And he happened to pan "Myra Breckinridge." Mark Jeffries
On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 1:19 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > He seemed to be all over TV as a film critic in the seventies, but looking > back, I have no sense of what his tastes were or what kind of movies he > championed. > > And he appeared in Myra Breckinridge, one of those contenders for worst > movie ever. It was loosely based on Gore Vidal’s novel about gender > transition and it was supposed to be a spoof of sixties culture. > > On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Known for his stint spanning 40 years as the caustic film critic of the >> NY Observer and his many gossipy appearances on talk shows, Mr. Reed also >> took over Tribune Entertainment's "At the Movies" (with Showtime and >> "ET'''s Bill Harris) after Siskel and Ebert left for Disney--he also made >> many appearances on the syndicated version of "The Gong Show" as the judge >> who seemed not to like anything--at his home in Manhattan after a short >> illness: >> >> >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/rex-reed-dead-caustic-film-critic-1236593262/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/42aedc5e-8201-4678-8419-a7f00d9fb261n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/42aedc5e-8201-4678-8419-a7f00d9fb261n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiH%2B-nSFp%2BjMA3k82xN7JpmgRnw%2BmYmf-RReFFB3P4dr1g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiH%2B-nSFp%2BjMA3k82xN7JpmgRnw%2BmYmf-RReFFB3P4dr1g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi8L2XgmZnttJ7%3DDT%3DhN2-4JKWOWREh--px-FXYFn_ZC0Q%40mail.gmail.com.
