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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Apr 4

Roger Ebert famously said that movies are a machine that generates empathy. Here are 13 reviews chosen by our editors and readers that reflect this message. #Day4Empathy rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/13…

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"This is a solid, intelligent, occasionally inspired comic book movie that delivers most of what a popular audience demands from the genre plus a little bit more,” writes @mattzollerseitz on the MCU’s latest installment, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS. rogerebert.com/reviews/the-fa…

ebertvoices's tweet card. This is a solid, intelligent, occasionally inspired comic book movie that delivers most of what a popular audience demands from the genre plus a little bit more.

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"I find my pull for home calling in a trio of horror titles—2 comedic, 1 compelling & mournful—about the pull to defend your domicile and the people in it." @clintworthing reviews TERRESTRIAL, HOLD THE FORT, & GOOD BOY in his dispatch from @FantasiaFest. rogerebert.com/festivals/fant…

ebertvoices's tweet card. On two horror comedies, and one very good dog, from this year's festival.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · 20 h

“Mr. Terrific stands out as a character that has been done right by the scriptwriters, director, and helmed perfectly by the actor who portrays him.” @kaiyashunyata celebrates SUPERMAN actor Edi Gathegi’s moment as the brainy & grounded superhero. rogerebert.com/features/once-…

ebertvoices's tweet card. An appreciation of a great superhero movie performance, and how it's giving its star his overdue time in the spotlight.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 21

Hulu’s WASHINGTON BLACK ”Reimagines the terrors of enslavement as the backdrop for an epic journey and a hero’s tale,” writes Sherin Nicole. rogerebert.com/streaming/wash…

ebertvoices's tweet card. “Washington Black” is a wonderment, combining the harshness of history and the fuel of steampunk with the many sides of love, into the tale of a lionhearted legend.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 21

THE HUNTING WIVES is "the latest mediocre drivel being pushed down the audience’s throat in the name of art,” laments Nandini Balial. rogerebert.com/streaming/the-…

ebertvoices's tweet image. THE HUNTING WIVES is "the latest mediocre drivel being pushed down the audience’s throat in the name of art,” laments Nandini Balial.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 18

Documentary DEATH & TAXES "could be retitled 'Scenes from Schrodinger’s Cat’s Marriage',” writes @glenn__kenny. rogerebert.com/reviews/death-…

ebertvoices's tweet card. The movie is eventually indeed the tragedy of a ridiculous man.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 18

Kevin James and Christina Ricci-starring action thriller GUNS UP is "Too silly for action fans, way too brutal for fans of James’s sillier projects, & too tedious for anyone looking to kill 90 minutes in a reasonably painless manner," writes @petersob13. rogerebert.com/reviews/guns-u…

ebertvoices's tweet card. “Guns Up” is one of those films that is so baffling that even as you are watching it, you can hardly believe that it exists.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 18

"THE BANISHED, about a grieving woman’s search for her missing brother, sometimes feels like a compendium of modern horror movie clichés," writes @simonsaybrams. rogerebert.com/reviews/the-ba…

ebertvoices's tweet card. “The Banished” deflates spectacularly once it becomes more about its doomed characters’ inevitable fate.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 18

Bella Thorne-starring thriller SAINT CLARE is "an attempted campy teen thriller, but without the tension or reward," writes @peytondani. rogerebert.com/reviews/saint-…

ebertvoices's tweet card. If not for the self-confusion, overwritten script, and flimsy direction that constantly moves the threshold of success further away, “Saint Clare” could crown itself the to-be cult classic for which...

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 18

"This is a film about the pains of existing in the middle of something unimaginably tragic, yet sadly routine." @TomiLaffly reviews Alexandra Simpson's visually gorgeous Florida drama NO SLEEP TILL: rogerebert.com/reviews/no-sle…

ebertvoices's tweet card. Elegiac in tone, melancholic in style, and documentarian in spirit, Simpson thoughtfully captures the micro preoccupations of the film’s characters.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 18

"UNICORNS reminds that the ability to transform and cross borders, whether physical, mental, or spiritual, is always proximate, oppressive systems, antiquated thinking, and insecurity be damned." @zacharoni22 reviews: rogerebert.com/reviews/unicor…

ebertvoices's tweet card. “Unicorns” is about the gift of a connection that healthily destabilizes your perceptions about yourself and the world.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 18

“DROWNING DRY holds you at arm’s length, but I found it more moving—and unsettling—because of that." Sheila O'Malley reviews: rogerebert.com/reviews/drowni…

ebertvoices's tweet card. "Drowning Dry" holds you at arms' length, but I found it more moving—and unsettling—because of that.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 18

"Whatever box one wants to place it in, [CLOUD is] a reminder of [Kiyoshi] Kurosawa’s remarkable skill with pacing and plotting, a brisk film that leaves one pondering what it means to live in an era when nothing is real." @brian_tallerico reviews:rogerebert.com/reviews/cloud-…

ebertvoices's tweet card. A reminder of Kurosawa’s remarkable skill with pacing and plotting.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 18

Amy Heckerling's CLUELESS is now twice as old as its heroine, but its infectious humor and deceptive sweetness haven't aged a day. @mattzollerseitz reflects on the film for its 30th birthday: rogerebert.com/features/every…

ebertvoices's tweet card. On the classic teen comedy, that's still leaving us totally buggin' three decades on.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 17

In our latest entry in our "Meet the Writers" series, we hone in on contributor @coolkidcort, who talks to us about her upbringing, her media tastes, and how she welcomes contradictions in what movies people find good or bad. rogerebert.com/features/meet-…

ebertvoices's tweet card. One of our writers answers the Movie Love Questionnaire.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 17

"A solidly entertaining thriller, one that thrives on the depth of an excellent ensemble and their ability to overcome convoluted plotting." @brian_tallerico reviews the Eric Bana-Sam Neill crime miniseries UNTAMED: rogerebert.com/reviews/untame…

ebertvoices's tweet card. Thrives off the depth of an excellent ensemble and their ability to overcome convoluted plotting.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 17

Season 3 of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS "continues to uphold the ideals of its franchise’s point of origin, even as its swings boldly go nowhere all that deep." @clintworthing reviews: rogerebert.com/streaming/star…

ebertvoices's tweet card. A show that continues to uphold the ideals of its franchise's point of origin, even as its swings boldly go nowhere all that deep.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 16

As @kviff comes to a close, @isaacfeldberg reflects on his time there, from the whirlwind catch-up of festival season favorites, to the triumph of its awards ceremony, to the bittersweet remembrances of closing night. rogerebert.com/festivals/kvif…

ebertvoices's tweet card. Reflecting on this year's Karlovy Vary, from its celebrations to its bittersweet endings.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 16

"I think any film that’s trying to achieve any sort of modern realism has to contend with our division and how those voids are only getting wider." EDDINGTON director Ari Aster talks to @zacharoni22 about doomscrolling & landing on that Katy Perry song: rogerebert.com/interviews/ari…

ebertvoices's tweet card. The director speaks to our doomscrolling post-2020 moment and the ways he ties music to violence.

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RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices · Jul 15

The latest dispatch from @kviff sees @isaacfeldberg finding thematic links between people, place and meaning in Grand Prix winner SAND CITY, best director ex-aequo winner THE VISITOR, and Crystal Globe winner BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD. rogerebert.com/festivals/kvif…

ebertvoices's tweet card. Three films from the fest that reflect on the relationships between people, places, and meaning.

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