At the Movies

• Gwyneth Paltrow will host Saturday Night Live with Cee Lo Green — Movieline
• John Goodman joins the cast of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close — MTV Movies Blog
• Ouch: Find out just how poorly last night's Bachelor premiere did in ratings — TV Squad
• See the whole list of 2011 WGA nominations — Moviefone
• Nicolas Cage's five favorite films — Rotten Tomatoes
• Olivia Wilde has been cast in Welcome to People — HitFix
• Life Unexpected creator Liz Tigelaar signs a deal with ABC Studios — Deadline
• Watch this rad tribute to fictional bands in movies — Gawker TV
• Roger Ebert names new costars for At the Movies — Vulture
• The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong reveals her LA restaurant picks — FreshGuide LA

• Keanu Reeves to star in the indie-drama Generation Um . . . — Collider
• Weezer's new video for "Memories" features the delinquents of Jackass — HitFix
• Will Smith's daughter lands a record deal with Jay-Z's Roc Nation label — New York Times
• Two Rocky Horror stars are signed on for Glee's tribute episode — E! Online
• Yikes! The Saw 3D trailer — Slash Film
• Take a look at this first clip from Passion Play (Megan Fox sprouts wings!) — Movieline
• The best and worst movie fourquels — Rotten Tomatoes
• 5 funny website-inspired books — GeekSugar
• Roger Ebert brings in new critics for a revamped At the Movies — Cinematical
• The best 3D family flicks of 2010 — Moviefone

• Five things the new Glee poster reveals about the upcoming season — Movieline
• Spoiler! The gay 90210 character exposed — Zap2it
• Watch the trailer for Nice Guy Johnny, the latest project from Ed Burns — SlashFilm
• Tim Gunn heads to Gossip Girl — Ausiello Files
• Six new reasons to love Big Brother once again — TV.com
• The Hangover writers put their spin on the office holiday party — Cinematical
• A fond farewell to Siskel and Ebert's At the Movies — Rotten Tomatoes
• Hugh Jackman drops out of his latest project — Moviefone
• 10 things you didn't know about George Lucas — GeekSugar

I used to love watching Siskel and Ebert's movie reviews on television. They had such a great rapport, both had different tastes, and there was just something warm and cozy about the set, Gene Siskel's professorial air (and elbow-patched jackets), and Roger Ebert's roly-poly charm.

I was very sad when Siskel died in 1999, and although Ebert remained and teamed up with movie critic Richard Roeper, I stopped watching as regularly. At the Movies degenerated (in my opinion and many others') when Ebert's thyroid cancer treatment required that he suspend his appearances. His replacements? The experience-challenged Ben Lyons (son of movie and theater critic Jeffrey Lyons) and Ben Mankiewicz. What's the remedy for this seeming movie critic boys' club? read more