Roger Ebert Reviews

Damn you, James Gunn. You got me again.  That’s what I was thinking at the end of the fourth episode of the Max animated series “Creature Commandos.” Titled “Chasing Squirrels” and written by Gunn, the episode reveals the calamitous history of a bug-eyed, furry humanoid known as Weasel. There’s an obligatory early scene where the

David Lynch saw my dreams. As a teenager growing up in suburban American in the ‘80s, “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks” hit like a bolt of lightning. Not only did they capture something about the sinister, surreal underbelly of life under the picket fences, but they said something directly to anyone who thought they could

Todd Phillips‘s record-breaking comedy “The Hangover” and Guy Maddin‘s 2024 satire “Rumours” joined “The Searchers” as titles confirmed for this year’s Ebertfest. See the full release below: Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, announced today that Todd Phillips’ THE HANGOVER starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, and Justin Bartha will close the 26th annual festival on

We are honored to present the foreword to Matt Zoller Seitz’s upcoming release The Wes Anderson Collection: Asteroid City, written by David Bordwell. The book will be available on January 28, 2025. Get a copy here. The Stubborn Stylist’s Space Adventure In the history of cinema, it’s rare to find directors who persist in the

Editor’s note: To give you a chance to get to know our writers better, we’ve asked them to respond to some questions. Here’s Carlos Aguilar. Read his work here. 1. Where did you grow up, and what was it like? I was born in Whittier, California before moving to the suburb of Wheaton when I was

Once in a while you see something so new, rare or unfamiliar that you struggle to process its very existence. That’s how I felt reading a Hollywood Reporter story about Watch Duty, the nonprofit wildfire alert app, and got to the part where its co-founder said the app was not for sale and he was