We didn’t start the fire, but we’re happy to sit around it and talk about the week’s new movies on Breakfast All Day. Alonso and I review the surprisingly dull “Firestarter,” yet another adaptation of the Stephen King novel. Also: the Rebel Wilson comedy “Senior Year” on Netflix and “Pleasure,”...
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RogerEbert.com — Senior Year
“Senior Year” features a clever, high-concept comic premise and game performances from Rebel Wilson and Angourie Rice. But too often it feels like a list of early 2000s pop culture references come to life without much new, fresh insight into the perils high school life. My mixed review, at RogerEbert.com....
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 12/19/19
It’s a week of extravagant and insane spectacles on Breakfast All Day, and we are here for all of it. Alonso, Matt and I had way too much fun reviewing the truly bizarre, star-studded musical “Cats” and the movie we’ve all been waiting a lifetime to see, “Star Wars: The...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Hustle
Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway try to outwit and out-con each other in the comedy “The Hustle,” a remake of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” (which itself was a remake of “Bedtime Story”). These ladies are game for anything, and their antics prompt giggles here and there, and the clothes are fun,...
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 2/15/19
We are your valentine and so much more on this jammed episode of Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Ben, Matt and I are together again — three weeks in a row! — with reviews of the sci-fi extravaganza “Alita: Battle Angel,” the horror-comedy sequel “Happy Death Day 2U” and the extremely...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Isn’t It Romantic
“Isn’t It Romantic” has a good time toying with all the tried-and-true rom-com tropes — the familiar, feel-good formula that inevitably leads to a happy ending. But it tries to have its red velvet cupcake and eat it, too, in simultaneously ridiculing and embracing the well-worn genre. Rebel Wilson is...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Pitch Perfect 3
“Pitch Perfect 3” supposedly is the final film in the wildly successful series about the musical misadventures of the Barden Bellas. Lots of overlong, tearful group hugs after the final a cappella song make that clear. But we really didn’t need a second “Pitch Perfect” movie, much less a third...
Read moreWine the Flick?! — Pitch Perfect 3
“Pitch Perfect 3” is the Barton Bellas’ swan song. Not that we needed three of these movies — the first one was a blast, and it’s been a matter of diminishing returns ever since — but nevertheless, here we are. And I couldn’t imagine a better person to aca-analyze this...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — How to Be Single
The ensemble rom-com “How to Be Single” manages the tricky feat of balancing bawdiness and sentimentality. It doesn’t do quite as good a job of connecting all its various story lines. But the cast is so winning, you may not mind, and there’s a moment toward the end that packs...
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