Gloria Steinem has lived such a long and significant life that it takes four actresses to play her—including two Oscar winners—in “The Glorias.” That device of having multiple performers portray the veteran journalist and activist, and sometimes even having them engage in conversations with each other, is the most effective...
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Reviews
Breakfast All Day Podcast 9/18/20
It’s a week of heavy emotions on Breakfast All Day — and we recorded this episode before the tragic news broke of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing. But Alonso, Matt and I do have film reviews for you of the ambitious but deeply misguided “Antebellum,” the sprawling, Southern...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Antebellum
“Antebellum” has aspirations of mind-blowing narrative complexity along the lines of an M. Night Shyamalan movie, but instead leaves you stunned in a WTF-did-I-just-watch sort of daze. And not in an enjoyable way, as in the committed craziness of “Serenity,” for example. Janelle Monae is radiant and charismatic as always,...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 5/3/19
We’ve got all the snappy banter you could ever need this week on the Breakfast All Day Podcast. Alonso, Matt and I review the hilarious rom-com “Long Shot,” starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron. On the opposite end of the spectrum, we also discuss the lame and flat animated musical...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 12/21/18
Everything’s better down where it’s wetter in this week’s episode of the What the Flick?! Podcast. Alonso and I dive into the gonzo superhero movie “Aquaman,” as well as the surprisingly good “Transformers” prequel “Bumblebee.” We also slog through Robert Zemeckis’ mawkish “Welcome to Marwen.” Ben joins us to revel in the greatness...
Read more10 Worst Films of 2018
It’s been a year of changes around here, but it has remained a pleasure and a source of pride to be able to review films for a living. I still have six jobs and I have no job, as I like to say — it’s just that those jobs sometimes...
Read more10 Best Films of 2016
I realize I haven’t written nearly enough reviews this year and I have a million excuses for that: being busy with Nic’s school, his skating, my skating, What the Flick?!, various radio shows, trying to read actual books. But I promise you I see everything, and I keep a running...
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