Roger Ebert

War Game
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Every day, people from all over the world come to Washington, DC, to look at the historic sights. As the documentary “War Game” begins, we see a man looking through his windshield at the Capitol building and then taking pictures...
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Women in Blue is Good at Suspense, Medium at Feminism
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Apple TV’s “Women in Blue” / “Las Azules” is a flawed show. The acting is uneven, with some cast members going full telenovela while others stay in realist drama. Worse, it’s clear that this is a show about women created...
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Fantasia 2024: Chainsaws Were Singing, Dark Match, Scared Shitless
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Fantasia's not all blood and guts; there are plenty of laughs to be had among the fest's voluminous genre offerings. Horror and comedy, after all, go together like chocolate and peanut butter, or machetes and human flesh. The three films...
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Justin Baldoni Wants You to Believe
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On Mondays at the Wayfarer Studios offices, there’s a tradition during meetings in which everyone in attendance has to answer the same question: What’s something that’s bringing you joy that has nothing to do with work or family? This is...
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Telling Their Story: Rich Peppiatt on Kneecap
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The musical biopic genre is so staid, so humdrum, it’s difficult to imagine anyone having a wildly different take on it. In his directorial debut, British-Irish writer/director Rich Peppiatt, however, doesn’t just want to dismantle structures. He wants to obliterate...
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The Future Was Now Warps Through the Seminal Sci-Fi Summer of 1982
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From the way Chris Nashawaty breaks it down in “The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982” (Flatiron Books, $29.99), you can either thank or blame the summer of 1982 for how Hollywood blockbusters are...
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Home Entertainment Guide: July 2024
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10 NEW TO NETFLIX "Bone Tomahawk""The Boy Next Door""Fifty Shades Darker""Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire""The Hateful Eight""The Inspection""Land of Bad""The Teachers' Lounge""Trolls: Band Together""Wicked Little Letters" 18 NEW ON BLU-RAY/DVD "Abigail" If Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett's "Scream" films were the duo...
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Mike Leigh to Receive Ebert Director Award at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
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TORONTO--Academy Award-nominated British filmmaker Mike Leigh ("Secrets and Lies," "Naked") is set to receive this year's TIFF Ebert Director Award at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival, which will run September 5-15th, 2024. In a press release from the fest, TIFF...
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Hundreds of Beavers
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“Hundreds of Beavers,” a boldly bizarre, nearly silent slapstick comedy about a 19th-century trapper doing battle with nature, exceeds expectations in every way, including the promise of its title. By my count there are thousands of beavers in this movie....
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Looking Into My Soul: Colman Domingo on Sing Sing
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Any performance vying for being the best of Colman Domingo’s distinguished career has a high bar to clear. The actor first began as a kind of utility player in cinema, playing small, vital roles in films by Spike Lee (“Miracle...
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