Just a quick pop-in ahead of the Academy Awards here at Breakfast All Day. Alonso and I have some final thoughts before the big night, including those candid opinions from anonymous Oscar voters. We also discuss Asghar Farhadi, CinemaSins, and the trailers for “Men,” “The Offer” and the new season...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast 2/18/22
Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg are hunting for hidden treasure, and we’re right on their tails this week on Breakfast All Day. The brilliant Katie Walsh returns to help me review “Uncharted,” the long-awaited film version of the popular video game series. Alonso and I also review “Dog,” a buddy...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 7/9/21
We’re definitely in summer now with the release of the long-awaited blockbuster “Black Widow.” Matt, Alonso and I have a Breakfast All Day review of Scarlett Johansson’s standalone superhero movie, which originally was scheduled to come out in May 2020. Now, you can see it in theaters or at home...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 9/27/18
You guys seem to like this What the Flick?! Podcast thing we’re doing, so we’re just gonna keep on doing it. This week is more packed than ever. Alonso and I have reviews of Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart’s comedy “Night School,” “The Old Man & the Gun” (which is...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Smallfoot
The animated “Smallfoot” is full of big ideas: Question authority. Question religion. Think for yourself. Don’t accept the status quo. If only its visuals and dialogue were so ambitious. Channing Tatum, Common, James Corden and Zendaya are among the starry voice cast in this musical comedy in which yetis and...
Read moreHail, Caesar!
Universal Pictures Rated PG-13 for some suggestive content and smoking. Running time: 106 minutes. Three stars out of four. The Coen brothers — my favorite filmmakers, I should mention at the outset — have always been hit-and-miss when it comes to straight-up comedies. For every “Raising Arizona” or “The Big...
Read moreMagic Mike XXL
Warner Bros. Pictures Rated R for strong sexual content, pervasive language, some nudity and drug use. Running time: 115 minutes. Three stars out of four. The abs are tight in the sequel “Magic Mike XXL” — and the pecs, and the thighs, and the asses — but the movie itself...
Read moreJupiter Ascending
Warner Bros. Pictures. Rated PG-13 for some violence, sequences of sci-fi action, some suggestive content and partial nudity. Running time: 125 minutes. One and a half stars out of four. It’s difficult to tell whether “Jupiter Ascending,” the latest sci-fi extravaganza from the writing-directing Wachowski siblings, intends to be as...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Step Up All In
Certainly you don’t go to a “Step Up” movie for the glittering repartee. But alas, one must endure banal dialogue and a flimsy plot in order to enjoy the gravity-defying, acrobatic extravaganzas. It’s enough to make you wish they’d called this fifth film in the franchise “Step Up and Shut...
Read more22 Jump Street
Columbia Pictures Rated R for language throughout, sexual content, drug material, brief nudity and some language. Running time: 112 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four. “22 Jump Street” is pretty much the exact same movie as “21 Jump Street.” It knows it, you know it, and it...
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