The delightful Dave White (The Wrap, Linoleum Knife) fills in for his husband, Alonso, this week on Breakfast All Day. And while we’ve thrown a truly random cross-section of movies his way, the longtime critic is naturally able to speak about them all insightfully. We review the musical “Cyrano” starring...
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Breakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Captain Marvel
Tie a flannel around your waist, pump up the Garbage and conjure your angstiest ’90s mood for “Captain Marvel” (2019). This week on Marvel Mondays, Nicolas and I discuss the nostalgia of Carol Danvers crash landing into a Blockbuster Video store, her meeting up with a young Nick Fury and...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Spies in Disguise
The animated “Spies in Disguise” features Will Smith as the voice of an arrogant secret agent who accidentally gets turned into a pigeon—and finds he’s even better at his job in avian form. Sounds like lively and harmless holiday fun for the whole family, with a reliable and charismatic star...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Captain Marvel
I really like Brie Larson, and I really wanted to like “Captain Marvel.” The first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a woman at its center and a woman serving as one of its directors in Anna Boden should have been a game-changer along the lines of “Black Panther.” Instead,...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Ready Player One
The action is breathless and non-stop in “Ready Player One,” both in the virtual reality and the reality reality, but wallowing in ‘80s nostalgia is only so much fun for so long—even if you’re a child of the era (as I am)—and it only really works when it serves to...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Adore
Naomi Watts and Robin Wright bring dignity to this cougar-tastic tale of lifelong best friends who have affairs with each others’ sons. It’s exquisitely photographed but ultimately melodramatic. As I say in my review for RogerEbert.com, it’s what my mom would have called “good trash.” Read the review here...
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