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The Beekeeper movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert
Jan 11, 2024 — The film is the brainchild of director David Ayer ("Suicide Squad," "Fury") and veteran action film and thriller screenwriter Kurt Wimmer (who wrote or co-wrote remakes of "The Thomas Crown Affair," "Point Break" and "Total Recall"). It appreciates the virtues of its leading man, who appears to have come by his muscles honestly, and does everything from dialogue to martial arts to gunplay as ...
The Social Dilemma movie review (2020) - Roger Ebert
September 8, 2020. 4 min read. The more we learn about the insidiousness that underlies social media in the new documentary "The Social Dilemma," the more it seems like the film is bringing a sling shot to a nuclear war. What we learn in this movie is that our brains are being manipulated and even rewired by algorithms that are designed to get ...
Inheritance movie review & film summary (2020) - Roger Ebert
May 22, 2020 — Inheritance. A movie with a don't-think-too-hard-about-this premise can work if it sustains its own logic. It doesn't have to hold together in our world, so long as we believe it will hold together in theirs. But "Inheritance" is the case of a film that's so full of holes, it was likely recut from an earlier version and not quite stitched back ...
Joker movie review & film summary (2019) - Roger Ebert
Sep 30, 2019 — A rating it thoroughly earns. The violence in this movie means to shock, and it does. Fleck's alienation in the early scenes evokes Travis Bickle's, but this movie is too chicken-livered to give Fleck Bickle's racism, although it depicts him mostly getting hassled by people of color in the first third. Fleck is also fixated with a Carson-like ...
Spider-Man: No Way Home movie review (2021) - Roger Ebert
Dec 14, 2021 — For a generation, the line about Spidey was "With great power comes great responsibility." "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is about the modern Peter Parker learning what that means. (It also helps a great deal to have actors like Molina and Dafoe in villain roles again given how the lack of memorable villains has been a problem in the MCU.)
Beetlejuice movie review & film summary (1988) - Roger Ebert
Comedy. 92 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 1988. Roger Ebert. March 30, 1988. 3 min read. `Beetlejuice" gets off to a start that's so charming it never lives it down. The movie is all anticlimax once we realize it's going to be about gimmicks, not characters. During the enchanted opening minutes of the film, we meet a young married couple who have just ...
The Matrix Resurrections movie review (2021) - Roger Ebert
Dec 21, 2021 — "The Matrix Resurrections" is the first "Matrix" movie since 2003's "The Matrix Revolutions," but it is not the first time we've seen the franchise in theaters this year.That distinction goes to "Space Jam: A New Legacy," the cinematic shareholder meeting for Warner Bros. with special celebrity guests that inserted Looney Tunes characters Speedy Gonzales and Granny into a scene from "The Matrix."
RRR movie review & film summary (2022) - Roger Ebert
Jun 1, 2022 — With "RRR," Rajamouli repeats his preference for one nation under populist ubermenschen. Both Bheem and Raju are extraordinary men because they are, at heart, aspirational expressions of the people's will. Their lives, their loved ones, and their relationships are all of secondary importance—check out Bollywood star Ajay Devgn 's explosive ...
Old movie review & film summary (2021) - Roger Ebert
Jul 22, 2021 — The mysteries of aging are something everyone considers—“Old” taps into those considerations with just enough style to engage before stepping back from its own edge. The family in the opening scene consists of Guy (Gael García Bernal), Prisca (Vicky Krieps), Trent (Nolan River) and Maddox (Alexa Swinton). The resort manager tells them ...