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All episodes Season 9 S09E29 1995-04-01 30 min 1980s Syndication

At the Movies

Rob Roy/Tommy Boy/Jefferson in Paris/Bulletproof Heart/Priest

TV Flash files “Rob Roy/Tommy Boy/Jefferson in Paris/Bulletproof Heart/Priest” as hour 399 of 616 in the TV Flash guide — At the Movies (1982–1990) on Syndication, season 9, episode 29, aired 1995-04-01, 30 min.

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This leaf is S09E29: listed hour 399 of 616 in the At the Movies guide, hour 29 of 46 in season 9. It aired 1995-04-01 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Dolores Claiborne/Funny Bones/Major Payne/Circle of Friends/Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill” (S09E28). Next is “Kiss of Death/Jury Duty/Stuart Saves His Family/The Basketball Diaries/The Pebble and the Penguin” (S09E30). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Where does Rob Roy/Tommy Boy/Jefferson in Paris/Bulletproof Heart/Priest sit in the At the Movies guide?

S09E29 is listed hour 399 of 616 — hour 29 of 46 in season 9, season 9 episode 29.

When did At the Movies S09E29 air?

Rob Roy/Tommy Boy/Jefferson in Paris/Bulletproof Heart/Priest aired 1995-04-01 and is listed at 30 minutes.

Is this the same as Sneak Previews?

Related Chicago-critics lineage; this syndicated 1982–1990 run (under various official titles) is the thumbs-as-shorthand era people mean by At the Movies. Balcony, barbs, mass criticism.

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Filed by Lana Reyes · Red Carpet Reality · Show package

Two thumbs up: Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert turn newspaper rivalry into appointment film talk — balcony seats, clipped verdicts, and fights that were half the entertainment. Syndication made serious criticism mass. The argument as format: two Chicago men teaching America it was allowed to have taste, and to disagree on camera.

The balcony is the silhouette. Syndicated 1982–1990 under various official titles: Chicago critics debate new releases with clips, barbs, and binary thumb verdicts — two thumbs up, newspaper rivals as appointment film talk. At the Movies is Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert as celebrity critics: balcony seats, clipped verdicts, fights that were half the entertainment. The thumbs system became cultural shorthand. Serious criticism made mass. The argument as format. *Balcony as civic furniture, a thumb as the accessory…

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