If there’s a better metaphor for 2020 than John David Washington wearing a mask and wandering through a disorienting world where time moves backward, I don’t know what it is. Yes, “Tenet” is finally in theaters — at least in some theaters, in some parts of the country — after...
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Reviews
Breakfast All Day Podcast 9/4/20
The thrilling “Mulan” should have been a huge summer blockbuster in the theaters; now, you can watch it at home on Disney+, and we have a Breakfast All Day review. Alonso, Matt and I also talk about the latest mind-bending drama from writer-director Charlie Kaufman, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,”...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Mulan
Of all the recent live-action remakes of Disney’s beloved animated films, “Mulan” is by far the most effective and vital. It’s thrilling from start to finish, with dazzling visuals and a strong cast. And while Niki Caro’s film holds true to the story’s centuries-old origins, its depiction of female empowerment...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Love, Guaranteed
“Love, Guaranteed” is the kind of movie you leave on the TV because you’re lying on the couch with a cold, and the remote control has fallen off the blanket onto the rug, and you don’t feel like going to the trouble to reach down, grab it and change the...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 8/28/20
It’s Bill and Ted and Phineas and Ferb to the rescue, just when we need them most, on Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I review a couple of movies this week that have an infectious joy and an underlying sweetness, but you’ll probably appreciate them more if you’re already...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 8/21/20
We missed you guys so much while we were gone last week, but we wish we had better movies for you on the latest Breakfast All Day. Matt, Alonso and I review “The One and Only Ivan” on Disney+, Russell Crowe’s B-movie thriller “Unhinged,” the inventive biopic “Tesla” (the one...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Unhinged
Russell Crowe is like a malevolent Foghorn Leghorn in an oversized pickup truck in “Unhinged,” a thriller about a man who snaps and goes on a rampage. This was supposed to have been the movie that reopened theaters in the United States back on July 1. That clearly didn’t happen,...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 8/7/20
Come a little closer … we’ve got a secret (or two) we want to share with you on this week’s Breakfast All Day Podcast. Alonso, Matt and I review “The Secret: Dare to Dream” as well as “The Secret Garden.” But first! We talk about Seth Rogen and Seth Rogen...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Made in Italy
The sad, real-life subtext of “Made in Italy” is more intriguing and poignant than what we see on screen. The drama pairs father and son Liam Neeson and Micheal Richardson on a trip to Tuscany to sell the family villa and finally face their grief over the loss of their...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Secret: Dare to Dream
I tried to manifest my own happiness while watching “The Secret: Dare to Dream” but, sadly, it was not to be. Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas co-star in this Nicholas Sparks-adjacent schmaltz — which you’d be right in mistaking for a Lifetime Channel movie — based on the best-selling self-help...
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