We loved “Thor: Ragnarok,” which makes the letdown of “Thor: Love and Thunder” that much more of a bummer. Alonso and I have a Breakfast All Day review of this wildly uneven MCU extravaganza. In news, we discuss the career of James Caan, who died at 82; the #Gentleminion backlash;...
Read more
Breakfast All Day Podcast
RogerEbert.com — Girl in the Picture
At first, the story is fascinating. Soon, it becomes dizzying. Quickly, it turns sickening. And eventually, it’s heartbreaking. The Netflix documentary “Girl in the Picture” traces the twisting tale of a young woman whose body was found with a severe head injury on the side of an Oklahoma City road...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 7/5/22
We’re at the halfway point in the year, so it’s a good time to look back at the best films we’ve seen so far on Breakfast All Day. Alonso and I have a bit of overlap, including the spectacular “RRR,” but we have some variety, too. In news, we talk...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 7/1/22
You can run but you can’t hide: Those little yellow dudes are storming into theaters this holiday weekend with the sequel “Minions: The Rise of Gru.” My friend and fellow YouTube critic Dan Murrell was kind enough to slog through it with me on Breakfast All Day, and we had...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Forgiven
They’re all beautiful, exquisitely dressed and vapid, the foreigners who’ve traipsed across the Moroccan desert for a weekend of debauchery in “The Forgiven.” Writer/director John Michael McDonagh wants us to feel scorn as he satirizes the racism and classism of wealthy Westerners exploiting the Middle East as an exotic destination. His film...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 6/28/22
We’re trying something a little different in our midweek Breakfast All Day drop-in: Season two of “Only Murders in the Building” has begun on Hulu, and Alonso and I are sharing our recap of the first two episodes widely. It’s the kind of content we usually offer exclusively to our...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 6/24/22
Are you lonesome tonight? Or sad, or scared, or seething with a white-hot rage over the state of things? Alonso and I hope to provide a bit of solace and escape on the latest Breakfast All Day Podcast. We touch briefly on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs....
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 6/21/22
Alonso and I may be a little late for the ceremony, but we RSVPd yes to “Father of the Bride” on Breakfast All Day. We were both charmed by the latest version of this classic comedy, starring Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan, which is streaming on HBO Max. We also...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 6/17/22
We’d like to go to infinity and beyond here at Breakfast All Day, but “Lightyear” has us feeling like we’re slogging through molasses. Alonso and I do not exactly have a stellar review of Pixar’s “Toy Story” spinoff. We also review a couple of Sundance Film Festival favorites that are...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Cha Cha Real Smooth
As writer, director, producer, and star, Cooper Raiff has created what looks like your typically quirky indie dramedy with “Cha Cha Real Smooth.” But Raiff offers some impressive tonal mixtures and narrative surprises along the way, and even though his third act sags a bit, the performances—particularly from an achingly...
Read more