Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin star as beautiful, young people in love — and in danger — in “Adrift.” Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur’s drama is based on the true story of survival aboard a storm-tossed yacht in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. I knew this would be a prime...
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Reviews
RogerEbert.com — Borg vs. McEnroe
The performances are strong, particularly from Shia LaBeouf as John McEnroe — with the undeniable juiciness of watching one notoriously volatile person playing another. But this telling of the titanic showdown between McEnroe and Bjorn Borg at the 1980 Wimbledon championships is frustratingly superficial, and it does a lot of...
Read moreRevisiting Syriana
People often ask me if, after all these years of covering entertainment, there’s a celebrity I was especially nervous to interview. It wasn’t a superstar like Chris Evans or Penelope Cruz. It wasn’t an influential filmmaker like Clint Eastwood or Noah Baumbach. (Although I will say that Tommy Lee Jones...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Molly’s Game
If you’re a fan of Aaron Sorkin’s particular brand of impossibly intelligent characters exchanging rat-a-tat dialogue, you’ll be in heaven here. The hose is on full blast for two-plus hours. Nothing and no one seems to be holding the longtime screenwriter back in his directorial debut, for better and for...
Read moreWine the Flick?! — All the Money in the World
My dear friend and What the Flick?! co-host Matt Atchity steps out from behind the camera to join me for a drink and discussion of “All the Money in the World.” Ridley Scott famously did last-minute reshoots of several scenes, replacing Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer — his first choice to...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — I, Tonya
As a (wannabe) figure skater, I was already predisposed to liking “I, Tonya.” But I was blown away by how surprisingly powerful and poignant it was. It’s “GoodFellas” on ice: darkly comic and often just plain dark, but always breathtakingly alive. Margot Robbie is heartbreaking as the disgraced skater and Allison...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
“Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” only looks like a tasteful and refined period drama. It’s actually sexy as hell, tackling some daring themes and aiming to shake you up. And its stars — Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall and Bella Heathcote — have crazy chemistry with each other. Please enjoy...
Read moreWine the Flick?! — American Made
So I’m doing something new that may go somewhere and may go nowhere, but it’s an idea I’ve been thinking about for a while and finally got a chance to try. I’ve wanted to do a series of reviews in which I sit down with a friend over a glass...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — When the Game Stands Tall
Matt and I play catch-up with this feel-good football flick, based on the true story of the powerhouse team at De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Million Dollar Arm
Jon Hamm stars in this feel-good Disney sports comedy about the effort to take two young men from India and turn them into major-league pitchers in the United States. It’s pretty dull and by-the-numbers until it turns schmaltzy....
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