We loved “Thor: Ragnarok,” which makes the letdown of “Thor: Love and Thunder” that much more of a bummer. Alonso and I have a Breakfast All Day review of this wildly uneven MCU extravaganza. In news, we discuss the career of James Caan, who died at 82; the #Gentleminion backlash;...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast 8/21/20
We missed you guys so much while we were gone last week, but we wish we had better movies for you on the latest Breakfast All Day. Matt, Alonso and I review “The One and Only Ivan” on Disney+, Russell Crowe’s B-movie thriller “Unhinged,” the inventive biopic “Tesla” (the one...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Unhinged
Russell Crowe is like a malevolent Foghorn Leghorn in an oversized pickup truck in “Unhinged,” a thriller about a man who snaps and goes on a rampage. This was supposed to have been the movie that reopened theaters in the United States back on July 1. That clearly didn’t happen,...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 4/24/20
Only Chris Hemsworth as a hunky, black-market mercenary named Tyler Rake could pull us out of the morass in which we’ve found ourselves. His Netflix action extravaganza, “Extraction,” is one of several movies we review this week on Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I also discuss the excellent Apple+ documentary “Beastie Boys...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 11/1/18
It’s the most … wonderful time … of the year. That’s right, it’s time for another episode of the What the Flick?! Podcast. And since it’s November, that means it’s also time for Christmas movies. This week, Alonso, Matt and I review the overstuffed yet empty Disney extravaganza “The Nutcracker and...
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Paramount Pictures Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and brief suggestive content. Running time: 139 minutes Two and a half stars out of four. “Noah,” Darren Aronofsky’s take on the biblical tale of Noah’s Ark, is a fascinating and frustrating amalgamation of a couple different cinematic impulses that wouldn’t necessarily...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Noah
Behold the bat-shit craziness as Darren Aronofsky takes on The Bible. But despite its gorgeous visuals and dazzling special effects, Aronofsky’s version of the Noah’s Ark tale almost isn’t crazy enough. It’s actually quite faith-affirming — surprisingly so for a big-budget studio picture....
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