In the abstract, “Annie” is fun. It has lots of movement and color, dance and music, sound and fury. In the particular, it has all sorts of problems, and I guess the only way to really enjoy the movie is to just ignore the particulars. I will nevertheless mention a few particulars...
Thelma, 2024. Written and Directed by Josh Margolin. Starring June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, Malcolm McDowell, Aidan Fiske, Chase Kim, Nicole Byer, David Giuliani, Annie O’Donnell, Ruben Rabasa, Bunny Levine, Coral Peña, Ivy Jones, Quinn Beswick,...
The new “Annie” is getting kicked up and down Critic’s Row like an unwanted orphan, but if you see it with a big audience you’ll experience an emotion entirely different from the one being described in many reviews: unabashed cheer. This new version of the Broadway musical is the ...
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somehow missed “Annie” in the theater, so I can’t make comparisons, but it has an immemorable score and the thinnest of plots, so it must have had charm by the bolt to make up for it. Now we can only guess where the wonderment came from because there is no joy in “Annie” ...
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Marathon: Directed by Jackie Cooper. With Bob Newhart, Herb Edelman, Dick Gautier, Anita Gillette. A middle aged man spends his free time running. Especially since his wife spends more of her time on her work. He later meets another runner, a younger wom
A couple of notes: this year the movies I loved and the movies I actually got to review did not overlap as much as they might have, as you'll see particularly in the uppermost twenty. You will see more documentaries than I normally put on such lists, and this is because I'm seeing...
A Promise to Keep: Directed by Rod Holcomb. With Dana Delany, William Russ, Adam Arkin, Frances Fisher. Fact-based story about a low-income couple (Delany, Russ) with three children who fight for the right to raise four orphaned brothers.
This review was filed from Fantastic Fest. It opens on October 25th. Now streaming on: Powered by Tweet Share Share Pin Brian Tallerico Brian Tallerico is the Managing Editor of RogerEbert.com, and also covers television, film, Blu-ray, and video games. He is also a writer for Vulture, ...