Reviews

RogerEbert.com — Honest Thief

Liam Neeson once again plays a man with a very particular set of skills—safecracking and bombmaking among them—in “Honest Thief,” a no-frills, low-thrills version of the kind of gritty action picture that has marked the veteran actor’s late-stage career. It’s not as good as “Taken,” but it’s better than “Taken...

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RogerEbert.com — The War With Grandpa

What were these people thinking? That’s the question I asked myself over and over again while watching “The War with Grandpa,” a straining family comedy featuring the wildly overqualified Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Christopher Walken, Cheech Marin and Jane Seymour. No one needs a paycheck this badly. This goes...

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RogerEbert.com — The Glorias

Gloria Steinem has lived such a long and significant life that it takes four actresses to play her—including two Oscar winners—in “The Glorias.” That device of having multiple performers portray the veteran journalist and activist, and sometimes even having them engage in conversations with each other, is the most effective...

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RogerEbert.com — Enola Holmes

Millie Bobby Brown is radiant and charismatic in “Enola Holmes,” in which she stars as the younger sister of the famous detective, Sherlock. All the poise and presence we saw in her over the past three seasons of “Stranger Things” are there, only now she gets to be a kid...

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RogerEbert.com — Antebellum

“Antebellum” has aspirations of mind-blowing narrative complexity along the lines of an M. Night Shyamalan movie, but instead leaves you stunned in a WTF-did-I-just-watch sort of daze. And not in an enjoyable way, as in the committed craziness of “Serenity,” for example. Janelle Monae is radiant and charismatic as always,...

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RogerEbert.com — Coastal Elites

“Coastal Elites” is the very definition of preaching to the choir. A series of five monologues originally intended for the New York stage, this HBO production gently satirizes a very specific type of liberal American trying to navigate the daily outrage of living through the Trump administration. There’s a lot...

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My Trek to See Tenet

If there’s a better metaphor for 2020 than John David Washington wearing a mask and wandering through a disorienting world where time moves backward, I don’t know what it is. Yes, “Tenet” is finally in theaters — at least in some theaters, in some parts of the country — after...

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RogerEbert.com — Mulan

Of all the recent live-action remakes of Disney’s beloved animated films, “Mulan” is by far the most effective and vital. It’s thrilling from start to finish, with dazzling visuals and a strong cast. And while Niki Caro’s film holds true to the story’s centuries-old origins, its depiction of female empowerment...

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