Empire of Light, a new film written and directed by Oscar winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty, 1999) is an intimate tale about a likable, exceedingly resilient woman named Hilary Small […]
Author Archives: Doris Popovich
Doris Popovich is a freelance feature writer for the Evanston Roundtable. Areas of concentration are ever-changing and include Arts, Culture, Nature, Spirituality, and Healthcare.
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Review: ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody’
If you love Whitney Houston, arguably the most-gifted female singer in history, you’ll love this movie. About 98% of the vocals you hear are 100% Houston, her unmistakable, silvery, five-octave voice.
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Movie review: Inspring ‘She Said’ tells how ETHS grad helped bring down Weinstein
It’s hard to make a compelling film about a criminal who has already been convicted, especially when the criminal is as creepy as Harvey Weinstein. (Fortunately, we never have to […]
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Movie review: ‘Till’ is beautiful art film about ugly racism
Till is a hauntingly told historical drama about the 1955 abduction, torture and lynching of 14-year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till in the Jim Crow South, as told through the impassioned, sorrowful […]
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Movie review: Clooney and Roberts make for unbelievable enemies in ‘Ticket to Paradise’
George Clooney and Julia Roberts combined have been nominated for film achievement awards 317 times, and they’ve won 153 times, including Oscars, Golden Globes, primetime Emmys, BAFTAs and other international […]
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Review: ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is the perfect rebuttal for a harrowing day. Do yourself a favor, put down the Times, turn away from the tube and lose yourself in this […]
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Review: ‘Mack and Rita’ misses the mark
Have you ever updated your resume and left out that brief, non-spectacular job you held for two months? Diane Keaton’s Oscar-winning career (Annie Hall, The Godfather) requires no vita, but […]
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REVIEW: ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’
The long-awaited film adaptation of Delia Owens’ first novel, Where the Crawdads Sing, hit the screens July 13 and grossed $17 million on its first weekend, hastening her novel back […]
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‘Elvis’ shows all the glitz and heartbreak of the artist himself
Elvis, written and directed by Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!, The Great Gatsby) includes a familiar flashy montage, at times pressuring the story forward via glitz as opposed to substance. Luhrmann […]
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Film review: Elegant escape to ‘Downton Abbey’ offers movie therapy at its best
Downton Abbey: A New Era is the second full-length sequel to the popular 2010-2015 PBS series. This Focus Features film, written by Julian Fellowes and directed by Simon Curtis, was originally […]