It’s Thanksgiving week so of course we have a veritable smorgasbord of delights here on Breakfast All Day. Alonso and I start off with one of our absolute favorite movies of the year — the absolute best, I say — in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza.” We also review Ridley...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast 9/25/20
We loved the strange, sweet and singular “Kajillionaire,” one of several movies we review this week on Breakfast All Day. Besides Miranda July’s latest, Matt, Alonso and I discuss the Netflix adventure “Enola Holmes,” with its radiant lead performance from Millie Bobby Brown, and “Misbehaviour,” based on the true story...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — 4 Minute Mile
All the underdog sports-movie cliches are in place in this drama about an aging, alcoholic track coach who trains a troubled but talented sprinter to run a mile in four minutes. And yet there’s an efficiency of storytelling, and Richard Jenkins elevates the familiar material simply by showing up and...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Lullaby
Richard Jenkins, an actor of great insight and subtlety, makes his moments tolerable and occasionally moving in this otherwise mawkish drama. Jenkins stars as the wealthy patriarch of a Manhattan family who gathers his loved ones around his hospital bed to witness his decision to go off life support after...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — A.C.O.D.
For all you Adam Scott fans out there, here’s the lead performance from him you’ve been waiting for. He’s great as the adult child of divorce of the film’s acronym title, surrounded by a strong supporting cast including Richard Jenkins, Amy Poehler and Jane Lynch....
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