Ben Lyons And Ben Mankiewicz Replaced On At The Movies

By Peter Sciretta August 6th, 2009

At The Movies, the ABC-produced syndicated movie review show made famous by Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, is once again switching hosts. After Ebert and Richard Roeper were unable to come to terms with ABC, the network decided to take the show in a new direction. In 2008 they hired Ben Lyons (son of film…

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What's The Word On Synecdoche, New York? How About "Obscuritanist"?

By Hunter Stephenson May 24th, 2008

"Think." Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York aka If You Can't Pronounce My Title, You're an Effin' Plebe!!! showed at Cannes and the reviews are hitting the Web like steaming intellectual veg patties. We'll include the plot synopsis at the bottom, but for now just imagine it's about a former disgruntled employee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) of…

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