Roger Ebert Reviews

There’s a long-held belief about Hollywood history that, from basically the moment “Heaven’s Gate” nearly bankrupted United Artists in 1980 to the moment “Sex, Lies, and Videotape” kicked off the indie boom of the ‘90s, studio executives had an almost pathological aversion to any movie with artistic ambition. There’s at least some truth to this, […]

The early films of innovative documentarian Errol Morris — “Gates of Heaven,” about pet cemeteries, “The Thin Red Line,” a staggering true-crime store — waxed profound on matters of mortality and morality while maintaining a wry sense of humor. His more recent works have been ambiguous—his 2018 “American Dharma,” a portrait of political ogre Steve

Considering how many R-rated ’80s action franchises had their own Saturday morning cartoons, it only made sense for “The Terminator” to eventually receive its own stylized animated show. Netflix’s anime-inspired “Terminator Zero” is tonally aligned with its film counterparts, if not even more horrific and dour than the watered-down installments in the franchise. However, the

10 NEW TO NETFLIX “Fury”“Jack Reacher”“Logan Lucky”“The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”“Man on Wire“Migration”“Pain & Gain”“Pearl”“Room”“The Spectacular Now” 11 NEW ON BLU-RAY/DVD “The Bikeriders” Long delayed after its Telluride premiere (due to the strike and a dumping by 20th Century to Focus) and somewhat divisive when it was released, the latest from Jeff Nichols (“Take Shelter”) is

We usually devote our video game coverage at RogerEbert.com to titles with a connection to cinema, whether it’s a series that inspired movies like “Resident Evil” or titles that drew upon a history of movie adventures to tell their tales like “Uncharted” or “The Last of Us.” However, every once in a while, there’s an

The first season of “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” was one of the biggest swings taken by a major company in the current streaming era. While it quickly became the streaming service’s most-watched series (and its most expensive) and proved fine with most critics, the series was unsuccessful with the majority of