Hey, look, the trailer for the “Avatar” sequel is finally online, and we have some thoughts on your midweek Breakfast All Day drop-in. Alonso and I also discuss the giant opening for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” Fred Savage, Frank Langella, the “Dirty Dancing” sequel and more in...
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RogerEbert.com — Venom: Let There Be Carnage
As you surely can tell from this photo, “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” is insane — but that’s what makes it such a superior sequel. It’s as if everyone involved realized that the silliness was the strength of the 2018 original and leaned into that, hard. I laughed a lot...
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 moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 4/11/19
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the latest episode of Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I are snapping our fingers with purpose for the premiere episode of the FX series “Fosse/Verdon.” But first, we review the messy reboot of “Hellboy,” the reworking of “Big” called “Little” and we catch up with...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 10/4/18
We’re off the deep end, watch as we dive in, we’ll never meet the ground. This week, Alonso, Matt and I dig into Bradley Cooper’s swoony remake of “A Star Is Born,” the wildly uneven comic book movie “Venom” and “The Hate U Give,” a powerful, Young Adult take on...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Venom
“Venom” isn’t quite the unmitigated disaster you’ve heard it is, but it’s also not the optimal use of its prodigious talent. Tom Hardy gives it his all, as always, in the title role as the Marvel Comics villain. (Although here, in his origin story, he’s more of an amusingly menacing...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — I Feel Pretty
I have mixed feelings about “I Feel Pretty,” a high-concept, modern-day fairy tale. Amy Schumer stars as an insecure woman who suffers a head injury and believes she’s been magically transformed into the gorgeous bombshell she’s always dreamed of becoming — even though she’s unchanged on the outside. It’s a lot...
Read moreWine the Flick?! — All the Money in the World
My dear friend and What the Flick?! co-host Matt Atchity steps out from behind the camera to join me for a drink and discussion of “All the Money in the World.” Ridley Scott famously did last-minute reshoots of several scenes, replacing Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer — his first choice to...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Wonderstruck
Despite its visual delights — the gorgeous cinematography, the rich costumes, the vivid sense of place — “Wonderstruck” is a rare disappointment from Todd Haynes. He bounces back in forth in time in telling the story of two young people who run away to New York City 50 years apart,...
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