Siskel & Ebert Season 2 Episodes

Episode 1

Fatal Attraction/The Principal/Orphans/Amazon Women on the Moon/In the Mood

Sat, Sep 19, 1987

Episode 2

The Princess Bride/China Girl/The Big Town/The Pick-Up Artist/I've Heard the Mermaids Sing

Sat, Sep 26, 1987

Episode 3

Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll/Like Father Like Son/Baby Boom/Big Shots/Matewan

Sat, Oct 3, 1987

Episode 4

Surrender/Someone to Watch Over Me/Dancers/House of Games/Maurice

Sat, Oct 10, 1987

Episode 5

Suspect/Killing Time/Barfly/Weeds/Hope and Glory

Sat, Oct 17, 1987

Episode 6

The Sicilian/Prince of Darkness/No Man's Land/The Glass Menagerie/The Whales of August

Sat, Oct 24, 1987

Episode 7

Made in Heaven/Less Than Zero/Hello Again/Russkies/Hiding Out

Sat, Oct 31, 1987

Episode 8

Fatal Beauty/The Hidden/Cry Freedom/Dark Eyes

Sat, Nov 7, 1987

Episode 9

The Last Emperor/Cross My Heart/The Running Man/Sign o' the Times/Steel Dawn

Sat, Nov 14, 1987

Episode 10

Planes, Trains and Automobiles/Cinderella/Three Men and a Baby/Date with an Angel/Teen Wolf Too

Sat, Nov 28, 1987

Episode 11

The Duxorcist/Walker/Manon of the Spring/The Dead

Sat, Dec 5, 1987

Episode 12

Wall Street/Throw Momma from the Train/Broadcast News/Empire of the Sun

Sat, Dec 12, 1987

Episode 13

Moonstruck/Overboard/September/*Batteries Not Included/Ironweed

Sat, Dec 19, 1987

Episode 14

Good Morning, Vietnam/Leonard Part 6/Eddie Murphy Raw/Housekeeping/Siesta

Sat, Dec 26, 1987

Episode 15

The Best Films of 1987

Sat, Jan 2, 1988

Episode 16

The Worst Films of 1987

Sat, Jan 9, 1988

Episode 17

The Couch Trip/For Keeps/Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam/Rent-a-Cop/The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearn

Sat, Jan 16, 1988

Episode 18

New Faces in the Movies

Sat, Jan 23, 1988

Episode 19

Action Jackson/Prison/The Toy from Water the Hills/Satisfaction/Braddock: Missing in Action III/A Month in the Country

Sat, Jan 30, 1988

Episode 20

Shoot to Kill/The Serpent and the Rainbow/She's Having a Baby/The Unbearable Lightness of Being/School Daze

Sat, Feb 6, 1988

Episode 21

Special Show: The Career of Robin Williams

Sat, Feb 13, 1988

Episode 22

Oscar Nomination Surprises for 1987

Sat, Feb 20, 1988

In this special episode, Siskel and Ebert give their thoughts on the 1988 Academy Awards nominations for films from 1987.

Episode 23

Frantic/Hairspray/Cop/Au Revoir Les Enfants/The Manchurian Candidate

Sat, Feb 27, 1988

Episode 24

Switching Channels/And God Created Woman/The House on Carroll Street/Shy People

Sat, Mar 5, 1988

Episode 25

What's Wrong with Home Video

Sat, Mar 12, 1988

In this special episode, Siskel and Ebert criticize trends in home video releases, specifically: Fullscreen aspect ratios that remove important information from a widescreen image for a 4x3 television; hard-to-read subtitles; and major video chains only carrying blockbuster movies, ignoring the lesser-known films.

Episode 26

Little Nikita/Vice Versa/D.O.A./Off Limits/Stand and Deliver

Sat, Mar 19, 1988

Episode 27

Biloxi Blues/Johnny Be Good/A New Life/The Milagro Beanfield War/Dominick and Eugene

Sat, Mar 26, 1988

Episode 28

Bright Lights, Big City/The Seventh Sign/Beetlejuice/Babette's Feast

Sat, Apr 2, 1988

Episode 29

Colors/18 Again!/Above the Law/Bad Dreams

Sat, Apr 9, 1988

Episode 30

A Time of Destiny/Bellman and True/High Season/The Moderns/Tokyo Pop

Sat, Apr 16, 1988

Episode 31

The Blue Iguana/Critters 2/Lady in White/Permanent Record/The Lighthorseman

Sat, Apr 23, 1988

Episode 32

Hidden Horror

Sat, Apr 30, 1988

On this special episode, Siskel and Ebert highlight some lesser-known horror films that get their seal of approval.

Episode 34

Shakedown/Stormy Monday/Sunset/Two Moon Junction/White Mischief

Sat, May 7, 1988

Episode 35

Willow/Jack's Back/Assault of the Killer Bimbos/Powaqqatsi/Da

Sat, May 14, 1988

Episode 36

Barbra Streisand

Sat, May 21, 1988

In this special episode, Siskel and Ebert look at the filmography of Barbra Streisand.

Episode 37

Funny Farm/Rambo III/Big/Call Me/Crocodile Dundee II

Sat, Jun 4, 1988

Episode 39

Big Business/A Taxing Woman/The Presidio/Bull Durham/Travelling North

Sat, Jun 11, 1988

Episode 40

Red Heat/A World Apart/Rikky and Pete/Poltergeist III/Wings of Desire

Sat, Jun 18, 1988

Episode 41

Who Framed Roger Rabbit/Aria/The Great Outdoors

Sat, Jun 25, 1988

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review three new movies. Two enthusiastic thumbs up for the great technical achievement and all-around great entertainment, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), a combination of live action and animation that tops everything that came before. Two thumbs down for the derivative and predictable John Hughes comedy, The Great Outdoors (1988), in which John Candy and Dan Aykroyd are wasted. Two thumbs up for Aria (1987), an anthology movie composed of short films by well-known directors. Famous arias provide the backdrop for each movie, making it a must for opera buffs, although both critics agree that not every segment is a success. In the final segment, the two critics discuss the National Film Preservation Act, which is being debated in Congress. It is designed to prevent tampering with important movies, with a jaundiced eye turned directly to Ted Turner's Colorization process.

Episode 43

Arthur 2: On the Rocks/Short Circuit 2/Coming to America/A Handful of Dust/License to Drive

Sat, Jul 9, 1988

Episode 44

The Dead Pool/Phantasm II/Midnight Run/Boyfriends and Girlfriends/Die Hard

Sat, Jul 16, 1988

Episode 45

Big Top Pee Wee/Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Fear/A Fish Called Wanda/Mr. North/Bambi

Sat, Jul 23, 1988

Episode 46

Special Show: Hidden Stars

Sat, Jul 30, 1988

Episode 48

Tucker: The Man and His Dream/Vibes/Cocktail/Clean and Sober/Bagdad Cafe

Sat, Aug 13, 1988

Episode 50

Betrayed/Stealing Home/The Last Temptation of Christ/Married to the Mob/Hero and the Terror

Sat, Aug 27, 1988