Jump on in, the water’s fine here at Breakfast All Day. This week, Alonso, Matt and I review the new Pixar movie on Disney+, “Luca,” and have widely varying thoughts on it. We also discuss the totally unnecessary sequel “Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard,” although we can barely remember the original, and...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast 4/30/21
“The Mitchells vs. the Machines” is sure to be one of our favorite movies of the year, and you can enjoy the hilarious family comedy now on Netflix. Also this week on Breakfast All Day, Alonso, Matt and I review the extremely so-so “Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse,” the horror movie/marital...
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 moreRogerEbert.com — Wine Country
I am very much the target audience for “Wine Country,” starring a staggering array of talented comedians. Amy Poehler (who also makes her directing debut), Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Paula Pell and Emily Spivey play longtime friends who go away for a ladies’ weekend in Napa Valley. But...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Maggie’s Plan
Echoes of Woody Allen and Noah Baumbach are unmistakable in Rebecca Miller’s romantic comedy about narcissistic, intellectual New York academics falling in and out of love with each other. Writer-director Rebecca Miller’s comic dialogue sparkles, but the dramatic underpinnings don’t work quite as well. My mixed RogerEbert.com review. Read the...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Sisters
The zippy, zingy chemistry of longtime collaborators and best friends Tina Fey and Amy Poehler keeps “Sisters” consistently entertaining, even when it grows a tad repetitive and overlong. My RogerEbert.com review. Read the review here...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Inherent Vice
We are all fans of Paul Thomas Anderson around here, but none of us really dug his hazy, druggy, comic noir. Maybe it requires another viewing to appreciate it fully, but I just can’t bring myself to endure this slog once more....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Big Hero 6
“Big Hero 6” is lively and lovely and all kinds of adorable. Not groundbreaking, necessarily, but enjoyable, with themes of friendship and teamwork as well as a dark streak. I actually liked “Feast,” the short that plays beforehand, way better....
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