★★★ There’s little in Wicked, Jon M. Chu’s unjustifiably long adaptation of the eponymous musical’s first act, likely to convert the unconverted. It’s a fitfully spellbinding affair but not quite transformationally bewitching. Those who love
★★ To decry Red One for its commercialist cynicism feels somewhat disingenuous. Were you expecting different? It’s Dwayne Johnson…at Christmas…with a sci-fi blaster. Captain America’s his side kick. If anything, given the cynicism fuelling most
★★★★ Warmly received by kids and critics alike, Moana proved the perfect antidote to Frozen fever back in 2016. The long, icy shadow was strong but Musker and Clements’ sun kissed, Oceanic adventure provided both
★★★ It’s been two decades since Love Actually rewrote the Christmas movie playbook, predominantly by exhausting it. If you’ve ever wondered what an infantilisation of the interconnectivity conceit would look like, Netflix’s That Christmas has
Chicago, IL – Acclaimed film critic Richard Roeper is joining RogerEbert.com as a regular contributor. Roeper will bring his deep knowledge of film and television to the site, with his first piece debuting this week.
★★ It’s no mean feat to earn an 18 certificate in 2025. Sadism and hard sex will usually do it but audiences today are far too well immunised for drugs and swearing to cut the
★★★★ A delectable premise finds maniacal delivery in Drop, a taut new thriller from Happy Death Day’s Christopher Landon. As penned by Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach, the film boasts the sort of idea so