Not even sardonic narration from the usually delightful Billy Crudup can save the noisy mess that is “Die in a Gunfight.” And man, is there a lot of it. Crudup’s voiceover smothers everything, early and often, explaining multiple details about the movie’s star-crossed lovers in ways that are overbearing and...
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RogerEbert.com — The Tomorrow War
Chris Pratt took all the clout and popularity he amassed from starring in the “Jurassic World” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchises and used them to make … “The Tomorrow War,” a blandly derivative and overlong sci-fi thriller. Originally intended for theaters pre-pandemic, it’s now streaming through Amazon Prime Video....
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
By indulging in the exact same instincts it insists are problematic artistically, “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway” wants to have its carrot and eat it too. Director Will Gluck’s sequel places its farm characters in outrageous situations while simultaneously sneering at such selling out. The furry, CG-animated creatures are seamlessly integrated into...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Spirit Untamed
If you are an eight-year-old girl and/or you love horses, you will fit into the slim Venn diagram sliver that constitutes the ideal audience for “Spirit Untamed.” It’s a harmless animated adventure that will provide a bland diversion to young viewers. They won’t recognize how it wastes the abilities of...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Moby Doc
The surreal “Moby Doc” breathes thrilling new life into the music documentary. These films often offer behind-the-scenes looks at the musicians we love but are sometimes so singularly celebratory as to be infomercials. The electronic dance artist Moby, who gained international fame and acclaim around the turn of the millennium...
Read moreRogerEbert.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...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Monster
A tremendous cast can only do so much with paper-thin characters and a frustrating narrative structure in “Monster.” The long-delayed drama stars Kelvin Harrison Jr. as a young man with a bright future who’s wrongly charged with murder after a Harlem bodega killing. It’s unfortunately all-too relevant but it’s also...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Things Heard & Seen
“Things Heard & Seen” is partly a Gothic horror movie and partly a portrait of a marriage falling apart. It’s more effective as the latter than the former, but by the end these two seemingly separate kinds of movie dovetail in a way that’s surprisingly clever and effective. Amanda Seyfried...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Stowaway
“Stowaway” on Netflix is a spare survival story in space, featuring four characters on a doomed mission to Mars. It’s a clever take on a familiar genre with a terrific cast — Toni Collette, Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim and Shamier Anderson — but the slow burn may be too...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Monday
Sebastian Stan and Denise Gough have wild, spontaneous sex all over the place in the Greek romance “Monday.” Sounds thrilling, but the highs and lows of this unlikely relationship between two barely developed characters actually result in a repetitive slog. My 1 1/2-star review, at RogerEbert.com. Read the review...
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