Movie

  • Apocalyptic The Stand is a Hell of a Mixed Bag

    by - Dec 17, 2020
    “Do you think he’s still alive?” a man asks a new friend. Then he clarifies: “The Rock?” The pair look down at what the man holds: a copy of, of all things, “Skyscraper.” It’s both punchline...
  • Monster Hunter

    by - Dec 17, 2020
    The story goes that Paul W.S. Anderson has been trying to make a film version of the video game series “Monster Hunter” since 2012, but one would never guess this after seeing the end result. Say...
  • The Individual Top Tens of 2020

    by - Dec 16, 2020
    On Monday, we released the RogerEbert.com consensus Top Ten Films of 2020, led by Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe: Lovers Rock.” Today, we dig deeper, presenting you with all submitted lists from our brilliant critics and independent...
  • Immortals Fenyx Rising Wants to Keep Gamers Busy Over the Holidays

    by - Dec 16, 2020
    When is an open-world game too open? Journeying through the world of Ubisoft’s “Immortals Fenyx Rising,” now available on next-gen consoles and the last generation, leads to a sense of open exploration that’s tempered by a...
  • Sundance 2021 Announces Virtual Competition, Premiere, Midnight Titles and More

    by - Dec 16, 2020
    The upcoming Sundance Film Festival will be going virtual next month (with satellite screenings in select cities), premiering fewer films in total than previous years. But that doesn’t make the full lineup of 72 features sound any less enticing. Even if...
  • The Last Sermon

    by - Dec 15, 2020
    Even before the opening credits, I learned a terrifying new term in “The Last Sermon”—”organic shrapnel.” Director Jack Baxter points to a place on his arm where pieces of a suicide bomber’s body are still embedded....
  • John le Carré: 1931-2020

    by - Dec 15, 2020
    In 1962, a British spy made an eventful debut on the big screen. James Bond was cocky, suave and horny, quick with a bon mot and built for speed. Created by novelist Ian Fleming, Bond, played...
  • The Ten Best Films of 2020

    by - Dec 14, 2020
    It certainly wasn’t a typical year for, well, anything, including movies. As Hollywood packed up shop and pushed a lot of their projects to 2021 or streaming services, questions arose about how to critically assess such an...
  • Finding Yingying

    by - Dec 14, 2020
    Yingying Zhang was a promising young graduate student who left her home, family and boyfriend in China to pursue her studies in the United States. She’s one of thousands of students who make the same journey,...
  • Mr. Soul! Nominated for Outstanding Debut Feature at Cinema Eye Honors

    by - Dec 13, 2020
    Melissa Haizlip’s award-winning documentary, “Mr. Soul!”, has now been nominated for Outstanding Debut Feature at the Cinema Eye Honors. According to the awards group, which has been annual honoring nonfiction work since 2007, over 65% of its nominees this...