That magical connection between Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz continues to grow stronger and burn brighter with “Parallel Mothers,” their eighth film together over the past quarter century. The Spanish maestro knows precisely how to get all the colors out of his charismatic muse, and in turn, the veteran star...
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Reviews
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 10/10/19
You’re not seeing things — there really are multiple Will Smiths in Ang Lee’s “Gemini Man,” and we review all of them this week on Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I also talk about Bong Joon-ho’s exquisite social satire “Parasite,” which will probably end up being the best movie of the...
Read moreI’m So Excited!
Sony Pictures Classics Rated R for strong sexual content including crude references, and drug use. Running time: 95 minutes. Three stars out of four. In theory, any new Pedro Almodovar film, even a fluffy, silly one, is better than none at all _ a notion that the Spanish master pushes...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — I’m So Excited!
It’s sky-high hijinks in Pedro Almodovar’s latest, a throwback to his earliest work....
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