Summer is winding down and that means we’re finally (hopefully) reaching the last of the big, dumb blockbusters here at Breakfast All Day. And “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” has got to be the biggest and dumbest of all, so naturally Matt, Alonso and I have some thoughts....
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Breakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Daryl Evans
Daryl Evans is essentially the ambassador for the Los Angeles Kings. The former Kings legend and longtime radio color commentator for the team was gracious enough to sit down with me for this wide-ranging and very different Breakfast All Day A La Carte interview. Daryl talks about growing up in...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 7/26/19
It’s a hot August night in July with Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to 1969 Los Angeles, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.” Alonso, Matt and I naturally have lots of thoughts on the latest Breakfast All Day — Tarantino never inspires shrugs or middle-of-the road takes — and we...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Skin
Jamie Bell completely transforms himself to give a powerful performance in “Skin,” based on the true story of a white supremacist who dared to turn his life around. Vera Farmiga and Bill Camp are chilling as the hate group’s charismatic leaders, and writer-director Guy Nattiv’s film is sadly too timely....
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Sandy Cohen
Sandy Cohen and I spent years together in the trenches covering entertainment for The Associated Press, and I feel so lucky that we’re still friends years after we’ve left. Sandy has lots of great stories to tell from her time interviewing celebrities — which began with Elizabeth Taylor her first...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 7/18/19
We couldn’t let “Crawl” slink away from us without talking about it on Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I play catch-up this week with the supremely schlocky thriller, which weirdly wasn’t screened for critics before opening day. We also review Lynn Shelton’s largely improvised indie comedy “Sword of Trust,”...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Melvin Robert
Melvin Robert has lived many lives for a man in his mid-30s: educator, musical theater performer and now television anchor for Spectrum News 1 here in Southern California. That’s how I know him — he also hosts “The SoCal Scene” on the channel, a show for which I’m a correspondent....
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Farewell
Believe the hype and bring tissues: “The Farewell” is one of the best movies of the year. Writer-director Lulu Wang tells an incredible, personal story with a perfect tonal balance of hilarity and heartbreak. It’s culturally specific yet universally relatable in its depiction of a family in crisis. And Awkwafina...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Art of Self-Defense
“The Art of Self-Defense” begins life as a twisted take on “The Karate Kid,” but eventually morphs into a cautionary tale in the vein of “Fight Club.” Writer-director Riley Stearns uses a precise and dryly deadpan tone to explore the notion of toxic masculinity in this pitch-black comedy, while Jesse...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 7/11/19
Can you feel the love tonight? We’re not exactly feeling it in our early review of “The Lion King.” Matt is back from vacation in Hawaii so he’s joined me and Alonso for the latest episode of Breakfast All Day. Besides the latest Disney live-action re-do, we also have reviews...
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