“Joker” is bound to provoke passionate, polarized responses from viewers, and it’s definitely done so between the three of us here at Breakfast All Day. Matt, Alonso and I review Todd Phillips’ dark and gritty comic villain origin story this week. We also talk about “Dolemite Is My Name,” which is...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast 9/20/19
Cheerio! The “Downton Abbey” movie is here, and we’ve broken out our fanciest hats and finest teacups to celebrate at Breakfast All Day. Alonso and I review the big-screen version of the beloved TV series — he’s a huge fan, I’d never seen a single episode — as well as Brad...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 9/12/19
Don’t be fooled by the rocks that we got. We’re still Breakfast All Day from the block. And we were dazzled by Jennifer Lopez’s electrifying performance in the true crime drama “Hustlers,” although Alonso and I had differing levels of enthusiasm for the movie as a whole. We also review “The Goldfinch,” the...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 8/29/19
Summer is over but we’re here to provide a ray of sunshine with the Breakfast All Day Podcast. This week, it’s just me and Matt — Alonso is away covering the Venice Film Festival — and Matt was nice enough to drive down to see me and play catch-up with...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 8/2/19
Summer is winding down and that means we’re finally (hopefully) reaching the last of the big, dumb blockbusters here at Breakfast All Day. And “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” has got to be the biggest and dumbest of all, so naturally Matt, Alonso and I have some thoughts....
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Skin
Jamie Bell completely transforms himself to give a powerful performance in “Skin,” based on the true story of a white supremacist who dared to turn his life around. Vera Farmiga and Bill Camp are chilling as the hate group’s charismatic leaders, and writer-director Guy Nattiv’s film is sadly too timely....
Read moreRogerEbert.com — El Chicano
A different kind of superhero emerges during these blockbuster times in “El Chicano,” an operatic yet gritty drama from director and co-writer Ben Hernandez Bray. Raul Castillo, who was so great in “We the Animals,” is an LAPD detective on the hunt for a Mexican-American Batman — a masked man...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The White Crow
“The White Crow,” Ralph Fiennes’ drama about Rudolf Nureyev’s defection from the Soviet Union in 1961, captures the Russian dance legend’s bravado and brash spirit, but it never reaches his resplendent heights. It’s handsome but restrained. Oleg Ivenko, a dancer making his film debut, is quite good, though, in the...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 4/18/19
We’re at the height of our powers this week on the Breakfast All Day Podcast. Matt, Alonso and I review the indie superhero drama “Fast Color,” the insanely adorable Disneynature documentary “Penguins” and “Wild Nights With Emily,” a deadpan comedy starring Molly Shannon as poet Emily Dickinson. Alonso and Matt...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 4/5/19
It’s only fitting that we’re a week late on “The Beach Bum.” Moondog can’t show up on time for anything, so why should we? Still, Alonso and I are conscientious enough to play catch up with the Matthew McConaughey stoner comedy on this week’s Breakfast All Day. We also review...
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