

Sat, Oct 12, 1996

Siskel and Ebert review five new movies. Also, in "The Revolving Thumb", Siskel gives a thumbs up to strong roles for women in movies, and Ebert gives a thumbs down to outrunning fireballs in action movies.

Episode 7

Sleepers/Get on the Bus/To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday/Jude/Swingers

Sat, Oct 19, 1996

Siskel and Ebert review five new films. And in "The Revolving Thumb" segment, Ebert gives a thumbs up to Rosie Perez, while Siskel gives a thumbs down to the small number of Latinos in films.

Episode 8

The Associate/High School High/Normal Life/Twelfth Night/Trees Lounge

Sat, Oct 26, 1996

Episode 9

Larger Than Life/Unhook the Stars/Romeo+Juliet/Dear God/Vertigo

Sat, Nov 2, 1996

Siskel and Ebert review five new movies. Plus, in "The Revolving Thumb" segment, Ebert gives a thumbs down to groups protesting "Get on the Bus" despite never having seen it. And in "The Viewer's Thumb" segment, William Cooper criticizes Ebert for giving a thumbs down to "The Long Kiss Goodnight".

Episode 10

Ransom/Set It Off/Mad Dog Time/Mother Night/The Funeral

Sat, Nov 9, 1996

Siskel and Ebert review five new movies. And in "The Viewer's Thumb" segment, Diane Zucker disagrees with Gene Siskel about the soundtrack for "Get on the Bus".

Episode 11

Space Jam/The Mirror Has Two Faces/The English Patient/Breaking the Waves

Sat, Nov 16, 1996

Siskel and Ebert review four new movies. And in "The Viewer's Thumb" segment, Laurel Federbush criticizes Ebert for his remarks on homophobia during their review of "Sleepers".

Episode 12

Star Trek: First Contact/Shine/Jingle All the Way/Sling Blade/Microcosmos

Sat, Nov 23, 1996

Episode 13

101 Dalmatians/Hype!/The Crucible/Palookaville/Ridicule

Sat, Nov 30, 1996

Siskel and Ebert review five new movies. And in "The Viewer's Thumb" segment, Gregory Moore criticizes Siskel and Ebert for liking Michael Jordan's acting in "Space Jam", claiming they gave him a break because he lives in Chicago.

Episode 14

Jerry Maguire/Daylight/Everyone Says I Love You

Sat, Dec 7, 1996

Siskel and Ebert review three new movies. Plus, in "The Revolving Thumb" segment, Siskel gives a thumbs down to networks showing movies in pan-and-scan, while Ebert gives a thumbs up to Oscar contenders. And in "The Viewer's Thumb" segment, Jonathan Bressler disagreed that "Microcosmos" was a good movie.

Episode 15

Mars Attacks!/Marvin's Room/The Preacher's Wife/Hamlet/Citizen Ruth

Sat, Dec 14, 1996

Episode 16

Evita/Beavis and Butt-Head Do America/One Fine Day/My Fellow Americans/Scream/Ghosts of Mississippi

Sat, Dec 21, 1996

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review Evita (1996), Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996), One Fine Day (1996), My Fellow Americans (1996), _Scream (1996/I)_ and Ghosts of Mississippi (1996).

Episode 17

Michael/Mother/The People vs. Larry Flynt/The Evening Star/The Portrait of a Lady/I'm Not Rappaport

Sat, Dec 28, 1996

Episode 18

The Best Films of 1996

Sat, Jan 4, 1997

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert each pick the ten best films of 1996. Ebert's list: 1. "Fargo"; 2. "Breaking the Waves"; 3. "Secrets & Lies"; 4. "Lone Star"; 5. "Welcome to the Dollhouse"; 6. "Bound"; 7. "Hamlet"; 8. "Everyone Says I Love You"; 9. "Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam"; and 10. "Big Night." Siskel's list: 1. "Fargo"; 2. "Secrets & Lies"; 3. "Breaking the Waves"; 4. "The English Patient"; 5. "Lone Star"; 6. "Looking for Richard"; 7. "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills"; 8. "Welcome to the Dollhouse"; 9. "Kingpin"; and 10. "Bound."

Episode 19

The Worst Films of 1996

Sat, Jan 11, 1997

Episode 20

Memo to the Academy - 1997

Wed, Jan 29, 1997

Episode 21

Fierce Creatures/Metro/In Love and War/Prefontaine/The Relic

Sat, Jan 25, 1997

Episode 22

Shadow Conspiracy/Waiting for Guffman/Star Wars: Special Edition/Gridlock'd/Prisoner of the Mountains/Walkabout

Sat, Feb 1, 1997

Episode 23

Dante's Peak/SubUrbia/The Beautician and the Beast/Rosewood/The Whole Wide World

Sat, Feb 8, 1997

Episode 24

Absolute Power/That Darn Cat/Fools Rush In/Johns

Sat, Feb 15, 1997

In addition to reviewing four new movies, Siskel and Ebert discuss their Oscar nomination surprises.

