We’re off the deep end, watch as we dive in, we’ll never meet the ground. This week, Alonso, Matt and I dig into Bradley Cooper’s swoony remake of “A Star Is Born,” the wildly uneven comic book movie “Venom” and “The Hate U Give,” a powerful, Young Adult take on...
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RogerEbert.com — Venom
“Venom” isn’t quite the unmitigated disaster you’ve heard it is, but it’s also not the optimal use of its prodigious talent. Tom Hardy gives it his all, as always, in the title role as the Marvel Comics villain. (Although here, in his origin story, he’s more of an amusingly menacing...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 9/27/18
You guys seem to like this What the Flick?! Podcast thing we’re doing, so we’re just gonna keep on doing it. This week is more packed than ever. Alonso and I have reviews of Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart’s comedy “Night School,” “The Old Man & the Gun” (which is...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Smallfoot
The animated “Smallfoot” is full of big ideas: Question authority. Question religion. Think for yourself. Don’t accept the status quo. If only its visuals and dialogue were so ambitious. Channing Tatum, Common, James Corden and Zendaya are among the starry voice cast in this musical comedy in which yetis and...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 9/21/18
Alonso and I are here to invite you to join our girl gang on the latest episode of the What the Flick?! Podcast. We review the ultra-stylish, ultra-violent “Assassination Nation,” the latest ambitious, angry Michael Moore documentary “Fahrenheit 11/9,” Eli Roth’s family horror flick “The House With a Clock in Its Walls” and...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — I Think We’re Alone Now
No, this is not a biopic about ’80s pop singer Tiffany. It’s a sci-fi drama starring Peter Dinklage and Elle Fanning as the last people on Earth. Or are they …? Director and cinematographer Reed Morano’s beautifully shot film has a compelling premise, and it’s intriguingly vague for a long...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 9/13/18
It’s our third episode of the What the Flick?! Podcast so it’s fitting that three of us are here this time. Maybe all four of us will be able to get it together for episode four …? Alonso, Matt and I talked about as many movies as we could on...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 9/6/18
Our second What the Flick?! podcast episode begins with the sad news that Burt Reynolds — one-of-a-kind, swaggering Hollywood superstar — has died at 82. Alonso Duralde and I discuss his legendary career, as well as the movies Alonso saw at the Venice Film Festival and further changes at the Academy...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Nun
“The Nun” is a prequel to “The Conjuring” universe (the “Conjurverse?”), taking us all the way back to rural Romania in 1952 and the war-ravaged abbey where the series’ creepy nun first roamed the halls. Director Corin Hardy’s film is good for a few jump scares here and there, and...
Read moreChristy by Request — It Happened One Night
What further wisdom could I possibly impart about “It Happened One Night,” one of the most celebrated, imitated and adored pieces of classic cinema? All I can do is add my voice to the chorus of praises it’s deservedly earned over the past 80-plus years, and swoon at the sexy,...
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