Siskel & Ebert & the Movies Message in a Bottle/My Favorite Martian/Children of Heaven/Blast from the Past/God Said, 'Ha!' (1986–2010) watch online HD

Roger Ebert reviews four new movies and one that was just Oscar-nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. He also discusses the nominations themselves. He begins by noting that Gene Siskel will be taking the rest of the season off to recuperate from surgery. His first review is for the romantic drama, Une bouteille à la mer (1999), which tops an unconvincing love story with a contrived and arbitrary ending: thumbs down. He also gives thumbs down to Mon Martien bien-aimé (1999), a kiddie film based on the 1960s sitcom that children may like, but adults won't. Next, he discusses the Oscar nominations, paying special note to the surprises, and says that despite Shakespeare in Love (1998) getting more nods than Il faut sauver le soldat Ryan (1998), the latter is still the front-runner for Best Picture. The following segment is about Oscar snubs, in which he lists the titles and names that surprisingly were shut out. Next, he gives thumbs up to Première sortie (1999), ...