Gene Siskel

Originally published in the Chicago Tribune July 29, 1980 This latest "Son of Animal House" is set on a country club golf course. But the setting makes no difference; it's...

The review was originally publushed in the Chicago Tribune June 30, 1981. Stripes is a male version of "Private Benjamin" with one critical difference. Whereas Goldie Hawn was ignorant about...

BASIC CABLE "THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT" **** 8:30 p.m., TMC "The American President" is a big, crowd-pleasing movie that works as a comedy, a romance and a political primer. Director Rob...

BASIC CABLE "AMERICAN HISTORY X" **** 7 p.m., FX "American History X" is a shockingly powerful screed against racism that also manages to be so well performed and directed that...

BASIC CABLE "MAID TO ORDER" * 1/2 7 a.m., OXY The normally likable Ally Sheedy stars in a dull, cloying, reverse Cinderella story in which a Beverly Hills teenage princess...

(PREMIUM CABLE) "THE USUAL SUSPECTS" **** 6 p.m., SHO The modern film noir of your dreams, "Suspects" takes its title from "Casablanca," its setup from "Reservoir Dogs" and its nervy...

BASIC CABLE "PARENTHOOD" (star)(star)(star)1/2 5, 8 p.m., FAM Ron Howard's first-rate dramatic comedy (is) "Parenthood," with Steve Martin headlining a first-rate cast in a most clever script about the joy...

BASIC CABLE "MATILDA" (star)(star)(star) 7 p.m., FAM "Matilda" is a celebration of intelligence and learning. It's written and directed by people who, on some level, love books and reading --...

"Waterworld" (star) 7 p.m., Bravo "Waterworld" has been described as a sea-based "Mad Max," but it has none of the funky joy of that futuristic production. Instead, Kevin Costner (above...