It’s the end of summer which is not traditionally a great time for movies, But here’s a little gem you’ll enjoy: “Before You Know It,” which you’d never know is the directorial debut of co-writer and co-star Hannah Pearl Utt. The story of thirtysomething sisters shaken from their insular codependence...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast 8/29/19
Summer is over but we’re here to provide a ray of sunshine with the Breakfast All Day Podcast. This week, it’s just me and Matt — Alonso is away covering the Venice Film Festival — and Matt was nice enough to drive down to see me and play catch-up with...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Julian Higgins
Julian Higgins is a wise, talented filmmaker beyond his years. He’s also a newly minted Academy member, so now he gets to use his great taste for the greater good. We talk about growing up among academics in New Hampshire, the movies he made as a kid, studying at the...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Jennie Morris
Jennie Morris is one of my absolute best friends in the world, someone I’ve known since I was 6 years old. But I had the pleasure of discovering her all over again in this Breakfast All Day A La Carte conversation. Jennie is a longtime TV executive who currently has...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Good Boys
The good boys of “Good Boys” try very, very hard to be bad. But despite their adult aspirations over the course of a wild couple of days, it’s their sweet-natured innocence that ultimately sees them through every misadventure. The feature debut from director Gene Stupnitsky is a bit of a...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With James Boyd
James Boyd is a guru of low-budget, do-it-yourself filmmaking. He’s also an old friend of mine who shares a love of movies, so it was great to reconnect after nearly 30 years for this Breakfast All Day A La Carte conversation. Jim discusses his early interest in film growing up...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 8/9/19
The dog days of summer are definitely here at the Breakfast All Day Podcast. Alonso, Matt and I have a mixed bag of movies this week, from the wildly terrible crime drama “The Kitchen” to the mawkish and cloying “The Art of Racing in the Rain” to the family comedy...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Dora and the Lost City of Gold
You may be dreading the prospect of having to see a feature-length “Dora the Explorer” movie with your kids. I hear ya on that. But fear not: “Dora and the Lost City of Gold” is surprisingly a lot of fun. The movie manages to ride a fine line between being...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Brian Banks
It is a tricky time to be releasing a movie like “Brian Banks,” based on the true story of a Southern California high school football star who was falsely accused of rape and sentenced to six years in prison. Aldis Hodge gives a strong performance, and certainly this does happen...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Weiko Lin
Screenwriter and Emerson College professor Weiko Lin joins me this week for a wide-ranging, high-energy Breakfast All Day A La Carte conversation. Weiko talks about emigrating to the United States from Taiwan with his mom and siblings when he was 8, the early influence of ’80s pop culture and the...
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