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...
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RogerEbert.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...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 6/7/19
We’re still trying to figure out what happens in “Dark Phoenix” — and that’s without the confusion of the fire alarms that went off during our screening — on this week’s episode of Breakfast All Day. Alonso and I review the messy new “X-Men” movie, as well as the Emma...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 1/18/19
It’s a veritable smorgasbord of reviews on the latest Breakfast All Day Podcast: new stuff, catch-up stuff, streaming stuff. And hey, lookie here! We’re back to discussing television, by popular demand. This week, Alonso, Matt and I review M. Night Shyamalan’s third piece in his “Unbreakable”-“Split” trilogy, “Glass,” and we...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Split
This psychological thriller marks a return to form for M. Night Shyamalan, featuring a tour de force performance from James McAvoy as a kidnapper suffering from multiple personality disorder. The big twist is, there is no big twist: It’s just a suspenseful, well-acted film. My RogerEbert.com review. Read the review...
Read moreX-Men: Days of Future Past
20th Century Fox Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi violence and action, some suggestive material, nudity and language. Running time: 131 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four. The “X-Men” movies are, for the most part, a giant blur for me. I know I’ve seen them all...
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