Our Peter tingle is on full blast this week because we have a Breakfast All Day review of “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Alonso and I do our best to discuss the much-anticipated Marvel sequel without spoilers, but we’ll have a fuller review where we go into greater detail next week...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast
Breakfast All Day Podcast 12/10/21
There’s a place for us, and it’s right here at Breakfast All Day. Alonso and I have reviews of some of the biggest year-end movies this week, starting with Steven Spielberg’s lush and glorious version of the musical “West Side Story.” We also discuss Adam McKay’s star-studded and heavy-handed satire...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Thor: Ragnarok
This week on Marvel Mondays, we’re up to a movie I’d been excited to rewatch from the very beginning: “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017). It’s one of my absolute favorites because it’s goofy, weird and full of surprises. Nicolas and I talk about how the humor in Taika Waititi’s film comes from...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 2/21/19
Is awards season over yet? It seems to just keep going and going, but the end is in sight with this weekend’s Academy Awards ceremony. Alonso, Matt, Ben and I run through who we think will win and should win the Oscar in various categories, with “Roma” and Alfonso Cuaron among the...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 11/30/18
I know I say it every week but it really is a jam-packed episode of the What the Flick?! Podcast. Christmas movies, awards contenders, cheesy Netflix flicks — we’ve got ’em all. Alonso, Matt and I review the Scottish rom-com-zom musical “Anna and the Apocalypse”; Andy Serkis’ performance-capture take on “The Jungle...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 9/21/18
Alonso and I are here to invite you to join our girl gang on the latest episode of the What the Flick?! Podcast. We review the ultra-stylish, ultra-violent “Assassination Nation,” the latest ambitious, angry Michael Moore documentary “Fahrenheit 11/9,” Eli Roth’s family horror flick “The House With a Clock in Its Walls” and...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Ocean’s 8
“Ocean’s 8” is a complete blast of a heist movie featuring an all-star cast of formidable actresses in to-die-for designer gowns. But beneath the glitz and glamour of this sequel lies a statement about the way women still unfortunately tend to be underestimated. The entire cast enjoys great chemistry, but...
Read moreOscar Nominations 2016
So it’s Oscar nomination day, an annual event I always looked forward to back when I had a day job. The announcement comes super-early — 5:38 a.m. Pacific time, to be exact, all the better to take advantage of morning TV news programs — but everyone’s in a good mood...
Read more10 Best Films of 2015
OK, people. No more cramming in screeners. No more dashing back and forth across town all day to see movies. Time to make the tough decisions about the best films of 2015. I try to keep a list going all year long to remind myself of what I’ve loved, and...
Read moreCinderella
Walt Disney Pictures Rated PG for mild thematic elements. Running time: 105 minutes. Three stars out of four. The Cinderella of Kenneth Branagh’s “Cinderella” never wields a samurai sword or a snarky, well-timed quip. She doesn’t transform herself into a warrior princess, nor does she wallow in too-hip pop culture...
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