It’s never too early to talk about Christmas movies when the world’s expert on the subject, Alonso Duralde, is your podcast co-host. So here we are with a review of “The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special,” even before we’ve carved our Thanksgiving turkey, on Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and...
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RogerEbert.com — Run
You’ll be able to figure out where “Run” is headed pretty quickly, but that doesn’t detract from the precise thrills and campy fun along the way. The follow-up from the guys who made “Searching” is just as clever and taut, and it features terrific performances from Sarah Paulson and exciting...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Coastal Elites
“Coastal Elites” is the very definition of preaching to the choir. A series of five monologues originally intended for the New York stage, this HBO production gently satirizes a very specific type of liberal American trying to navigate the daily outrage of living through the Trump administration. There’s a lot...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 1/18/19
It’s a veritable smorgasbord of reviews on the latest Breakfast All Day Podcast: new stuff, catch-up stuff, streaming stuff. And hey, lookie here! We’re back to discussing television, by popular demand. This week, Alonso, Matt and I review M. Night Shyamalan’s third piece in his “Unbreakable”-“Split” trilogy, “Glass,” and we...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 1/10/19
That sound you hear is January movies slowly trying to kill us. This week on Breakfast All Day, Alonso, Matt and I review the painfully feel-good comedy “The Upside” and the shamelessly heart-tugging drama “A Dog’s Way Home.” We also play catch-up with “Bird Box” on Netflix and try to...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Ocean’s 8
“Ocean’s 8” is a complete blast of a heist movie featuring an all-star cast of formidable actresses in to-die-for designer gowns. But beneath the glitz and glamour of this sequel lies a statement about the way women still unfortunately tend to be underestimated. The entire cast enjoys great chemistry, but...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — 12 Years a Slave
Ben, Alonso and I have a wide range of opinions on Steve McQueen’s brutal but beautifully acted slavery tale. I expect I will be hearing it from some folks for not being completely in love with this movie....
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