Breakfast All Day Podcast

Breakfast All Day Podcast 5/13/22

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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Breakfast All Day Podcast 11/7/19

We’ll give you our hearts this Christmas and every Christmas here at the Breakfast All Day Podcast. Alonso, Matt and I discuss the George Michael-inspired romantic comedy “Last Christmas,” which fell shy of our high expectations; “Doctor Sleep,” the hit-and-miss sequel to “The Shining”; and the devastating drama “Marriage Story.”...

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RogerEbert.com — It Chapter Two

“It Chapter Two” is a thrilling, sprawling mess — overlong and overstuffed, but wildly, visually inventive with several moments of greatness. It’ll make you say “wow” over and over again, both when it dazzles and when it just doesn’t work. My mixed/positive review, at RogerEbert.com. Read the review here...

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Breakfast All Day Podcast 4/11/19

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the latest episode of Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I are snapping our fingers with purpose for the premiere episode of the FX series “Fosse/Verdon.” But first, we review the messy reboot of “Hellboy,” the reworking of “Big” called “Little” and we catch up with...

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RogerEbert.com — It

Dear lord, is this movie scary — especially if you have a fear of clowns, which is totally understandable, because they’re creepy. But the latest adaptation of the iconic Stephen King novel is just as effective as a coming-of-age drama, with strong performances from a well-chosen cast of young actors....

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5 Great Snow Movies

5 Great Snow Movies

Greetings from Banff, Alberta, where I’ve been skiing all week with my family in the stunning Canadian Rockies. My L.A. kid had never even seen snow in person, much less skied on it, prior to this trip. He’s having a blast — we all are — but naturally, the dramatic...

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Carrie

Sony Screen Gems Rated R for bloody violence, disturbing images, language and some sexual content. Running time: 99 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four. Don’t call it a remake. Kimberly Peirce’s version of “Carrie” dubs itself as a “reimagining” of the high-school horror classic. Certainly, the director...

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What the Flick?! — Carrie

Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore take over the roles that Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie made famous in the 1976 Brian DePalma original. Kimberly Peirce’s remake is extremely faithful to that classic horror film, for better and for worse....

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