Re: Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott to host 'At The Movies' (goodbye Ben & Joe!)
Cancelled. It will air it's last original show on August 14th 2010.
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Re: Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott to host 'At The Movies' (goodbye Ben & Joe!)
I actually think the cancellation is very unfortunate, as these guys are credible, likeable replacements for Siskel/Ebert/Roeper. Anyone want to start up a petition or a letter-writing campaign? I would, but I'm too lazy.
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Re: Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott to host 'At The Movies' (goodbye Ben & Joe!)
What I don't understand is why doesn't Reelz channel keep them. Is not like they have to many options in their programming.
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Re: Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott to host 'At The Movies' (goodbye Ben & Joe!)
Originally Posted by Norm de Plume
(Post 10156918)
I actually think the cancellation is very unfortunate, as these guys are credible, likeable replacements for Siskel/Ebert/Roeper. Anyone want to start up a petition or a letter-writing campaign? I would, but I'm too lazy.
When they were doing revolving hosts before they eventually settled on that horrible version with Ben's, these two were easily my favorites. They're quite good at what they do and I'm actually VERY disappointed this show will end. How will I know what 3 to see? I guess with so many places to get reviews today, this kind of show just doesn't have a place on tv. :( |
Re: Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott to host 'At The Movies' (goodbye Ben & Joe!)
Originally Posted by dx23
(Post 10157124)
What I don't understand is why doesn't Reelz channel keep them. Is not like they have to many options in their programming.
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Re: Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott to host 'At The Movies' (goodbye Ben & Joe!)
Shows aren't cheap. You have talent salaries, and all the people who make the show (producers, directors, writers, associate producers, camera men, editors, lighting techs, stage rental, etc.). I don't know what sort of ratings it was getting but obviously Reelz made a business decision not to keep it going.
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Re: Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott to host 'At The Movies' (goodbye Ben & Joe!)
Originally Posted by BJacks
(Post 10160229)
Shows aren't cheap. You have talent salaries, and all the people who make the show (producers, directors, writers, associate producers, camera men, editors, lighting techs, stage rental, etc.). I don't know what sort of ratings it was getting but obviously Reelz made a business decision not to keep it going.
Oh well. |
Re: Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott to host 'At The Movies' (goodbye Ben & Joe!)
Originally Posted by dolphinboy
(Post 10160500)
Honestly, though, they could have done it out of a garage for all I cared. I watched to see the two guys talking to one another about movies and to play clips of those movies.
I like the back-to-basics format of one review after another, which eschews nonsense like that extra panel of losers that showed up in the previous incarnation. The only element of the show I find disposable is "3 to See". |
Re: Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott to host 'At The Movies' (goodbye Ben & Joe!)
It would certainly have been better if the damn show were not constantly preempted and moved around all the time. If not for my DVR, I would never have even been able to watch the show last couple years. I can't count how many times my DVR also recorded it and was just some basketball game that went long or something.
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Re: Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott to host 'At The Movies' (goodbye Ben & Joe!)
Originally Posted by Norm de Plume
(Post 10161048)
Of course there are a million places online to find movie reviews, but this is the only remaining TV show about reviewing movies.
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Re: Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott to host 'At The Movies' (goodbye Ben & Joe!)
Originally Posted by William Fuld
(Post 10161362)
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is on TV and isn't completely worthless.
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Re: Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott to host 'At The Movies' (goodbye Ben & Joe!)
I wonder if there's any chance of this show living on as a podcast. I'm not holding my breath seeing as how Philips is based out of Chicago and Scott out of New York, plus like most podcasts, they likely wouldn't be getting paid, but it'd be nice.
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Re: Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott to host 'At The Movies'
My god, how this thread haunts me. I typed the OP one late night many months ago, my sleep deprived mind typing "Ben and Joe" in the thread title. Over the months I expect this thread to have died like most of the others I have started, especially since there was an earlier & better thread dealing with 'At The Movies,' but then I look at my subscribed threads... "Goodbye Ben & Joe!" Joe, d'OH! Why must my dumbest thread be the one to live on?!
So, better late than never, may I request a moderator to delete the "(goodbye Ben & Joe!)" from the title? |
Re: Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott to host 'At The Movies' (goodbye Ben & Joe!)
So this week, while reviewing "Robin Hood", A.O. Scott said that Robin Hood shows up at Maid Marion's estate "pretending to be her dead husband". Did I miss something? When did he do that??
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