During these insane times, it feels so good to laugh, and we did a lot of that this week on Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I have one of our most spirited arguments in a while over Adam Sandler’s latest Netflix comedy, “Hubie Halloween.” We also disagree on just...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast
RogerEbert.com — The War With Grandpa
What were these people thinking? That’s the question I asked myself over and over again while watching “The War with Grandpa,” a straining family comedy featuring the wildly overqualified Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Christopher Walken, Cheech Marin and Jane Seymour. No one needs a paycheck this badly. This goes...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 12/14/18
It’s a Christmas miracle: All four of us are actually here for the first time. And it’s a good thing, too, because this week’s What the Flick?! Podcast features blockbusters, comic book extravaganzas, serious awards contenders and everything in between. Ben, Alonso, Matt and I review the thrilling animated adventure...
Read moreNymphomaniac: Volume I
Magnolia Pictures Unrated. 118 minutes. Three stars out of four. Lars von Trier is funny. Who knew? That’s certainly the most startling revelation to come from “Nymphomaniac: Volume I” — much more so than any of the much-ballyhooed sex itself, which is pervasive and graphic and presented so plainly as...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1
That wacky Lars Von Trier. Who knew he was funny? Much has been made about the graphic nature of this film, in which Charlotte Gainsbourg plays a sex addict recounting her exploits for Stellan Skarsgard. But not only is it not a titillating experience, it’s also lighter and more playful...
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