We couldn’t let the year end without one final Marvel Monday episode of Breakfast All Day. Nic and I have a lengthy discussion about “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” which we both loved — so it’s kinda like I made my kid do work over winter break, but not really. We...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast 12/22/21
We’re back in the Matrix this week on Breakfast All Day — but did we ever really leave? Alonso and I review “The Matrix Resurrections,” the fourth film in the franchise, on this final episode of 2021. We also review Joel Coen’s avant-garde “The Tragedy of Macbeth” and Pedro Almodovar’s...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 12/17/21
Our Peter tingle is on full blast this week because we have a Breakfast All Day review of “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Alonso and I do our best to discuss the much-anticipated Marvel sequel without spoilers, but we’ll have a fuller review where we go into greater detail next week...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Spider-Man: Far From Home
We’re getting close to the end of our Marvel Mondays journey — at least for now — with “Spider-Man: Far From Home” (2019). Nic and I agree this sequel isn’t as good as the infectiously joyous “Spider-Man: Homecoming” from a couple years earlier, and that it works better as a...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Spider-Man: Homecoming
This week on Marvel Mondays, we’re up to “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017), one of Nicolas’ absolute favorites and a movie he’d been looking forward to revisiting since the beginning of our series. He and I discuss the infectious joy of Tom Holland’s performance, the cool, meta casting of Michael Keaton, the...
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 — Spider-Man: Far From Home
“Spider-Man: Far From Home” changes the scenery but can’t quite match the inspired heights of its predecessor, 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” It’s a lot of fun, and Tom Holland remains completely charming in his boyish incarnation of Peter Parker. But this sequel functions more effectively as a teen romantic comedy than...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Love Is Strange
John Lithgow and Alfred Molina are completely lovely as a longtime couple who finally enjoy the opportunity to get married legally in New York after 39 years together. It should be the happiest time of their life — but it’s just the beginning of their troubles. Ira Sachs’ drama is...
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