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 11/12/21
Awards season, standard time, Thanksgiving, Christmas — we’re deep in the throes of big changes, and we’re here to help see you through them on Breakfast All Day. The tremendous Katie Walsh returns to help me review “Belfast,” which lots of folks seem to be excited about as an Oscar...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Thor: Ragnarok
This week on Marvel Mondays, we’re up to a movie I’d been excited to rewatch from the very beginning: “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017). It’s one of my absolute favorites because it’s goofy, weird and full of surprises. Nicolas and I talk about how the humor in Taika Waititi’s film comes from...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 1/15/21
In a week full of flux and turmoil, it’s nice to have some good movies to talk about on Breakfast All Day. Matt, Alonso and I review the covid heist comedy “Locked Down,” starring Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor; the swoony romantic throwback “Sylvie’s Love,” with Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 6/14/19
“Toy Story 4” doesn’t come out until next week, but we all liked it so much that we wanted to share an early review with you on the latest Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I also review a couple of other sequels: the empty and dull “Men in Black...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 11/20/18
We’re thankful that some of the best movies of the year are opening during this Thanksgiving week on the What the Flick?! Podcast. Alonso and I review the latest twisted delight from Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite” — which may be my favo(u)rite film of 2018 — as well as Alfonso...
Read moreWine the Flick?! — Annihilation
I’m so glad I had someone to talk about “Annihilation” with me afterward, because there is a LOT to sort through. And I’m so glad that someone was Lisa Evans, a good friend and fellow mom I know from Nic’s former school. Lisa has great taste in movies and she...
Read moreDear White People
Roadside Attractions Rated R for language, sexual content and drug use. Running time: 108 minutes. Three stars out of four. Writer-director Justin Simien takes a sledgehammer to the rosy notion that we’ve achieved a post-racial utopia — but he does it with great wit, bite and flair — in his...
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