Do you like scary movies? We’ve got one for you this week on Breakfast All Day, as Katie Walsh joins me to review the latest “Scream,” the fifth film in the meta horror franchise. Also, Alonso finally watched “Eternals,” so we catch up with Chloe Zhao’s Marvel entry, and we...
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Breakfast All Day Marvel Mondays — Eternals
It’s been a little while, but Nicolas and I are back with another Marvel Mondays episode of Breakfast All Day. This time we take on “Eternals,” and we have mixed feelings about it. Nic and I discuss how uniquely beautiful director and co-writer Chloe Zhao‘s film is and how exciting...
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Director Chloe Zhao applies her distinctive aesthetic imprint to “Eternals,” but she can only do so much to bend the Marvel Cinematic Universe to her will. The result is a blockbuster of unusual gentle beauty that also strains to fulfill the gargantuan requirements of a massive action spectacle. My mixed...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 5/29/19
Eventually we will all get the Elton John songs out of our heads. For now, though, we’re talking about “Rocketman” in a special Wednesday episode of Breakfast All Day. And we’re chatting at Alonso’s house this time because I am in the middle of moving. He, Matt and I review...
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Elton John has never played it safe, cultivating a flashy stage persona that’s sustained him for decades. But “Rocketman,” the movie about his life and music, does. Taron Egerton works his ass off and sings his heart out as the legendary performer, but all his efforts are in the service...
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Walt Disney Pictures Rated PG for mild thematic elements. Running time: 105 minutes. Three stars out of four. The Cinderella of Kenneth Branagh’s “Cinderella” never wields a samurai sword or a snarky, well-timed quip. She doesn’t transform herself into a warrior princess, nor does she wallow in too-hip pop culture...
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