Roger Ebert Reviews

There is no point to CBS’s utterly stale procedural “Watson.” It thinks it’s clever but isn’t. The writing is in shambles. The original score possesses all the depth and nuance of a toddler’s tiny electronic keyboard going boop-boop-boop.  In the pilot’s opening scenes, John Watson (Morris Chestnut, charming as ever) falls over Switzerland’s Reichenbach Falls […]

Good morning! The Oscar nominations are officially in the books, and thanks to a very game Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott doing the announcements, it seems the nominees even had their names pronounced correctly. As always, there were surprises both good and bad; that’s the way it goes when ten thousand people collectively vote based

After much anticipation and after becoming one of Netflix’s most-watched series ever, Season two of “The Night Agent” is finally here. Despite its popularity, season one left more to be desired. With its mediocre plot and lackluster performances, the series emulated the popcorn flicks of recent days, an entertaining show lacking any specific artistic merit.

When we’re introduced to Edward Brooks (Leo Woodall), “Prime Target’s” protagonist, we’re told he’s a brilliant postgraduate mathematician. So brilliant, that he makes a major breakthrough in finding a significant pattern of prime numbers within the series’ first episode, setting off a chain of events that will change his life forever. Like most people who

Welcome to Oscar nominations week! After two pushbacks necessitated by the tragic Los Angeles wildfires, we’re finally here, and six months of questions, debates, and good-faith (lol) arguments are about to be answered.  This has been a weird season. Partially that’s because it’s been a year seemingly devoid of frontrunners, but also because the wildfires

We’re headed back to Park City this week to bring you reviews of what’s premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Last year’s coverage saw our first takes on “I Saw the TV Glow,” “Ghostlight,” “A Real Pain,” “Love Lies Bleeding,” “Thelma,” and many more of the best films of 2024. What will those be

“The writer’s role is to be a menacer of the public’s conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus on the issues of his time.”  That’s a quote from Rod Serling, the creator of “The Twilight Zone,” which

In honor of the loss of one of the most important artists to ever live, we thought we’d collect our writing on the masterful David Lynch. From Roger Ebert’s controversial review of “Blue Velvet” to his adoration of “Mulholland Drive” to several pieces on “Twin Peaks,” here’s a collection of RogerEbert.com on David Lynch, who