“The Menu” is deliciously mean and endlessly stylish in its satirization of extreme wealth, with Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes and Nicholas Hoult enjoying some biting, snappy dialogue. But it may leave you feeling a little hungry afterward. My review, at RogerEbert.com. Read the review here...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast 11/15/22
Just a quick midweek nibble from us at Breakfast All Day as we review “The Menu,” the dark comedy starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes and Nicholas Hoult. It’s one of many skewer-the-rich satires out there these days. We also have some news headlines, including the huge box office opening for...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Forgiven
They’re all beautiful, exquisitely dressed and vapid, the foreigners who’ve traipsed across the Moroccan desert for a weekend of debauchery in “The Forgiven.” Writer/director John Michael McDonagh wants us to feel scorn as he satirizes the racism and classism of wealthy Westerners exploiting the Middle East as an exotic destination. His film...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 10/8/21
Pour yourself a martini — shaken, not stirred, of course — or whatever your drink of choice may be and settle in for this week’s episode of Breakfast All Day. Our great friend Katie Walsh joins me to review the new James Bond movie, “No Time to Die,” Daniel Craig’s...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 1/16/20
Robert Downey Jr. talks to the animals in “Dolittle” … but should he? Matt, Alonso and I are still trying to figure out what we just saw on the latest episode of Breakfast All Day. It’s a truly strange film and a bit of a disaster, but not even in...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The White Crow
“The White Crow,” Ralph Fiennes’ drama about Rudolf Nureyev’s defection from the Soviet Union in 1961, captures the Russian dance legend’s bravado and brash spirit, but it never reaches his resplendent heights. It’s handsome but restrained. Oleg Ivenko, a dancer making his film debut, is quite good, though, in the...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 4/25/19
It’s the biggest weekend ever in the history of big weekends with the opening of “Avengers: Endgame.” Alonso, Matt and I have a review of the Marvel movie behemoth as well as a separate, in-depth spoiler talk, which runs from about 17:00 to 42:30, if you’d like to skip ahead...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — A Bigger Splash
“A Bigger Splash” is simultaneously sumptuous and startling — a true feast for the senses, featuring four superb performances from Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson and especially Ralph Fiennes. He absolutely tears up the screen as well as the film’s idyllic setting on an island off the coast of...
Read moreHail, Caesar!
Universal Pictures Rated PG-13 for some suggestive content and smoking. Running time: 106 minutes. Three stars out of four. The Coen brothers — my favorite filmmakers, I should mention at the outset — have always been hit-and-miss when it comes to straight-up comedies. For every “Raising Arizona” or “The Big...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — The Grand Budapest Hotel
You can check out any time you’d like, but you can never leave. Matt, Alonso and I review the latest Wes Anderson extravaganza, set in a lavish hotel in a fictional Eastern European country between the two world wars....
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