“The Menu” is deliciously mean and endlessly stylish in its satirization of extreme wealth, with Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes and Nicholas Hoult enjoying some biting, snappy dialogue. But it may leave you feeling a little hungry afterward. My review, at RogerEbert.com. Read the review here...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast 11/15/22
Just a quick midweek nibble from us at Breakfast All Day as we review “The Menu,” the dark comedy starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes and Nicholas Hoult. It’s one of many skewer-the-rich satires out there these days. We also have some news headlines, including the huge box office opening for...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 10/29/21
Put on your go-go boots and join us for a retro-chic episode of Breakfast All Day. The brilliant Amy Nicholson helps me review Edgar Wright’s super-stylish thriller “Last Night in Soho.” Alonso and I also take a trip back in time — to 1984, for a discussion of David Lynch’s...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 2/27/20
We can feel you watching us — or at least listening to us — on Breakfast All Day. This week, Alonso, Matt and I review the surprisingly excellent “The Invisible Man” and we play a bunch of catch up with “Sonic the Hedgehog,” “Call of the Wild,” “Emma.” and “Seberg.”...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 1/18/19
It’s a veritable smorgasbord of reviews on the latest Breakfast All Day Podcast: new stuff, catch-up stuff, streaming stuff. And hey, lookie here! We’re back to discussing television, by popular demand. This week, Alonso, Matt and I review M. Night Shyamalan’s third piece in his “Unbreakable”-“Split” trilogy, “Glass,” and we...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Thoroughbreds
“Thoroughbreds” marks the exciting, assured filmmaking debut from young playwright Cory Finley. In telling the story of two estranged childhood friends (Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke) who reconnect and embark on a deadly scheme in an opulent Connecticut enclave, Finley combines the delicious bitchiness of “Heathers” with the tonal restraint...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Split
This psychological thriller marks a return to form for M. Night Shyamalan, featuring a tour de force performance from James McAvoy as a kidnapper suffering from multiple personality disorder. The big twist is, there is no big twist: It’s just a suspenseful, well-acted film. My RogerEbert.com review. Read the review...
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