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Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
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Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever Hardcover - 2023

by Matt Singer

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first

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New York: Putnam, 2023. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 342, ""Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB. You asked whether Siskel & Ebert had given it “two thumbs up.” On a cold Saturday afternoon in 1975, two men (who had known each other for eight years before…
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Details

  • Title Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
  • Author Matt Singer
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Putnam, New York
  • Date 2023
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 293826
  • ISBN 9780593540152 / 0593540158
  • Weight 1.22 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.31 x 6.37 x 0.97 in (23.65 x 16.18 x 2.46 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion pictures, Film critics - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2023027428
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 09/01/2023, Page 24
  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2023, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 10/01/2023, Page 127
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 05/01/2023, Page 27
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/14/2023, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 10/27/2023, Page 0

About the author

Matt Singer is the editor and film critic of ScreenCrush.com and a member of the New York Film Critics Circle. He won a Webby Award for his work on the Independent Film Channel's website, IFC.com, and is the author of Marvel's Spider-Man: From Amazing to Spectacular. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters.