Happy 2022! Things may seem uncertain so far, but we’re here for you no matter what on Breakfast All Day. Our dear friend and O.G. “What the Flick?!” co-host Ben Mankiewicz joins us to share his insights on a couple of bits of sad news: the deaths of Peter Bogdanovich...
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RogerEbert.com — The 355
“The 355” amasses some of the most talented and electrifying actresses in the world, then squanders them in a generic and forgettable action picture. It would seem impossible to make a boring spy movie starring Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o, Diane Kruger and Penelope Cruz, but Simon Kinberg managed to do...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Parallel Mothers
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...
Read moreBreakfast 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 6/19/20
“Miss Juneteenth” is a lovely and vivid indie drama with a tremendous lead performance from Nicole Beharie, one of several movies we review this week on Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I also discuss the horror movie “You Should Have Left,” the less-than thrilling spy thriller “Wasp Network” and...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 2/7/19
Everything is cool when you’re part of a team, especially when that team is the Breakfast All Day Podcast. For the second week in a row, Alonso, Ben, Matt and I all made it to the table. We talk about the high-energy “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part,” the...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Twice Born
“Twice Born” takes the Bosnian conflict and tastelessly uses it as the backdrop for a melodramatic romance and a twisty mystery involving paternity. The ill-suited Penelope Cruz and Emile Hirsch struggle to convince us that they’re desperately in love with each other. My RogerEbert.com review. Read the review here...
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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