Movie reviews and ratings by Film Critic Roger Ebert | Roger Ebert
WEBOn May 27, 1995, Christopher Reeve, who became internationally famous for playing the title character in the original “Superman” movies, was riding at the Commonwealth Park equestrian center in Culpeper, Virginia, when his horse refused to…
Three Days of the Condor movie review (1975) - Roger Ebert
WEBRoger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Action. 117 minutes R 1975. "Three Days of the Condor" is a well-made thriller, tense and involving, and the scary thing, in these months after Watergate, is that it's all too.
Land movie review & film summary (2021) - Roger Ebert
WEBFebruary 12, 2021. 5 min read. Robin Wright ’s directorial debut “Land,” premiering this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival, is a confident drama about multiple forms of isolation. Edee (Wright) is isolated emotionally by a horrible tragedy and the lingering grief that has made her suicidal. Almost as if she’s trying to mirror how ...
Why Heat is the Greatest Heist Movie Ever Made - Roger Ebert
WEBSep 6, 2020 · This attitude runs so deep that Pacino’s character just can’t help sharing his most personal stories and philosophies with an opponent who is clearly a sociopath. “Heat” is the greatest heist movie ever made. It includes the best bank robbery scene ever filmed (by far) and also the most influential (think of “ The Dark Knight ” and ...
World War Z movie review & film summary (2013) - Roger Ebert
WEBJun 21, 2013 · World War Z. Action. ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2013. Matt Zoller Seitz. June 21, 2013. 5 min read. World War Z. “World War Z” plays as if someone watched the similar “ 28 Days Later ” and thought, “That was a good movie, but it would be better if it cost $200 million, there were armies of zombies, and the hero were perfect and played by Brad Pitt
The Queen’s Gambit movie review (2020) - Roger Ebert
WEBOct 23, 2020 · Just know that it lends Beth’s struggles a visceral energy that most stories of addiction tend to either take for granted or overplay. And for the most part, that care and thoughtfulness is found in all of the tropes present in “The Queen’s Gambit” (and there are plenty of tropes—this is a sports movie in disguise, after all).
The Lion King movie review & film summary (2019) | Roger Ebert
WEBJul 19, 2019 · 11 min read. It may be a long time before viewers can appreciate the 2019 remake of “The Lion King” as a freestanding work, instead of judging it against the original. The 1994 version was “Hamlet” plus “Bambi” on the African veldt: a childhood-shaping, Oscar-winning blockbuster, the second-highest grossing feature film of its ...
Pocahontas movie review & film summary (1995) - Roger Ebert
WEBJune 16, 1995. 5 min read. “Pocahontas” is the best-looking of the modern Disney animated features, and one of the more thoughtful: It is about real issues, even if it treats them with naive idealism. In its view, Native Americans lived in peaceful harmony with nature until European settlers came, bringing guns and ecological destruction.
The Last Duel movie review & film summary (2021) | Roger Ebert
WEBOct 12, 2021 · After a prologue presenting the beginning of the title duel—a match to the death between squires and one-time friends Sir Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris (Damon and an especially tense-necked Adam Driver, respectively)—the movie takes a “Rashomon”-inspired structure. The first “Truth According …
The Guilty movie review & film summary (2021) - Roger Ebert
WEBBrian Tallerico. October 1, 2021. 4 min read. Largely loyal to the 2018 highly-acclaimed thriller of the same name, “The Guilty” will offend some cinephiles with its very existence. “Just see the original,” they will shout, basically ending all conversation about the remake with the accusation that it should have never happened.