Awards season, standard time, Thanksgiving, Christmas — we’re deep in the throes of big changes, and we’re here to help see you through them on Breakfast All Day. The tremendous Katie Walsh returns to help me review “Belfast,” which lots of folks seem to be excited about as an Oscar...
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RogerEbert.com — Belfast
In recalling his youthful days in an insular neighborhood in the titular city, Kenneth Branagh has made a film that’s both intimate and ambitious—his “Roma,” if you’ll forgive the inevitable comparison to Alfonso Cuaron’s recent masterpiece. That’s quite a balancing act the writer/director attempts to pull off, and for the most...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 6/12/20
Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” is excellent and it’s on Netflix right now for you to watch and sink your teeth into. It’s one of several movies Alonso, Matt and I review this week on Breakfast All Day. We’re all on the same page about Lee’s latest, but we find...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Artemis Fowl
It took 20 years of stops and starts but the film version of the YA fantasy favorite “Artemis Fowl” is finally here, and it feels like it’s in a hurry to get it over with already. Kenneth Branagh’s film, about a 12-year-old boy who goes on an adventure in a...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 12/19/19
It’s a week of extravagant and insane spectacles on Breakfast All Day, and we are here for all of it. Alonso, Matt and I had way too much fun reviewing the truly bizarre, star-studded musical “Cats” and the movie we’ve all been waiting a lifetime to see, “Star Wars: The...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 7/18/19
We couldn’t let “Crawl” slink away from us without talking about it on Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I play catch-up this week with the supremely schlocky thriller, which weirdly wasn’t screened for critics before opening day. We also review Lynn Shelton’s largely improvised indie comedy “Sword of Trust,”...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 5/10/19
It’s been a while, but all four of us are at the table this week to enjoy a little Breakfast All Day. And it’s a good thing, too, because this is a packed week with a wide variety of movies. Matt, Alonso, Ben and I review “Pokemon Detective Pikachu” (which...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 9/27/18
You guys seem to like this What the Flick?! Podcast thing we’re doing, so we’re just gonna keep on doing it. This week is more packed than ever. Alonso and I have reviews of Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart’s comedy “Night School,” “The Old Man & the Gun” (which is...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The original “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” was not exactly great cinema, but it was sweet and safe. It was also a surprise box office hit. Hence, we have a sequel, which feels like as much of a shameless cash grab as “Grown Ups 2.” But these are really, really grown...
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