The sad, real-life subtext of “Made in Italy” is more intriguing and poignant than what we see on screen. The drama pairs father and son Liam Neeson and Micheal Richardson on a trip to Tuscany to sell the family villa and finally face their grief over the loss of their...
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RogerEbert.com — The Secret: Dare to Dream
I tried to manifest my own happiness while watching “The Secret: Dare to Dream” but, sadly, it was not to be. Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas co-star in this Nicholas Sparks-adjacent schmaltz — which you’d be right in mistaking for a Lifetime Channel movie — based on the best-selling self-help...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Go-Go’s
I’ve loved The Go-Go’s since I was a kid growing up in the San Fernando Valley, so I am completely the target audience for Alison Ellwood’s vibrant documentary. “The Go-Go’s” offers a wealth of archival footage, photos and concert clips as well as new interviews with the five band members,...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — John Lewis: Good Trouble
The documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble” is a love letter to the legendary civil rights leader and congressman. And justifiably so: the seemingly ageless octogenarian has been fighting for freedom and equality for decades alongside the likes of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. I wish director Dawn...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — My Spy
“My Spy” is pure family comedy formula — big, beefy guy meets sweet, cheeky kid — but it’s got an unexpected weird streak to the humor that’s pleasing, and the chemistry between Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman is consistently charming, Both actors bring more to this material than you might...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Artemis Fowl
It took 20 years of stops and starts but the film version of the YA fantasy favorite “Artemis Fowl” is finally here, and it feels like it’s in a hurry to get it over with already. Kenneth Branagh’s film, about a 12-year-old boy who goes on an adventure in a...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Becomimg
The Netflix documentary “Becoming” follows Michelle Obama on her nationwide book tour, as she dazzles intimate groups of young women and packed arenas of fans alike. She’s enormously charismatic and a gifted storyteller, but Nadia Hallgren’s depiction of the media-savvy former first lady isn’t quite as “unplugged” as the trailer...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Lazy Susan
Sean Hayes stars as the title character in “Lazy Susan” — a frumpy, stunted woman — and co-wrote the script that follows her as she stumbles out of her self-absorbed shell and into the harsh daylight of the real world. Theoretically, he has some affection for this character. And yet...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Onward
“Onward” plays like very minor Pixar offering within their canon, which is unfortunate because it comes from such a personal place for writer and co-director Dan Scanlon. Tom Holland and Chris Pratt enjoy lively chemistry as they voice a pair of extremely different brothers who go on a journey to...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Hope Gap
Annette Bening and Bill Nighy co-star in “Hope Gap,” which plays like a tastefully restrained version of “Marriage Story,” — too much so, actually. Writer-director William Nicholson has paired tremendous actors in a striking, seaside setting, but we never feel the characters’ devastation at the collapse of their life together....
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