Reviews

RogerEbert.com — Hellboy

Walking out of the extremely R-rated “Hellboy,” I was so overwhelmed by the whole experience that I couldn’t decide whether it was amazing or terrible. But pretty soon I realized that, yeah, it’s the latter. Guillermo del Toro’s signature touch is sorely missing in this bombastic, cacophonous reboot. Having said...

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Breakfast All Day Podcast 3/29/19

“Shazam!” is such a blast that we wanted to review it a week early. It’s one of the many films that Alonso, Matt and I discuss on the latest episode of Breakfast All Day. We also review Tim Burton’s disappointing live-action “Dumbo,” catch up with the teen weepy “Five Feet Apart,” rave...

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Breakfast All Day Podcast 3/7/19

We’re all searching for our inner superheroes this week on Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I review “Captain Marvel,” the first film to focus on a female character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and “Gloria Bell,” in which Julianne Moore discovers her own powers as a Los Angeles divorcee....

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RogerEbert.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,...

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What the Flick?! Podcast 12/14/18

It’s a Christmas miracle: All four of us are actually here for the first time. And it’s a good thing, too, because this week’s What the Flick?! Podcast features blockbusters, comic book extravaganzas, serious awards contenders and everything in between. Ben, Alonso, Matt and I review the thrilling animated adventure...

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What the Flick?! Podcast 10/4/18

We’re off the deep end, watch as we dive in, we’ll never meet the ground. This week, Alonso, Matt and I dig into Bradley Cooper’s swoony remake of “A Star Is Born,” the wildly uneven comic book movie “Venom”  and “The Hate U Give,” a powerful, Young Adult take on...

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RogerEbert.com — Venom

“Venom” isn’t quite the unmitigated disaster you’ve heard it is, but it’s also not the optimal use of its prodigious talent. Tom Hardy gives it his all, as always, in the title role as the Marvel Comics villain. (Although here, in his origin story, he’s more of an amusingly menacing...

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Wine the Flick?! — Justice League

There’s a tiny, little art film that came out this weekend. It’s playing in just a few theaters so I wanted to steer your attention to it — and I wanted to discuss it with my only friend who’s knowledgeable about this obscure subject matter. I’m talking, of course, about...

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