Looking for a good film to check out this Father’s Day?
Whether you want to leave the house or enjoy a rain day movie at home, Richard Roeper offers up his thoughts on some new releases:
“Toy Story 5” (in theaters)
Five films in, the “Toy Story” franchise is one of the few long-running cinematic series that has maintained the same brilliant quality in every chapter. Cowgirl Jessie (voiced by Chicago treasure Joan Cusack) front and center, facing the dreaded “toy extinction,” as Bonnie (Scarlett Spears) becomes enamored with a frog-shaped tablet named Lilypad (Greta Lee). Even once futuristic and amazing techno-gadgets such as a toilet-training educational device named Smarty Pants (Conan O’Brien), a GPS hippo toy called Atlas (Craig Robinson) and a digital camera named Snappy (Shelby Rabara) are considered obsolete. Still, with the help of old pals Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), maybe there’s a way Jessie can remain relevant, and will come to realize that even when humans move on from toys, they never forget them.
The children who first met Woody and Buzz in 1995 are now in their late 30s and early 40s, and some are raising children of their own. Real life is now mirroring the bittersweet and resonant message of the “Toy Story” movies: that while children don’t stay with their toys forever, the next generation comes along, and just might love those toys as well.
“The Death of Robin Hood” (in theaters)
Over the decades, we’ve seen cinematic iterations of the legend of Robin Hood ranging from Errol Flynn’s technicolor swashbuckler to Sean Connery’s aging legend, down to Russell Crowe’s wartime archer. Hugh Jackman’s world-weary, hell-bound, and decidedly unheroic marauder in “The Death of Robin Hood.”
Robin Hood as a scarred, bitter, feral being. He’s living out his last years in the wilderness and sleeping with one eye open. Taken in by the prioress called Sister Brigid (a searingly effective Jodie Comer) and introduced to a caring community, Robin knows it’s far too late for salvation, yet he finds a few remnants of humanity buried beneath his wounds. Still, there’s a reckoning coming. This man is a murderous outlaw who can’t tell the difference between the stories of his rampages and the actual atrocities of his past—but he knows with every fiber of his being that he’s no hero.
Bleak yet beautiful, horrific yet at times spiritual, “The Death of Robin Hood” is punishing, unapologetically memorable.
Maternal Instinct (on Netflix)
Seems like most true crime documentaries fall into two categories: films and series about career criminals, serial killers and con artists; or studies of shocking, “one-off” crimes, e.g. recent entries such as “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal,” “The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson,” and “The Crash.” Add to that latter category the admittedly lurid but undeniably gripping “Maternal Instinct,” a well-reported and at times horrifying chronicle of one of the grisliest and most disturbing crimes imaginable. Through the usual true-crime documentary formula of 911 calls, law enforcement interrogation footage, interviews with principals in the case and dramatic re-creation, “Maternal Instinct” walks us through the case involving Taylor Parker, a Texas woman who faked a pregnancy through elaborate machinations in order to keep her boyfriend and maintain the illusion of a happy, prosperous life. Becoming increasingly desperate and unhinged, Parker murdered 21-year-old Reagan Simmons Hancock, removed her unborn child and tried to claim the child (who didn’t survive) was actually hers. The filmmakers made the wise decision to steer clear of exploitation, and let the chilling facts speak for themselves.
Netflix has a home page category called “True Crime That Keeps You Up at Night.” They know that many of us have a morbid fascination with these stories of seemingly ordinary people who live mostly crime-free lives—until something snaps, and they become monsters. Sadly, it appears there’s no end of subject matter to fill this category. Like many of these films, “Maternal Instinct” doesn’t offer a wealth of insight into why the crime was committed. To be fair, though, what answers could possibly explain it fully?
Richard Roeper has reviewed films and TV series for more than 25 years, most notably with the Chicago Sun-Times and on the nationally syndicated “Ebert & Roeper.” Roeper is an entertainment and culture contributor to NBC 5 Chicago. He is the host of the globally popular “The Movie of Your Life” podcast, and he writes reviews for RogerEbert.com.
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