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Apple TV+’s “Shrinking” Really Starts Putting the Pieces Together in Second Season | | Roger Ebert
While some of the flaws of the first year of Apple’s hit “Shrinking”—nominated for a pair of Emmys, including Best Actor—remain at the start of the sophomore outing, this is the year in which the Jason Segel dramedy really...
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When You’re Angry, You’re Already Losing: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson on “Rumours” | | Roger Ebert
Over the last forty years, the singular artist Guy Maddin has been celebrated as one of Canada’s most well-known and idiosyncratic filmmakers. Hailing from Winnipeg, Maddin’s films are a genre unto themselves. Along with his thirteen feature films, Maddin...
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Netflix’s “Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft” Gives Life to Iconic Character | | Roger Ebert
Lara Croft has had many death-defying adventures across the decades of the “Tomb Raider” video game franchise. The biggest puzzle for this iconic character has been her inability to find a worthy adaptation in other formats. The silly, Angelina...
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Peacock’s Frustrating “Teacup” Feels Only Half-Full | | Roger Ebert
There’s a great show buried in the poor filmmaking decisions that constantly drag Peacock’s “Teacup,” produced by modern horror icon James Wan. It’s probably due to the source-altering choice to take a novel that has been compared to The...
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London Film Festival 2024 Preview | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert
London isn’t what you think. Or at least, it’s not what I thought it was. I moved here from the States back in 2016 and was shocked to find that it doesn’t perpetually rain. Not really, anyway. It drizzles....
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“Megalopolis” and “Joker: Folie à Deux”; or, The Virtue of Burning Money | | Roger Ebert
Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making science fiction fable “Megalopolis” was financed with his own wealth, the result of selling off part of his vineyards, and has the hallmarks of a labor of love in which nobody could say no to...
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IDF: Soldiers should refuse orders which may be war crimes, Israeli ex-security adviser tells BBC
I ask if the crisis in Gaza makes him worry about the survival of international law. He points to...