The erotic thriller is back and we are here for it on Breakfast All Day. Alonso and I review the hotly awaited “Deep Water,” now streaming on Hulu, starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas. We also review the Hitchcockian thriller “Windfall” on Netflix, and we finally do a spoiler...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast
Breakfast All Day Podcast 2/15/22
Time is a flat circle, which means you get a Breakfast All Day episode on a Tuesday. We’re trying some new things lately, including mixing in mid-week news, reviews and DVD recommendations. Alonso and I catch up with Steven Soderbergh’s high-tech thriller “Kimi,” which is streaming on HBO Max, and...
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 moreRogerEbert.com — Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
I can’t get over what a complete blast of creative joy the animated “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is, and I can’t wait to see it again to catch all the details and jokes I missed the first time around. There’s so much going on in a gorgeously trippy, dreamlike way,...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 11/16/18
It’s a jam-packed week on the What the Flick?! Podcast, and not just because of the prodigious casts in this week’s new movies. Alonso and I review the excellent heist thriller “Widows,” the so-so Harry Potter prequel “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” and the feel-good drama “Green Book.” We also discuss...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
It’s not as fantastic as the original, and there aren’t nearly as many beasts. Still, this spin-off series from the “Harry Potter” universe keeps slogging along. The second of five planned movies has its moments of magic, but it also features way too many characters and subplots to even begin...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Vincent N Roxxy
“Vincent N Roxxy” is a nasty little piece of B-movie trash that lacks both the verve to grab you as a guilty pleasure and the artistry to be taken seriously as a dramatic thriller. It wastes talented actors who usually have a welcome presence on screen — Emile Hirsch, Zoe...
Read moreThe Divergent Series: Allegiant
Lionsgate Films Rated PG-13 for intense violence and action, thematic elements and some partial nudity. Running time: 120 minutes. One star out of four. The confused look on the faces of all the characters in the above photo pretty much tells you everything you need to know about “Allegiant” —...
Read moreMad Max: Fury Road
Warner Bros. Pictures Rated R for intense sequences of violence throughout, and for disturbing images. Running time: 120 minutes. Four stars out of four. The title of the movie is “Mad Max: Fury Road” because, in theory, its driving force is the iconic character at the center of George Miller’s...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Divergent
Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before: In a rigidly structured, dystopian future, one extraordinary teenage girl will emerge as either its savior or its destroyer. “Divergent,” based on the Veronica Roth novel, definitely follows a familiar, young-adult formula. But the performances — namely from stars Shailene...
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