Reviews

RogerEbert.com — Ted K

Sharlto Copley is on screen for nearly the entirety of “Ted K,” which follows the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, in the years leading up to his arrest. But the man himself remains inherently unknowable—fearsome and fascinating but just out of reach. And that’s probably by design in the impressionistic and hypnotic drama...

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RogerEbert.com — A Banquet

Director Ruth Paxton puts you on edge from the beginning in her psychological thriller “A Banquet,” and holds that unsettling mood throughout. But because the sound design is so vivid and Paxton’s eye for disturbing detail is so creative, it’s even more frustrating that the payoff is so unsatisfying in...

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Breakfast All Day Podcast 2/15/22

Time is a flat circle, which means you get a Breakfast All Day episode on a Tuesday. We’re trying some new things lately, including mixing in mid-week news, reviews and DVD recommendations. Alonso and I catch up with Steven Soderbergh’s high-tech thriller “Kimi,” which is streaming on HBO Max, and...

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RogerEbert.com — Hypnotic

“Hypnotic” is a thriller about the dangerous power of hypnotherapy, but is it powerful enough to stick in your brain even a week after you’ve watched it? What’s actually going on here is so simple, yet so insane, that you wish the filmmakers had explored it for maximum screaming-at-the-screen enjoyment....

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RogerEbert.com — The Protege

Maggie Q and Michael Keaton have such snappy, sexy chemistry with each other in “The Protégé,” it’ll make you wish their connection were in the service of a better movie. Instead, they bounce off each other—often quite literally—in this capable but ultimately forgettable late-summer action-thriller. My review, at RogerEbert.com. Read...

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RogerEbert.com — The Woman in the Window

The long-delayed “The Woman in the Window” is getting savaged critically, but I kinda didn’t hate it. Joe Wright’s Hitchcock homage is stylishly made, has a tremendous cast including Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Brian Tyree Henry and screenwriter Tracy Letts, and it’s intriguing for a while. But when...

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RogerEbert.com — The Oak Room

A guy walks into a bar. Then another guy walks into another bar. Then a third guy sits at the first bar. And they all have stories to tell in the Russian nesting doll structure that makes up the neo-noir “The Oak Room.” But these characters are simultaneously bland and annoying and...

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RogerEbert.com — Fatale

“Fatale,” a modern-day take on the “Fatal Attraction” premise, never fulfills its promise as a lurid, guilty pleasure. Despite its slick aesthetics, with gorgeous stars in luxurious clothes driving flashy cars and enjoying multimillion-dollar views from the beachfront to the hilltop, “Fatale” is weirdly dull. But its most grievous sin...

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RogerEbert.com — Run

You’ll be able to figure out where “Run” is headed pretty quickly, but that doesn’t detract from the precise thrills and campy fun along the way. The follow-up from the guys who made “Searching” is just as clever and taut, and it features terrific performances from Sarah Paulson and exciting...

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