We usually devote our video game coverage at RogerEbert.com to titles with a connection to cinema, whether it’s a series that inspired movies like “Resident Evil” or titles that drew upon a history of movie adventures to tell their tales like “Uncharted” or “The Last of Us.” However, every once in a while, there’s an … Read more
Disclaimer: This article contains mentions of rape. Reader discretion is advised. Netflix’s highly anticipated series IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack is finally gearing up to release on August 29, 2024. This six-episode thriller will take viewers up close to the harrowing events of the 1999 Indian Airlines hijacking. For those unaware, it is based on … Read more
Woman of the Hour, a true crime tale directed by Anna Kendrick, is finally gearing up to make its premiere on Netflix. Last year’s edition of TIFF had an unusually large number of movie premieres that were directed by famous actors. A cynical way of explaining this is that, as the guild strikes were happening, … Read more
ComingSoon is excited to debut an exclusive Girl You Know It’s True clip from Vertical‘s upcoming Milli Vanilli biopic, starring Tijan Njie and Elan Ben Ali. The clip from the movie introduces Matthias Schweighofer‘s Frank Farian. It will be released on August 9, 2024. “Girl You Know It’s True is centered around the true story of … Read more
Fans of Fly Me to the Moon are eager to discover if the recent release is based on a true story. Set against the backdrop of the 1960s Space Race, the romantic comedy follows a NASA Director and a PR specialist brought together for the Apollo 11 launch. As they navigate their roles in managing … Read more
The best horror movies work because you feel, in the moment, that what you’re looking at is real. Or even if it isn’t real, you feel like it could happen to you, that it’s not so far-fetched as to be impossible. Plenty of horror movies carve very real feeling scares out of the most outrageous … Read more
Twenty-five years after it whacked the box office, Analyze This is remembered by stars Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro. It’s been 25 years since mob boss Paul Vitti sat on psychiatrist Ben Sobel’s couch, giving enough laughs to make Analyze This one of the biggest hits of 1999 – much to the surprise of … Read more
The animation studio Pixar is intensely beloved by its fans, its best movies speaking to experiences and feelings that are as relatable to adults as they are to children. The studio has amassed a significant and active fandom over the years, its talking toys and lost fish permeating our culture, and its animation technology changing … Read more
Richard Linklater’s Hit Man has one of those perfect movie premises. Glen Powell (who co-wrote the film with Linklater) plays a lonely college professor named Gary who stumbles into a second job for the local police aiding in sting operations. While he starts off helping with their surveillance equipment, the cops later draft him into impersonating a … Read more
Prithviraj Sukumaran’s Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil is out in theaters. The movie is special for Sukumaran’s fans as he has returned to the comedy genre in a local setting. While the movie follows the story of a special case, discussions are ongoing about whether it was inspired by true events. Is Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil based on a real … Read more