Episode 25

The Empire Strikes Back: Special Edition/When We Were Kings/Blood & Wine/Lost Highway/Margaret's Museum

Sat, Feb 22, 1997

Episode 26

Private Parts/Hard Eight/Donnie Brasco/Smilla's Sense of Snow/Booty Call

Sat, Mar 1, 1997

Episode 27

Jungle 2 Jungle/The Daytrippers/Kama Sutra/Good Luck/Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets

Sat, Mar 8, 1997

In addition to Siskel and Ebert reviewing five new movies, Ebert conducts a phone interview with Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Episode 28

Return of the Jedi: Special Edition/Love Jones/The Godfather/City of Industry/Troublesome Creek/Mandela

Sat, Mar 15, 1997

Episode 29

Liar Liar/The Graduate/Selena/Crash/Kolya

Sat, Mar 22, 1997

Episode 30

The Devil's Own/Cats Don't Dance/B*A*P*S/The Sixth Man/The Eighth Day/The Substance of Fire

Sat, Mar 29, 1997

Episode 31

The Saint/Inventing the Abbotts/Double Team/That Old Feeling/Chasing Amy

Sat, Apr 5, 1997

Episode 32

Anaconda/Grosse Pointe Blank/Paradise Road/Keys to Tulsa/Kissed/Mabarosi

Sat, Apr 12, 1997

Episode 33

Murder at 1600/Traveller/8 Heads in a Duffel Bag/Das Boot/Ulysses Gaze

Sat, Apr 19, 1997

Episode 34

Volcano/Shiloh/Romy and Michele's High School Reunion/Female Perversions/A Brother's Kiss

Sat, Apr 26, 1997

Episode 35

Breakdown/Warriors of Virtue/Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery/Truth or Consequences/Commandments

Sat, May 3, 1997

Episode 36

Father's Day/Twin Town/The Fifth Element/Underworld/Children of the Revolution

Sat, May 10, 1997

Episode 37

Night Falls on Manhattan/Rudyard Kipling's the Second Jungle Book/Love! Valour! Compassion!/Sprung/A Chef in Love

Sat, May 17, 1997

Episode 38

Addicted to Love/Gamera: Guardian of the Universe/The Van/Brassed Off

Sat, May 24, 1997

Episode 39

The Lost World: Jurassic Park/'Til There Was You/Trial and Error/Rough Magic

Sat, May 31, 1997

Episode 40

Con Air/Bliss/Buddy/The Pillow Book/The Quiet Room

Sat, Jun 7, 1997

Episode 41

Speed 2/Broken English/Ulee's Gold/Temptress Moon/Wedding Bell Blues

Sat, Jun 14, 1997

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review five new movies. Two thumbs up for the confident action picture, Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), although Ebert thinks Sandra Bullock has too little to do. Two more thumbs up for the newsreel-like realism of Broken English (1996) about Croatian refugees in New Zealand. Two thumbs up yet again for Victor Nunez's Ulee's Gold (1997) with Peter Fonda as a Florida beekeeper and Vietnam veteran trying to protect his family. Two thumbs down for Wedding Bell Blues (1996), the amateurish comedy about women who each bets that she can get married in a night. A split decision on the Chinese epic, Temptress Moon (1996). Both agree that it is difficult to follow, but only Siskel believes it is worth following. Gene Siskel's "Video Pick of the Week" is Ruby in Paradise (1993), an earlier movie by director Nunez.

Episode 42

Batman & Robin/Hercules/My Best Friend's Wedding/For Roseanna/Ponette

Sat, Jun 21, 1997

Episode 43

Face/Off/Dream with the Fishes/Head Above Water/The Last Time I Committed Suicide/When the Cat's Away

Sat, Jun 28, 1997

Episode 44

Men in Black/Wild America/Out to Sea

Sat, Jul 5, 1997

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review three new movies and examine the careers of James Stewart and Robert Mitchum, who both just passed away. Two thumbs up for Men in Black (1997), the hilarious and engaging sci-fi comedy, even though both agree the last third runs out of energy. Two thumbs down for the unconvincing family film, Wild America (1997). Two thumbs up for Out to Sea (1997), the likable comedy with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. Roger Ebert's "Video Pick of the Week" is the exceptional family drama, Shiloh (1996).

Episode 45

Contact/This World, Then the Fireworks/A Simple Wish/4 Little Girls/The Big Sleep/Shall We Dance?

Sat, Jul 12, 1997

Episode 46

George of the Jungle/Mrs. Brown/Nothing to Lose/Operation Condor/Contempt

Sat, Jul 19, 1997

Episode 47

Air Force One/Good Burger/Cafe Society/In the Company of Men/Box of Moonlight

Sat, Jul 26, 1997

Episode 48

Picture Perfect/Air Bud/Spawn/One Eight Seven/Star Maps

Sat, Aug 2, 1997

Episode 49

Conspiracy Theory/Kiss Me, Guido/The Full Monty/Career Girls/Love Serenade/Free Willy 3: The Rescue

Sat, Aug 9, 1997

Episode 50

G.I. Jane/Event Horizon/Cop Land/Pooh's Grand Adventure

Sat, Aug 16, 1997

Siskel and Ebert review four new movies. And in "The Revolving Thumb" segment, Siskel gives a thumbs up to "Ulee's Gold", and Ebert gives a thumbs up to "Hard Eight".

Episode 51

Leave It to Beaver/Money Talks/Mimic/Masterminds/Gabbeh

Sat, Aug 23, 1997

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review five new movies. There's a major disagreement on Leave It to Beaver (1997), the movie adaptation of the old sitcom. Ebert gives it a marginal thumbs up for its charm, but Siskel finds it utterly charmless. They have a slighter disagreement over Money Talks (1997). Both agree on what's good about the movie (Chris Tucker) and what's bad (Charlie Sheen and the crash-'em-up third act), but the good part was good enough for Ebert to recommend it; Siskel gives it thumbs down. Two thumbs up for Mimic (1997), Guillermo del Toro's exciting creature feature about horrific bugs in the New York subway system. Two thumbs down for Masterminds (1997), a "vacuous" family action picture that the critics could barely remember even a few days after they saw it. Two thumbs up for the lovely Iranian fantasy film, Gabbeh (1996). Finally, Siskel's "Video Pick of the Week" is the hilarious mock-doc, Waiting for Guffman (1996).

Episode 52

She's So Lovely/Hoodlum/Excess Baggage/Paperback Romance/M/Le Samurai

Sat, Aug 30, 1997