Roger Ebert

A Good Reason to Be a Coward: Jim Cummings on The Last Stop in Yuma County
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The premise for Francis Gallupi’s directorial debut, “The Last Stop in Yuma County,” feels like it’s setting up a long-winded joke: a traveling knife salesman, two bank robbers, a traveling elderly couple, and two wannabe criminals walk into a diner...
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Launch Day for My Book, It’s Time To Give a FECK! Book Tour Dates, Tamron Hall Show
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UPDATE: Today, May 7th, marks the launch of Chaz Ebert's new book, It's Time to Give a FECK! See Chaz talk about it on the latest episode of Tamron Hall LIVE. Click here to see where you can watch the show...
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Star Wars — Episode I: The Phantom Menace
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We are re-posting this review in honor of the re-release for the film's 25th anniversary.If it were the first "Star Wars" movie, "The Phantom Menace" would be hailed as a visionary breakthrough. But this is the fourth movie of the...
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Floating Through the Nowhere Stream with Director Luis Grané
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At this moment, you’re likely floating in the Nowhere Stream. There’s no telling how long you’ve been there. Maybe minutes, maybe hours. Maybe longer than you’d care to admit. The Nowhere Stream offers so much comfort and so much promise;...
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The Ross Brothers Made a Road-Trip Movie. They Didn’t Come Back the Same.
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For filmmaking brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross, every movie is a journey. The directors behind acclaimed hybrid projects like “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets” blur the line between fiction and nonfiction, presenting real situations that have been preplanned, allowing...
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Book Excerpt: The World is Yours: The Story of Scarface by Glenn Kenny
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We are incredibly proud to present an excerpt from contributor Glenn Kenny's new book The World is Yours: The Making of Scarface, available this week. The official synopsis from Amazon is below, followed by the excerpt. Get a copy here....
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Doctor Who Travels to Disney+ For a Lavish, Fun New Regeneration
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One of the great challenges of a long-running TV show is finding ways to refresh itself. British sci-fi staple "Doctor Who" has long held the answer to its sixty-year longevity in regeneration: its title character, the Doctor, a swashbuckling adventurer...
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The 10 Best Start-of-Summer-Movie-Season Films of the 21st Century
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There’s still a misconception among some that summer movie season starts around Memorial Day, the big three-day weekend that, for most humans, is when the warm-weather months officially get going. But passionate filmgoers know better: For decades now, the first...
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Wildcat
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Ethan Hawke attempts to breathe new life into the biopic structure with mixed results in “Wildcat.” What is certain is that he’s drawn a rich and multilayered performance from his daughter, Maya Hawke, in the starring role.  As director and co-writer alongside Shelby Gaines, Hawke tells the story...
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Unfrosted
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A handsomely produced, nearly empty experience, "Unfrosted" is hard to describe because it's tough to tell what the filmmakers were going for, much less argue about whether they achieved it. I say "filmmakers" plural because in theory, it's a collaborative medium. But here the buck...
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