
David Rooney
Chief Film Critic at The Hollywood Reporter
Chief Film Critic @THR. Formerly Chief Theater Critic. Previous work published Variety, NY Times, LA Times. Member of @NYFCC, @NatSocFilmCrix. Opinions my own
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Shia LaBeouf and Evan Jonigkeit Are Riveting in David Mamet's Dark Study of Puppet Masters and Pawns
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msn.com | David Rooney
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hollywoodreporter.com | David Rooney
Filmed theater has its merits, the primary one being accessibility, but it seldom comes even close to matching the proximal experience of being there. Which makes David Mamet’s compelling screen version of his latest play, Henry Johnson, a curious anomaly. Rather than attempting to open out this characteristically talky, structurally stagey drama — four two-character scenes threaded together by narrative ellipses — the writer-director fully embraces the theatricality of the work.
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yahoo.com | David Rooney
Filmed theater has its merits, the primary one being accessibility, but it seldom comes even close to matching the proximal experience of being there. Which makes David Mamet’s compelling screen version of his latest play, Henry Johnson, a curious anomaly. Rather than attempting to open out this characteristically talky, structurally stagey drama — four two-character scenes threaded together by narrative ellipses — the writer-director fully embraces the theatricality of the work.
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hollywoodreporter.com | David Rooney
Much to the chagrin of Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, the name hastily cooked up by another member of the rough-edged new superhero crew in Thunderbolts* is borrowed from the Pee Wee Soccer team of her childhood, which never won a game. That implicit underdog tag is in keeping with a group that’s continually underestimated, dismissed as a bunch of “antisocial losers” by the villain who wants them out of the way.
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yahoo.com | David Rooney
Much to the chagrin of Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, the name hastily cooked up by another member of the rough-edged new superhero crew in Thunderbolts* is borrowed from the Pee Wee Soccer team of her childhood, which never won a game. That implicit underdog tag is in keeping with a group that’s continually underestimated, dismissed as a bunch of “antisocial losers” by the villain who wants them out of the way.
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