It’s the biggest weekend ever in the history of big weekends with the opening of “Avengers: Endgame.” Alonso, Matt and I have a review of the Marvel movie behemoth as well as a separate, in-depth spoiler talk, which runs from about 17:00 to 42:30, if you’d like to skip ahead...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Daniel Waters
“Heathers” screenwriter Daniel Waters joins me for my latest A La Carte episode, and I’m thrilled to finally have him here. He’s a sweet, lovely guy and he’s been a friend for a few years now, but I’ve never had the opportunity to pick his brain like this. And since...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 4/18/19
We’re at the height of our powers this week on the Breakfast All Day Podcast. Matt, Alonso and I review the indie superhero drama “Fast Color,” the insanely adorable Disneynature documentary “Penguins” and “Wild Nights With Emily,” a deadpan comedy starring Molly Shannon as poet Emily Dickinson. Alonso and Matt...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Penguins
“Penguins,” the latest documentary from the folks at Disneynature, consists of 76 minutes of penguins waddling adorably across Antarctica. In IMAX. This is basically all you need to know. It’s got the cutesy anthropomorphizing that marks so many films in the series and makes them extra kid-friendly, but this time...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte with Marcellas Reynolds
Marcellas Reynolds has worn many hats, all of them stylish. He’s been a model, stylist, reality TV star on “Big Brother” and a fashion correspondent. And now, he can add author to that list with the upcoming publication of “Supreme Models: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Fashion.” Marcellas also happens...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 4/11/19
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the latest episode of Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I are snapping our fingers with purpose for the premiere episode of the FX series “Fosse/Verdon.” But first, we review the messy reboot of “Hellboy,” the reworking of “Big” called “Little” and we catch up with...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Hellboy
Walking out of the extremely R-rated “Hellboy,” I was so overwhelmed by the whole experience that I couldn’t decide whether it was amazing or terrible. But pretty soon I realized that, yeah, it’s the latter. Guillermo del Toro’s signature touch is sorely missing in this bombastic, cacophonous reboot. Having said...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Julia Kim
Julia Kim is a veteran casting director who’s worked on such eclectic independent films as “But I’m a Cheerleader,” “Starlet” and “Spa Night.” She’s also a really cool, smart, interesting woman whom I’m lucky to call my friend. My fellow Los Angeles native talks about growing up in the San Fernando Valley in...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 4/5/19
It’s only fitting that we’re a week late on “The Beach Bum.” Moondog can’t show up on time for anything, so why should we? Still, Alonso and I are conscientious enough to play catch up with the Matthew McConaughey stoner comedy on this week’s Breakfast All Day. We also review...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Phil Johnston
Phil Johnston is the Academy Award-nominated co-director and writer of “Ralph Breaks the Internet.” He also co-wrote the original “Wreck-It Ralph” and the Oscar-winning “Zootopia.” But we can say we knew him way back when — all the way back when he was a student at Columbia University film school...
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