It’s Billie Week on Breakfast All Day, as we review two new movies that focus on singular singers who happen to share that name. Matt, Alonso and I discuss the Apple TV+ documentary “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry,” which takes an intimate look at the teen pop phenom. Next up is “The...
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RogerEbert.com — The Father
Anthony Hopkins gives the most moving performance of his long and storied career in “The Father,” starring as as an 80-year-old Londoner succumbing to dementia. Olivia Colman is every bit his equal as the daughter who struggles to contain his volatile moods and organize his jumbled memories. But what director...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Iron Man 2
We’re checking the arc reactor and climbing inside the suit again for the latest Marvel Mondays episode of Breakfast All Day. This week, Nicolas and I watch “Iron Man 2” (2010), the sequel to the hugely successful film that launched the whole MCU. I liked it slightly better this time,...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 2/19/21
We’re wrapping ourselves in our finest fur-trimmed coats to protect against the cold on this week’s Breakfast All Day. Matt, Alonso and I review the gleefully mean comedy “I Care a Lot,” the drama “Supernova” with its dream pairing of Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth as longtime partners, and the star-studded,...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — I Care A Lot
The title is as ironic as can be: Rosamund Pike’s character couldn’t care less about the well-being of the seniors who are her wards in the pitch-black Netflix comedy “I Care a Lot.” Her only interest in becoming their guardian is bilking them of their savings — until her greed...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: The Incredible Hulk
We’re back with our second episode of Marvel Mondays! Following last week’s debut discussion of “Iron Man,” Nicolas and I chat about the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the extremely forgettable “The Incredible Hulk” (2008). As in, not only did I forget it exists, I also forgot that...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 2/13/21
Pack your daytime AND evening culottes for your getaway with Breakfast All Day. Matt, Alonso and I review the giddy, absurdist romp that is “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” as well as the infuriating documentary “Framing Britney Spears.” One of the best films of 2020, “Minari,” is...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — French Exit
Michelle Pfeiffer is riveting as a broke Manhattan socialite in “French Exit.” Director Azazel Jacobs’ low-key farce allows the veteran star to luxuriate in lavish clothes and stylized language. But while the film meanders a bit as it makes its way to Paris — and there’s not nearly enough Tracy...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Iron Man
Welcome to the first episode of Marvel Mondays! It’s a Breakfast All Day podcast series I’m doing with my 11-year-old son, Nicolas, in which we’re watching all the Marvel movies in order and then having a little conversation afterward. (And in case you’re curious, we’re doing them in order of...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 2/5/21
We light up the sky like a flame this week on Breakfast All Day. All the movies Matt, Alonso and I review have to do with fame, memory and leaving your mark on the world. We begin with “Malcolm & Marie,” featuring strong performances and gorgeous cinematography but an exhausting,...
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