“Shazam!” is such a blast that we wanted to review it a week early. It’s one of the many films that Alonso, Matt and I discuss on the latest episode of Breakfast All Day. We also review Tim Burton’s disappointing live-action “Dumbo,” catch up with the teen weepy “Five Feet Apart,” rave...
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RogerEbert.com — Dumbo
If I’m not sobbing in a pile of tears by the end of your “Dumbo,” then you’ve done something wrong. Tim Burton’s live-action remake of the Disney animated classic feels like a stretched-thin pastiche of better Tim Burton movies. Reminders of his superior work are everywhere, from the Danny Elfman...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Going in Style
An update of the 1979 comedy of the same name, “Going in Style” also is about three lifelong, elderly friends (Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin) who rob a bank — but this time, they do it for retribution. That’s one of the many ways this remake plays it...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Million Dollar Arm
Jon Hamm stars in this feel-good Disney sports comedy about the effort to take two young men from India and turn them into major-league pitchers in the United States. It’s pretty dull and by-the-numbers until it turns schmaltzy....
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