Margot Robbie is the most adorable sociopath you’d ever want to hang out and blow stuff up with in “Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).” Director Cathy Yan has made a big, sassy action picture with a lot to say about female empowerment and friendship....
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Reviews
Breakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Ben Kasulke
Cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke has had a prolific career, with films including “Safety Not Guaranteed,” “Your Sister’s Sister,” “Laggies” and “The Off Hours.” So we had a ton to talk about on the latest A La Carte conversation. Ben discusses growing up in Saranac Lake in far upstate New York, the...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Rhythm Section
Blake Lively gives it her all in “The Rhythm Section,” but the movie only meets her halfway. The glamorous star gets grungy to play an ordinary young woman who transforms herself into an international assassin to avenge the killing of her family, but the film feels rushed and frustratingly empty....
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 1/30/20
It’s Super Bowl weekend, which is traditionally a pretty quiet time at the movies. The main one opening this week is the Blake Lively action thriller “The Rhythm Section,” which Alonso, Matt and I review on the latest episode of Breakfast All Day. We also play catch-up with “The Two...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Vincent Grashaw
Vincent Grashaw is a talented and busy filmmaker who’s currently in post-production on his third feature, “What Josiah Saw.” So it was nice to have a chance to sit down with him for the first time in a while for this A La Carte conversation. Vince discusses growing up in...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Turning
“The Turning,” the latest adaptation of the Henry James novella “The Turn of the Screw,” is super stylish and moody, with a physical and emotional central performance from Mackenzie Davis. But man, that ending just does not work. My mixed review, at RogerEbert.com. Read the review here...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 1/23/20
Stylish criminals and ghosts — as well as a talking monkey who sounds an awful lot like David Lynch — join us this week on Breakfast All Day. Matt, Alonso and I review Guy Ritchie’s star-studded crime comedy “The Gentlemen” and the Gothic horror adaptation “The Turning.” We also catch...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Courtney Friel
TV news anchor and reporter Courtney Friel has been sober for over a decade, and she’s telling her story in a new book as well as here on Breakfast All Day A La Carte. Courtney discusses getting drunk for the first time at 15, beginning her cocaine use in college,...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — A Fall From Grace
“A Fall From Grace” is Tyler Perry’s first movie for Netflix, which might suggest a certain amount of polish that’s typically lacking from his prolific filmography. But — shot in just five days — it’s still nuts. It’s not good, but I had a good time watching it. My mixed...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 1/16/20
Robert Downey Jr. talks to the animals in “Dolittle” … but should he? Matt, Alonso and I are still trying to figure out what we just saw on the latest episode of Breakfast All Day. It’s a truly strange film and a bit of a disaster, but not even in...
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