Annette Bening and Bill Nighy co-star in “Hope Gap,” which plays like a tastefully restrained version of “Marriage Story,” — too much so, actually. Writer-director William Nicholson has paired tremendous actors in a striking, seaside setting, but we never feel the characters’ devastation at the collapse of their life together....
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Breakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Janice Engel
Documentary filmmaker Janice Engel is the director and producer of “Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins.” She’s a really cool woman who made a movie about a really cool woman, and I was so happy to chat with her for the latest A La Carte. Janice talks...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — All the Bright Places
Elle Fanning and Justice Smith have lovely chemistry as troubled teens trying to rescue each other in “All the Bright Places,” based on the Young Adult novel of the same name, streaming now on Netflix. Brett Haley’s film is idyllic in its depiction of sun-dappled, small-town Indiana, but its realistic...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 2/27/20
We can feel you watching us — or at least listening to us — on Breakfast All Day. This week, Alonso, Matt and I review the surprisingly excellent “The Invisible Man” and we play a bunch of catch up with “Sonic the Hedgehog,” “Call of the Wild,” “Emma.” and “Seberg.”...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Jeff Culotta
Indie film producer Jeff Culotta has had a truly singular path, which ranges from Lawrence Welk to Richard Kelly to Bobcat Goldthwait, and we get to all of it on this week’s A La Carte. Jeff discusses growing up in Abilene, Texas, and rebelling against his Air Force colonel father;...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Corpus Christi
Bartosz Bielenia gives an electrifying performance — with serious young Christopher Walken vibes — in the Polish drama “Corpus Christi,” which was nominated for the best international feature Oscar. The story of a young man who pretends to be a priest after leaving a juvenile detention center may sound like...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Morgan Patterson
Morgan Patterson is a longtime location manager who has worked on such varied films as “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Ford v Ferrari,” “Iron Man 3,” “The Nice Guys” and “Death at a Funeral.” He talks all about the juggling his job requires on the latest A La Carte conversation. Morgan discusses...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 2/13/20
Love is in the air this Valentine’s Day weekend, and we’re all swooning for the romantic drama “The Photograph” on Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I also review “Downhill,” the English-language remake of “Force Majeure,” which is a huge disappointment; “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You,”...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Alex Cohen
Spectrum News 1 host Alex Cohen has lived a crazy life, from radio to roller derby and everything in between, and she talks about all of it on the latest A La Carte conversation. Alex discusses growing up in the hills of Los Angeles in the ’70s surrounded by parents...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 2/7/20
Get your mallets out and take a swing with us this week on Breakfast All Day. Matt, Alonso and I review “Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn),” which is a complete blast; “The Lodge,” which is moody but perhaps not as effectively creepy as “Goodnight...
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