Millie Bobby Brown is a total delight as she returns to the role of Sherlock Holmes’ plucky younger sister in “Enola Holmes 2.” The action comedy starts streaming Friday on Netflix, but we have an early review for you here at Breakfast All Day. Alonso and I also catch up...
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Breakfast All Day Extra: Academy Awards 2021 Recap
We knew it would be a bizarre pandemic-era Oscar ceremony, but no amount of prognosticating could have prepared us for the highs and lows, risks and surprises we saw Sunday night. Alonso and I have a recap for you of the winners, speeches, structural changes and even a bit of...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Thor: The Dark World
We’ve made it to the eighth film in our Marvel Mondays series, “Thor: The Dark World” (2013), which is definitely a step down from the fun we had last week talking about “Iron Man 3.” Halfway through our viewing, I turned to Nicolas and wondered: “Have I seen this movie...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 3/12/21
We’re a year into this pandemic thing but good news is on the horizon — as well as at least one good movie — on Breakfast All Day. Matt, Alonso and I review the Russo Brothers’ sprawling drama “Cherry,” the family-friendly Netflix comedy “Yes Day,” Soleil Moon Frye’s nostalgic documentary...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Thor
We’re hammering our way through this Marvel Mondays thing on Breakfast All Day. This week, Nicolas and I discuss the original “Thor” (2011), one of the movies that inspired this podcast series in the first place. Nic realized he’d never seen it, and I recall seeing it but not liking...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Father
Anthony Hopkins gives the most moving performance of his long and storied career in “The Father,” starring as as an 80-year-old Londoner succumbing to dementia. Olivia Colman is every bit his equal as the daughter who struggles to contain his volatile moods and organize his jumbled memories. But what director...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 1/30/20
It’s Super Bowl weekend, which is traditionally a pretty quiet time at the movies. The main one opening this week is the Blake Lively action thriller “The Rhythm Section,” which Alonso, Matt and I review on the latest episode of Breakfast All Day. We also play catch-up with “The Two...
Read moreChristy by Request — A Bridge Too Far
Sean Connery. Gene Hackman. Anthony Hopkins. Michael Caine. Ryan O’Neal. James Caan. Laurence Olivier. Elliott Gould. Robert Redford. And — eventually — Liv Ullmann. It would seem impossible to go wrong with such an incredible, all-star cast — which makes “A Bridge Too Far” such a frustrating misfire (no pun...
Read moreFive Great Anton Yelchin Performances
The word “devastating” gets tossed around a lot, but when it comes to describing the strange and sudden death of Anton Yelchin, it doesn’t feel like enough. The 27-year-old actor, who died early Sunday morning when his car rolled over him in his own driveway, displayed a wealth of instincts...
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Paramount Pictures Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and brief suggestive content. Running time: 139 minutes Two and a half stars out of four. “Noah,” Darren Aronofsky’s take on the biblical tale of Noah’s Ark, is a fascinating and frustrating amalgamation of a couple different cinematic impulses that wouldn’t necessarily...
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