With the Oscar-nominated “The Missing Picture,” writer-director Rithy Panh takes a daunting and emotionally draining topic — the atrocities Cambodians suffered under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge during the 1970s — and presents it in a way that’s personal, imaginative and even strangely beautiful. My RogerEbert.com review. Read the...
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Veronica Mars
Warner Bros. Pictures Rated PG-13 for sexuality including references, drug content, violence and some strong language. Running time: 108 minutes. Three stars out of four. Full confession time: I’ve never seen a single episode of “Veronica Mars.” It just escaped my pop-culture purview a decade ago for whatever reason. I...
Read moreRevisiting Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith
We finally reached the end of our “Star Wars” journey tonight. After showing Nicolas the first five films in George Lucas’ saga in the order they were released, we wrapped up with “Episode III — Revenge of the Sith.” I hadn’t seen the finale since it first came out in...
Read moreRevisiting Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones
So my kid is super into the “Star Wars” movies these days. This was a good thing when we were watching the first trilogy — a thrill to see these iconic films through his 4-year-old eyes — but has proven to be an endurance test now that we’re slogging through...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Bad Words
I really wanted to like this movie. I’ve been a big fan of Jason Bateman for years and the premise — a 40-year-old muscles his way into a national spelling bee — had real promise. “Bad Words” is simply trying to hard to shock us. Rather than being funny, most...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Better Living Through Chemistry
Playing namby-pamby isn’t Sam Rockwell’s strong suit. He’s at his best playing the wild card, the troublemaker, the most charming rogue. Here, he’s stuck as a put-upon pharmacist in this dark romantic comedy opposite Olivia Wilde as the boozy trophy wife who serves as his guide to debauchery. My RogerEbert.com...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Haunt
“Haunt” trots out haunted-house tropes in such a bland manner, it’s like reading a grocery list. Jacki Weaver is the only remotely interesting figure here and she’s stuck on the sidelines for much of the time. My RogerEbert.com review. Read the review here...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Journey to the West
By turns daffy and dazzling, awkward and artful, “Journey to the West” takes an ancient tale and gives it contemporary flair. Its action sequences are a blast. But then the characters have to stop and talk. My RogerEbert.com review. Read the review here...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Particle Fever
It’s a documentary … about physics. But “Particle Fever” is surprisingly thrilling with an emotional payoff. It takes a potentially daunting topic — the search for the elusive Higgs boson particle — and makes it accessible for the layperson without dumbing anything down. It’s also shot beautifully. My RogerEbert.com review....
Read moreRogerEbert.com — HairBrained
“HairBrained” suggests what it might look like if “Rushmore” hero Max Fischer had stuck his finger in a light socket. This self-consciously quirky comedy feels contrived and unconvincing from the very start. My one-star RogerEbert.com review. Read the review here...
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