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MadS movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert
WEB4 days ago — MadS. One of the most highly buzzed premieres at Fantastic Fest this year was the wonderfully chaotic “MadS,” a film I was summarizing to those who would listen as “George A. Romero’s Run Lola Run.”. It’s a one-shot stunner that unfolds in about 90 minutes of one crazy night like Tykwer’s beloved film, but it’s also about the ...
Top Gun: Maverick movie review (2022) - Roger Ebert
WEBMay 27, 2022 — In that regard, you will be right at home with “Top Gun: Maverick,” director Joseph Kosinski’s witty adrenaline booster that allows its leading producer to be exactly what he is—a star—while upping the emotional and dramatic stakes of its predecessor with a healthy (but not overdone) dose of nostalgia. After a title card that explains what “Top Gun” is—the identical one that ...
Zack Snyder’s Justice League movie review (2021) - Roger Ebert
WEBMar 15, 2021 — 12 min read. “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” runs four hours and two minutes. That’s 242 minutes. That’s longer than “ Avatar,” “The Avengers: Endgame,” “ The Irishman,” “ Dances with Wolves,” “ Malcolm X,” “ Lawrence of Arabia ” and any of the “Godfather” movies. If it were released to big screens, it would ...
Wrath of Man movie review & film summary (2021) - Roger Ebert
WEBMay 6, 2021 — A star vehicle for Jason Statham at his meanest, “Wrath of Man” is one of Guy Ritchie’s best-directed movies—and one of his most surprising, at least in terms of style and tone. Gone is the jumpy, busy, lighthearted, buzzed-bloke-in-a-pub-telling-you-a-tale vibe of film like “Snatch,” “RocknRolla,” “The Man …
Interviews - Roger Ebert
WEBSep 4, 2024 — Since he started as film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times in 1967, and began covering movies locally and at international film festivals, Roger Ebert has met and interviewed countless movie idols, artists and unknowns -- some of them even before they became famous. There's hardly a major figure in the history of movies, from the last part of the 20th century into the 21st, that he hasn't ...
Dune movie review & film summary (2021) - Roger Ebert
WEBOctober 20, 2021. 5 min read. Back in the day, the two big counterculture sci-fi novels were the libertarian-division Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein, which made the word “grok” a thing for many years (not so much anymore; hardly even pops up in crossword puzzles today) and Frank Herbert ’s 1965 Dune, a futuristic ...
Nobody movie review & film summary (2021) - Roger Ebert
WEBMar 25, 2021 — 5 min read. Bob Odenkirk takes an unexpected turn in Ilya Naishuller ’s “Nobody,” a clever action flick that repositions the star of “Better Call Saul” as someone closer to Liam Neeson ’s action heroes. While imagining one of the brilliant minds behind “Mr. Show” as an action hero may seem like a stretch, it turns out to be a ...
The Batman movie review & film summary (2022) | Roger Ebert
WEBThis is not to say that “The Batman” is a downer; far from it. Despite the overlong running time of nearly three hours, this is a film that’s consistently viscerally gripping. The coolest Batmobile yet—a muscular vehicle that’s straight out of “ Mad Max: Fury Road ”—figures prominently in one of the movie’s most heart-pounding ...
The Suicide Squad movie review (2021) - Roger Ebert
WEBAug 6, 2021 — Without spoiling anything, there’s an element of the final scenes of “The Suicide Squad” that I found playfully wonderful, but they also become overly familiar in their “big boom, building fall down” structure. As cleverly made as the film is, a lack of ambition seeps in during the final third. However, Gunn does get a grip on it just ...
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