We’re so happy to be together again on Breakfast All Day. We took a couple weeks off at the end of summer, but Matt, Alonso and I are back with reviews of the musical “Cinderella,” the horror sequel “Candyman,” the rom-com remake “He’s All That,” and “Swan Song,” with its...
Read more
Breakfast All Day Podcast
RogerEbert.com — Afterlife of the Party
Heaven can wait for Victoria Justice in “Afterlife of the Party,” a shrill and derivative Netflix comedy. The former Nickelodeon star brings all the incessant perkiness of her sit-com roots to the role of Cassie, a stunning and self-centered party girl who dies in a freak accident the morning after her...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Vacation Friends
Lil Rel Howery, Yvonne Orji, John Cena and Meredith Hagner travel to Mexico in “Vacation Friends,” but they never really go anywhere. All four actors are trapped in one-note roles in repetitive scenarios that become increasingly tedious. My 1 1/2-star review of his straining, late-summer raunchfest, at RogerEbert.com Read the...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Protege
Maggie Q and Michael Keaton have such snappy, sexy chemistry with each other in “The Protégé,” it’ll make you wish their connection were in the service of a better movie. Instead, they bounce off each other—often quite literally—in this capable but ultimately forgettable late-summer action-thriller. My review, at RogerEbert.com. Read...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 8/13/21
We’re delighted to have our great friend Tim Grierson come back and hang out on this week’s Breakfast All Day. Tim joins us to review Ryan Reynolds’ video game comedy “Free Guy,” the by-the-numbers Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect,” and the feel-good Sundance favorite “CODA.” In news, we discuss how we...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Don’t Breathe 2
What are the odds that a second group of people would be foolish enough to break into Stephen Lang’s home to try and steal something valuable to him? That’s the unlikely premise of “Don’t Breathe 2,” which can’t quite match the novelty and thrills of the surprise-hit 2016 original. My...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 8/6/21
Your favorite criminal superheroes are back on Breakfast All Day. This week, we review James Gunn’s gory extravaganza “The Suicide Squad,” Leos Carax’s musical fantasia “Annette,” the Netflix documentary “Pray Away,” and the animated “Vivo,” in case you haven’t had enough Lin-Manuel Miranda. In news, we talk about possible Golden...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Vivo
What begins in lively and vibrant fashion as the title would suggest gets bogged down in a literal and figurative swamp in “Vivo.” When the Lin-Manuel Miranda animated musical is about the power of songs to transform and connect people across years and miles, the film is at its strongest....
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 7/30/21
Hop in and go for a ride with us on Breakfast All Day. This week’s movies are all about travel: “Jungle Cruise,” the latest film version of a Disney theme park ride; “The Green Knight,” David Lowery’s gorgeous and trippy Arthurian quest; and “Stillwater,” starring Matt Damon as an Oklahoma...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Stillwater
Director and co-writer Tom McCarthy is telling several different stories with “Stillwater,” the most compelling of which finds a movingly understated Matt Damon seeking redemption for himself and his daughter in France. But there’s so much else going on as the film hurtles toward its wild third act. My mixed...
Read more