“Ron’s Gone Wrong” is an indictment of the invasive, insidious tactics of Big Tech, and of the ways we relinquish a little more of our privacy with every click and view. It’s also a celebration of the positive power of technology, of its ability to connect us with others who share...
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Reviews
RogerEbert.com — All the Bright Places
Elle Fanning and Justice Smith have lovely chemistry as troubled teens trying to rescue each other in “All the Bright Places,” based on the Young Adult novel of the same name, streaming now on Netflix. Brett Haley’s film is idyllic in its depiction of sun-dappled, small-town Indiana, but its realistic...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 5/10/19
It’s been a while, but all four of us are at the table this week to enjoy a little Breakfast All Day. And it’s a good thing, too, because this is a packed week with a wide variety of movies. Matt, Alonso, Ben and I review “Pokemon Detective Pikachu” (which...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Every Day
“Every Day” has a nice idea within nutty packaging. It’s an angsty teen romance based on a Young Adult novel about a spirit — or a soul, or something — that switches bodies every 24 hours. But in one of those bodies, he/she falls for that guy’s girlfriend: a sweet...
Read morePaper Towns
20th Century Fox Rated PG-13 for some language, drinking, sexuality and partial nudity — all involving teens. Running time: 109 minutes. Three stars out of four. “Paper Towns” is a movie that I really liked, but I probably would have loved if I’d seen it when I was 13. If...
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