Cannes 2025 Video #5: Chaz Ebert on “Nouvelle Vague” and “Highest 2 Lowest”; Interviews with Elizabeth Guest and Filmmakers of “Average White Band”; Nicole Kidman on Women in Motion Award Chaz reviews two big releases out of Cannes and conducts two interviews with filmmakers out of the...
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The story is told through the eyes of Eve Batiste, played with fierce truthfulness byJurnee Smollett. Her family is descended from a slave, also named Eve, who saved her master's life and was rewarded with her freedom and with 16 children. In 1962, the Batistes are the premiere family i...
Movie Reviews Great Movies TV/Streaming Interviews Collections Roger Ebert ContributorsReviews ElementalAnimation 102 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 2023 Isaac Feldberg June 16, 2023 6 min read At its best, Pixar is unbeatable, making clever, charming, and brightly original films to touch the heart and spark...
Still, this is a minor quibble about a movie that, for the most part, is as smooth and reliable as one of Jordan’s buzzer-beating, fadeaway jumpers.
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political standpoint, its charms might be just sufficient enough to inspire tweens and young adults to try their hands on a new kitchen project or two, especially these days amid all the quarantine boredom. And the source of inspiration here is an affable role model, brought to life by “...
Roger Ebert April 21, 1969 3 min read “Ice Station Zebra” is a movie so flat and conventional that its three moments of interest are an embarrassment. If this had been a routine Saturday-afternoon thriller, it might have been fun. But it’s been stretched out to roadshow length and ...
he splits. The movie never really bothers itself with why he behaves this way, unless we’re supposed to supply our own instant Freudian analysis. Caan is awkward all through this movie (he never seems happy playing this part), but he’s never more lost than when he undergoes this dramat...
There may be people who overlook theArnold Schwarzeneggerperformance in “Total Recall” – who think he isn’t really acting. But the performance is one of the reasons the movie works so well. He isn’t a superman this time, although he fights like one. He’s a confused and frightened...