Just like Keanu Reeves, we’re unstoppable here at the Breakfast All Day Podcast. Matt, Alonso and I review the completely gnarly action thriller “John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum” (which I say is the best one yet); the swoony YA romance “The Sun Is Also a Star”; “The Souvenir,” an...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Julie Buxbaum
Julie Buxbaum is a brilliant, best-selling author whose latest Young Adult novel, “Hope and Other Punch Lines,” just arrived in bookstores. She’s also a total sweetheart whom I don’t get to see often enough. Julie discusses growing up as an obsessive reader and studious girl in suburban New York, going...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Hustle
Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway try to outwit and out-con each other in the comedy “The Hustle,” a remake of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” (which itself was a remake of “Bedtime Story”). These ladies are game for anything, and their antics prompt giggles here and there, and the clothes are fun,...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 5/10/19
It’s been a while, but all four of us are at the table this week to enjoy a little Breakfast All Day. And it’s a good thing, too, because this is a packed week with a wide variety of movies. Matt, Alonso, Ben and I review “Pokemon Detective Pikachu” (which...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Wine Country
I am very much the target audience for “Wine Country,” starring a staggering array of talented comedians. Amy Poehler (who also makes her directing debut), Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Paula Pell and Emily Spivey play longtime friends who go away for a ladies’ weekend in Napa Valley. But...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Howard Bryant
Howard Bryant is a longtime sports writer, author and ESPN personality, but he’s voraciously knowledgeable (and opinionated) about a wide variety of topics. He’s also a lovely, quick-witted guy and a joy to talk with, and I’m always happy to see him when he visits Los Angeles from his home...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 5/3/19
We’ve got all the snappy banter you could ever need this week on the Breakfast All Day Podcast. Alonso, Matt and I review the hilarious rom-com “Long Shot,” starring Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron. On the opposite end of the spectrum, we also discuss the lame and flat animated musical...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — El Chicano
A different kind of superhero emerges during these blockbuster times in “El Chicano,” an operatic yet gritty drama from director and co-writer Ben Hernandez Bray. Raul Castillo, who was so great in “We the Animals,” is an LAPD detective on the hunt for a Mexican-American Batman — a masked man...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Lauren Sivan
You may know Lauren Sivan from TV news, where she’s been a longtime anchor and reporter. You may know her from “Drunk History,” where she played Barbara Walters. I know her as a longtime friend of mine and my husband’s — over 15 years, actually, from back when we were...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The White Crow
“The White Crow,” Ralph Fiennes’ drama about Rudolf Nureyev’s defection from the Soviet Union in 1961, captures the Russian dance legend’s bravado and brash spirit, but it never reaches his resplendent heights. It’s handsome but restrained. Oleg Ivenko, a dancer making his film debut, is quite good, though, in the...
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