Author: Roger Ebert
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REVIEW: Batman trilogy finale ‘honorable’ but just misses
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BUY TICKETS “The Dark Knight Rises” leaves the fanciful early days of the superhero genre far behind and moves into a doom-shrouded, apocalyptic future that seems uncomfortably close to today’s headlines. As urban terrorism and…
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REVIEW: Batman trilogy finale ‘honorable’ but just misses
BUY TICKETS “The Dark Knight Rises” leaves the fanciful early days of the superhero genre far behind and moves into a doom-shrouded, apocalyptic future that seems uncomfortably close to today’s headlines. As urban terrorism and class warfare envelop Gotham, and its infrastructure is ripped apart, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) emerges reluctantly from years of seclusion…
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REVIEW: Oliver Stone’s ‘Savages’ dark, ruthless, even a bit romantic
Oliver Stone’s “Savages” is a moral tangle embedded in a bloody war between two best buddies in Laguna Beach and the queen of a Mexican drug cartel. A return to form for Stone’s dark side, it generates ruthless energy and some, but not too much, humor. The movie is a battle between good and evil,…
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REVIEW: Spidey’s amazing past is revealed
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We live in an age of speed-up, which may explain why the Spider-Man franchise feels the need for a reboot only 10 years after its first picture, and five years after the most recent one.…
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REVIEW: Believe it or not, teddy-bear ‘Ted’ is crude, gross and really funny
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BUY TICKETS The funniest movie character so far this year is a stuffed teddy bear. And the best comedy screenplay so far is “Ted,” the saga of the bear’s friendship with a 35-year-old man-child.…
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REVIEW: ‘Safety’ goes time traveling without smirking
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BUY TICKETS Few descriptions of “Safety Not Guaranteed” will do it justice. It’s a more ambitious and touching movie than seems possible given its starting point, which is this classified ad in an alternative newspaper:…
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REVIEW: Kids will love it, ‘Brave’ adults might pick it apart
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BUY TICKETS “Brave” is the new animated film from Pixar, and therefore becomes the film the parents of the world will be dragged to by their kids. The good news is that the kids will…
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REVIEW: ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ a magical island
Wes Anderson’s mind must be an exciting place for a story idea to be born. It immediately becomes more than a series of events, and is transformed into a world with its own rules, in which everything is driven by emotions and desires as convincing as they are magical. “Moonrise Kingdom” creates such a world…
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REVIEW: ‘Prometheus’ a four-star winner
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” is a magnificent science fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn’t have the answers. It’s in the classic tradition of golden…
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REVIEW: Share the life of a yellow Lab ‘Guide Dog’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save What sets this film above so many movies about animals is that it’s about a dog who is realistic in every aspect. “Quill: Life of a Guide Dog” doesn’t use fake close-ups to show the…