In telling a story of violence along the Texas-Mexico border from a different perspective, “No Man’s Land” clearly has the best of intentions. Director Conor Allyn, and his brother, star, and co-writer Jake Allyn, are trying to make us look at this contentious swath of land through fresh and sympathetic eyes,...
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Reviews
RogerEbert.com — The Marksman
It’s time for your annual Liam Neesoning: that cinematic tradition in which the seasoned star plays a grizzled character with a particular set of skills, which come in handy to dispatch bad guys and rescue good ones. But this year’s entry in the subgenre, “The Marksman,” is particularly mediocre. You...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Wonder Woman 1984
Working through some very mixed feeling with my review of “Wonder Woman 1984.” Gal Gadot is enormously charismatic and perfectly cast once again as the DC Comic superhero, and she retains her authentic connection with the audience. And Kristen Wiig gets to flex some intriguing muscles as the film’s villain....
Read moreRogerEbert.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...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Wild Mountain Thyme
“Wild Mountain Thyme” offers such a staggering array of Irish cliches, you half expect to see a leprechaun bounding across the lush, verdant countryside, hiding from those kids who are “after me Lucky Charms.” This movie is just relentlessly whimsical, and the accents are distractingly terrible. Writer-director John Patrick Shanley’s...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
For the first time ever, I wasn’t going to do a list of the year’s worst films. 2020 has been painful enough. Why pile on? But then I saw “Love, Weddings & Other Disasters,” and felt inspired anew. Written and directed by Adam Sandler pal Dennis Dugan, it’s a slapdash...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Superintelligence
Melissa McCarthy is woefully miscast as the most average person on the planet — who becomes the test subject for an A.I. — in the dreadfully flat “Superintelligence.” The thing that makes McCarthy a fascinating comic figure is her fearlessness; being milquetoast doesn’t play to her strengths. Trouble is, her...
Read moreRogerEbert.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...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Chick Fight
“Chick Fight” might end up being the worst movie of 2020. It’s certainly one of the most unpleasant moviewatching experiences I had all year. It’s a raunchy comedy about an all-night, underground female fight club, written and directed by men who don’t seem to have spent much time with actual...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Let Him Go
“Let Him Go” is the kind of solid, grown-up drama we don’t see very much anymore. It’s a throwback Western featuring subtle suspense, a rich sense of place and strong performances, particularly from Diane Lane, Kevin Costner and a showy Lesley Manville. You can see it in theaters now but...
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