You can run but you can’t hide: Those little yellow dudes are storming into theaters this holiday weekend with the sequel “Minions: The Rise of Gru.” My friend and fellow YouTube critic Dan Murrell was kind enough to slog through it with me on Breakfast All Day, and we had...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast
Breakfast All Day Podcast 6/26/20
Oh how we longed for “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” to be great; sadly, the only thing great about it is the running time, which is over two hours. It has some amusing moments in its celebration of international musical kitsch, though, as Matt, Alonso and I...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 12/24/18
All is merry and bright on this final What the Flick?! Podcast episode for 2018. Alonso, Ben and I enjoy a spirited discussion of Adam McKay’s polarizing political satire “Vice,” which greatly divided us, as well. We also review a couple of biopics: “On the Basis of Sex,” about Ruth...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 12/21/18
Everything’s better down where it’s wetter in this week’s episode of the What the Flick?! Podcast. Alonso and I dive into the gonzo superhero movie “Aquaman,” as well as the surprisingly good “Transformers” prequel “Bumblebee.” We also slog through Robert Zemeckis’ mawkish “Welcome to Marwen.” Ben joins us to revel in the greatness...
Read more10 Worst Films of 2018
It’s been a year of changes around here, but it has remained a pleasure and a source of pride to be able to review films for a living. I still have six jobs and I have no job, as I like to say — it’s just that those jobs sometimes...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Beautiful Boy
Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet share several emotional moments as father and son in this real-life addiction drama. But “Beautiful Boy” might be too beautiful itself, depicting its horrors in a gauzy way with a distracting, time-hopping narrative. And the soundtrack of on-the-nose tunes is often cringe-inducing as it comments...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 10/11/18
Come walk on the moon with us on the latest episode of the What the Flick?! Podcast. “First Man” is the biggie of the week as we venture deeper into awards season. But Alonso, Matt and I have plenty of other movies to review, including the political satire “The Oath,” the...
Read moreMinions
Universal Pictures Rated PG for action and rude humor. Running time: 91 minutes. Two stars out of four. We are a Minion-friendly household around here. My 5-year-old son, Nicolas, loves the Minions so much, he thinks he actually IS one. We’ve been on the “Despicable Me” ride at Universal Studios...
Read moreOscar Nominations 2015
First of all, I’m not sure why I care so much. I said this to my husband this morning after the Academy Award nominations came out and I was thoroughly worked up over how terrible they were. I’m not sure why any of us care so much, actually. Maybe it’s...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
The Judith Viorst children’s book is merely a springboard for this family-friendly comedy, which isn’t as cloying as it looks and features an appealing weird streak. You could do worse....
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