Dakota Johnson breaks the fourth wall to offer dry, witty asides and the well-timed eyeroll in a cheeky adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Persuasion.” Purists aren’t loving it but Alonso and I had a good time, as you’ll see from our Breakfast All Day review. In news, we discuss the Bradley...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast
RogerEbert.com — Cha Cha Real Smooth
As writer, director, producer, and star, Cooper Raiff has created what looks like your typically quirky indie dramedy with “Cha Cha Real Smooth.” But Raiff offers some impressive tonal mixtures and narrative surprises along the way, and even though his third act sags a bit, the performances—particularly from an achingly...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 12/17/21
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...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 5/29/20
It’s a crazy world we’re living in lately so we’re especially happy to see each other’s friendly faces this week on Breakfast All Day. Plus we have the added bonus of Ben joining us for Coronavirus news and a revisit of the Robert Altman 1974 classic “California Split” — which...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 9/6/19
Like the members of the Losers Club, we’re all together again after being away from each for a little while on Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I review the thrilling, sprawling horror sequel “It Chapter Two” and the Korean-American indie drama “Ms. Purple,” and we play catch-up with “The Peanut...
Read more10 Best Films of 2018
It’s a great privilege of the gig, yet it’s always such an agonizing process. How do you choose the 10 best films of each year? And how do you rank them? I went with the ones that most moved me emotionally and wowed me technically, yet there are many more...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 10/25/18
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? They’re questions that apply to both of the big movies we review on the latest What the Flick?! Podcast: Luca Guadagnino’s thrillingly gonzo “Suspiria” remake and the frustratingly safe Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which Ben, Alonso and I discuss a week...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Suspiria
Luca Guadagnino’s “Suspiria” is a gloriously gonzo take on Dario Argento’s 1977 horror classic — not a remake, exactly, but more of a serious (and seriously insane) expansion. The mood is deeply creepy from the get-go and Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton are exquisite. It doesn’t always work in its...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 10/11/18
Come walk on the moon with us on the latest episode of the What the Flick?! Podcast. “First Man” is the biggie of the week as we venture deeper into awards season. But Alonso, Matt and I have plenty of other movies to review, including the political satire “The Oath,” the...
Read moreWine the Flick?! — Fifty Shades Freed
It’s the thrilling climax of the “Fifty Shades” series — mainly because it’s so deliriously bonkers and unintentionally hilarious. My dear friend and former fellow school mom Jen Wang came with me to see the original “Fifty Shades of Grey” — and, like me, she was masochistic enough to read...
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