King Of The Hill Steven Soderbergh‘s “King of the Hill” is the story of a 12-year-old boy who is left on his own in St. Louis during the Great Depression, and not only survives but thrives, and learns a thing or two. His parents are absent for excellent reasons: His mother is...
The Man Without a Face/Wilder Napalm/King of the Hill/Hard Target/And the Band Played On: Con Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW Chicago Sun-Times King of the Hill could have been a family picture, or a heartwarming TV docudrama, or a comedy. Soderbergh must have seen more deeply into the Hotchner memoir, however, because his movie is not simply about what happens to the kid. It's ...
The Sting “The Sting” is one of the most stylish movies of the year. That’s an especially pleasant surprise because it reunites the co-stars and the director of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” a movie I thought was overrated. The director isGeorge Roy Hill, and the stars ar...
I'll have to ramble here and go on and on and on and on and on and make up stuff and try to fill up space as best I can. Oh, here's one thing: I met Roger Ebert on the street in NY City once. I was standing there and he walked past. I said, "you're Roger Ebert, ...
Featured review Better than the book First I saw the movie and got excited by the beautiful backdrop scenery. Then I found out that the two main historical events depicted, the siege and fall of Fort William Henry and the subsequent massacre, actually happened. So I saw the movie again. ...
The Hoax: Directed by Lasse Hallström. With David Aaron Baker, John Carter, Judi Barton, Raul S. Julia. In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the earl
(Note: This review was originally suggested and posted to Patreon on April 12, 2023. Thank you for your continued support and patronage, Elizabeth!) Bibliography: Greenhill, Pauline. “Camera Obscura and Zoetrope: Tarsem and Magic/Reality in Transcultural Fairy-Tale Film.” Narrative Culture, Vol...
In her review of this action-comedy, Mashable contributor Monica Castillo praised this rousing return, writing, "Bad Boys: Ride or Die is an entertaining reminder of what made the original movie work all those years ago." — K.P. How to watch: Bad Boys: Ride or Die is now streaming ...
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