Fast & Furious 6
Squarely state-of-the-art, "Fast 6" is not a great action movie. It has all the ingredients, including a cast that flaunts infectious group chemistry, but its…
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Fast & Furious 6
- Steven BooneSquarely state-of-the-art, "Fast 6" is not a great action movie. It has all the ingredients, including a cast that flaunts infectious group chemistry, but its delivery is so businesslike and its action sequences so preoccupied with numbing shock-and-awe tactics that we forget to care.
Epic
- Matt Zoller Seitz
The Hangover Part III
- Odie Henderson
Stories We Tell
- Sheila O'Malley
Frances Ha
- Godfrey Cheshire
Star Trek Into Darkness
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Peeples
- Odie HendersonCannes
Two Kinds of Drama: Cannes Report, May 24
James Gray's "The Immigrant" maintains a tight focus on the Ellis Island experience, and Mohammad Rasoulof's "Manuscripts Don’t Burn" dramatizes the inside of the cruel Iranian secret service.
Cannes' Piano Man
Will Michael Douglas take home a Best Actor prize from Cannes for his turn as Liberace in "Behind the Candelabra"?
Cannes: Bruce Dern and Will Forte visit "Nebraska"
Bruce Dern and Will Forte reminisce about their father-son road trip in Alexander Payne's "Nebraska."
Everything’s Coming up “Rose”
Jerry Lewis returns to Cannes in a starring role in Daniel Noah's "Max Rose," which proves once again — as "The King of Comedy" did — that Lewis can deliver a nuanced serious performance.
From The Blogs
Vulcan survivor's guilt: Why J.J. Abrams should make Mr. Spock the hero of the new "Star Trek" franchise
May Contain SpoilersThe destruction of Vulcan, one of the most crucial planets in the "Star Trek" universe, should be at the core of J.J. Abrams’ "Trek" movies. It is the single development that most distinguishes the original series from Abrams’ reboot, an event so boldly imagined that it marks the filmmakers’ new, blank canvas with a hideous dark stain.
Great cinema, Italian style
A summerlong retrospective devoted to Italian master Michelangelo Antonioni begins at the Gene Siskel Film Center. "L'Avventura" (1960), one of the director's most iconic efforts, screens this weekend in the series. Roger Ebert's Great Movie essay on the film follows.
Kinyarwanda
Far Flung Correspondent Seongyong Cho discusses "Kinyarwanda," a powerful look at the genocide in Rwanda.
Roger Ebert was an inspiration for disabled people
Roger was a titan in the film community, but he was also a beacon for the seriously disabled.