“The Menu” is deliciously mean and endlessly stylish in its satirization of extreme wealth, with Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes and Nicholas Hoult enjoying some biting, snappy dialogue. But it may leave you feeling a little hungry afterward. My review, at RogerEbert.com. Read the review here...
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RogerEbert.com — The Curse of Bridge Hollow
The Halloween comedy “The Curse of Bridge Hollow” is like an Adam Sandler movie without Adam Sandler. It could exist in the same cinematic universe as “Hubie Halloween,” set as it is within an idyllic New England town where a variety of supernatural hijinks shatters the sense of security. It’s all very familiar,...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Blonde
“Blonde” abuses and exploits Marilyn Monroe all over again, the way so many men did over the cultural icon’s tragic, too-short life. Maybe that’s the point, but it creates a maddening paradox: condemning the cruelty the superstar endured until her death at 36 while also reveling in it. My extremely conflicted review, at...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Girl in the Picture
At first, the story is fascinating. Soon, it becomes dizzying. Quickly, it turns sickening. And eventually, it’s heartbreaking. The Netflix documentary “Girl in the Picture” traces the twisting tale of a young woman whose body was found with a severe head injury on the side of an Oklahoma City road...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Forgiven
They’re all beautiful, exquisitely dressed and vapid, the foreigners who’ve traipsed across the Moroccan desert for a weekend of debauchery in “The Forgiven.” Writer/director John Michael McDonagh wants us to feel scorn as he satirizes the racism and classism of wealthy Westerners exploiting the Middle East as an exotic destination. His film...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Cha Cha Real Smooth
As writer, director, producer, and star, Cooper Raiff has created what looks like your typically quirky indie dramedy with “Cha Cha Real Smooth.” But Raiff offers some impressive tonal mixtures and narrative surprises along the way, and even though his third act sags a bit, the performances—particularly from an achingly...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Janes
“The Janes” — a documentary about an underground network of women who helped other women secure safe abortions in 1960s Chicago — already felt frighteningly relevant when it debuted on HBO earlier this month. Now that the Supreme Court has overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, it’s more essential...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Phantom of the Open
“The Phantom of the Open” belongs to a very particular brand of British comedy: twee, true tales of plucky underdogs accomplishing outrageous acts against the odds. The humorless naysayers of society doubt them and mock them to mask their own insecurities, but still, these true believers trudge on toward their unlikely...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Men
There are moments in “Men” that will cause your breath to quicken and your heart to pound. Still others will leave you scratching your head and stifling laughter. Whatever your reaction is to the latest meticulously made mind warp from writer/director Alex Garland, it won’t be indifference. Jessie Buckley is tremendous...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Senior Year
“Senior Year” features a clever, high-concept comic premise and game performances from Rebel Wilson and Angourie Rice. But too often it feels like a list of early 2000s pop culture references come to life without much new, fresh insight into the perils high school life. My mixed review, at RogerEbert.com....
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