We’ve got a little bit of everything for you at the buffet this week on Breakfast All Day. First, our dear friend Katie Walsh is back to help talk about the empty fan service of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.” Then, Alonso and I review the crowd-pleasing “King Richard,” about Venus and Serena...
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RogerEbert.com — The Turning
“The Turning,” the latest adaptation of the Henry James novella “The Turn of the Screw,” is super stylish and moody, with a physical and emotional central performance from Mackenzie Davis. But man, that ending just does not work. My mixed review, at RogerEbert.com. Read the review here...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 1/23/20
Stylish criminals and ghosts — as well as a talking monkey who sounds an awful lot like David Lynch — join us this week on Breakfast All Day. Matt, Alonso and I review Guy Ritchie’s star-studded crime comedy “The Gentlemen” and the Gothic horror adaptation “The Turning.” We also catch...
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 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 moreRogerEbert.com — It Chapter Two
“It Chapter Two” is a thrilling, sprawling mess — overlong and overstuffed, but wildly, visually inventive with several moments of greatness. It’ll make you say “wow” over and over again, both when it dazzles and when it just doesn’t work. My mixed/positive review, at RogerEbert.com. Read the review here...
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Dear lord, is this movie scary — especially if you have a fear of clowns, which is totally understandable, because they’re creepy. But the latest adaptation of the iconic Stephen King novel is just as effective as a coming-of-age drama, with strong performances from a well-chosen cast of young actors....
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