Gene Siskel

In 1971, Chicago Tribune movie critic Gene Siskel reviewed "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," starring Gene Wilder and directed by Mel Stuart. Siskel gave the film two stars. Here...

Capsule reviews of movies new to DVD/videos from the Tribune archives: `The Big Red One: The Reconstruction' ((star)(star)(star)(star)) Samuel Fuller's 1980 war movie, based on his experiences as a member...

Here is an excerpt from The Tribune's review of the original "In-Laws," published June 22, 1979: THE IN-LAWS (1979) (star)(star)1/2 Reviewing comedies and sex films is the toughest part of...

The word is already out on this film, and, yes, it is as enchanting as most everyone has made it out to be. "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial," the story of a...

Disney's highly touted "Beauty and the Beast" manages to live up to its advance billing. More than just a terrific animated film for children, "Beauty and the Beast" revives the...

Let's start with a premise: That it's no great achievement to make an emotionally powerful film about the Vietnam War. . . . As soon as we see a Vietnamese...

March 18, 1977 Remember when Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose thriller "End of Days" is now in theaters, was just a bodybuilder? His rise as a movie star can be traced to...

AT FIRST SIGHT. The story of a young blind man (Val Kilmer) who regains his sight and falls in love with the woman (Mira Sorvino) he has only touched before...

Our Flick of the Week is "She's All That," a high school drama that accurately reflects the intense pressures that 17-year-olds feel about their senior prom: from whom they are...

Our Flick of the Week is a most unusual love story, "The Theory of Flight," with a couple of heavy-duty British stars far afield from the kind of costume dramas...