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RRR movie review & film summary (2022) - Roger Ebert
WEBJun 1, 2022 · In that sense, “RRR” feels simultaneously personal and gargantuan in scope. Film Comment ’s R. Emmet Sweeney is right to caution viewers regarding the towering streak of “Hindu-centric” Nationalism and characterizations at the heart of Rajamouli’s “Pan-Indian address.”. Sweeney is also right to hail Rajamouli’s dazzling ...
The Best Action Movies of 2021 - Roger Ebert
WEBAction came back in a big way in 2021 after delayed films like “F9” and “No Time to Die” were released in theaters, and the MCU dropped four movies in the second half of the year. These are the best action movies of 2021, according to the assigned critics of RogerEbert.com.The biggest action movies of the year weren’t always the best action movies of the year, but there were ...
Fury movie review & film summary (2014) - Roger Ebert
WEBFury. Action. 134 minutes ‧ 2014. Peter Sobczynski. October 17, 2014. 5 min read. Although many commentators will no doubt immediately compare the new WW II epic “Fury” to Quentin Tarantino’s brilliant “Inglourious Basterds,” largely because both films star Brad Pitt as a heavily-scarred, drawling Army man leading his men in a quest ...
The Matrix Resurrections movie review (2021) - Roger Ebert
WEBDec 21, 2021 · “The Matrix Resurrections” is the first “Matrix” movie since 2003’s “The Matrix Revolutions,” but it is not the first time we’ve seen the franchise in theaters this year.That distinction goes to “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” the cinematic shareholder meeting for Warner Bros. with special celebrity guests that inserted Looney Tunes characters Speedy Gonzales and Granny into a ...
The Black Phone movie review & film summary (2022) - Roger Ebert
WEBJun 23, 2022 · The finesse with which Thames and McGraw seamlessly balance a wide range of emotions is a feat. Fear, anger, desperation, and indignation drizzle delicately into moments of youthful glee and adolescent comedy. The punchlines in “The Black Phone” are natural with how the film centralizes young teenagers. Both Thames and McGraw receive ...
The Godfather movie review & film summary (1972) | Roger Ebert
WEBMar 16, 1997 · “The Godfather” is told entirely within a closed world. That’s why we sympathize with characters who are essentially evil. The story by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola is a brilliant conjuring act, inviting us to consider the Mafia entirely on its own terms. Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) emerges as a sympathetic and even admirable character; during the entire film, this lifelong ...
The Wolf of Wall Street movie review (2013) - Roger Ebert
WEBDec 25, 2013 · The middle-class, Queens-raised Belfort tried and failed to establish himself on Wall Street in a more traditional way—we see his tutelage in the late ’80s at a blue chip firm, under the wing of a grinning sleazeball played by Matthew McConaughey—but got laid off in the market crash of 1987. He reinvented himself on Long Island by taking over a penny stock boiler room and giving it an ...
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone - Roger Ebert
WEBRoger Ebert. November 16, 2001. 4 min read. ”Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” is a red-blooded adventure movie, dripping with atmosphere, filled with the gruesome and the sublime, and surprisingly faithful to the novel. A lot of things could have gone wrong, and none of them have: Chris Columbus’ movie is an enchanting classic ...
Beetlejuice movie review & film summary (1988) - Roger Ebert
WEB92 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 1988. Roger Ebert. March 30, 1988. 3 min read. `Beetlejuice” gets off to a start that’s so charming it never lives it down. The movie is all anticlimax once we realize it’s going to be about gimmicks, not characters. During the enchanted opening minutes of the film, we meet a young married couple who have just moved ...