This week’s Marvel Mondays episode couldn’t be more timely. We talk about “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” which ties in nicely with “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” on Disney+. Nicolas and I had a great discussion about how the Russo Brothers’ first Marvel movie is actually a ’70s-style paranoid...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast
RogerEbert.com — The Oak Room
A guy walks into a bar. Then another guy walks into another bar. Then a third guy sits at the first bar. And they all have stories to tell in the Russian nesting doll structure that makes up the neo-noir “The Oak Room.” But these characters are simultaneously bland and annoying and...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 4/2/21
It’s truly a clash of the titans this week on Breakfast All Day as we review the monster extravaganza “Godzilla vs. Kong.” I went to see it in an actual theater with my son and husband — our first time at the movies together in well over a year —...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Thor: The Dark World
We’ve made it to the eighth film in our Marvel Mondays series, “Thor: The Dark World” (2013), which is definitely a step down from the fun we had last week talking about “Iron Man 3.” Halfway through our viewing, I turned to Nicolas and wondered: “Have I seen this movie...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 3/26/21
Nobody does it better than Breakfast All Day — except maybe Bob Odenkirk. This week, Alonso, Matt and I review “Nobody,” which is essentially Odenkirk’s “John Wick”; the extremely R-rated hidden camera comedy “Bad Trip”; the HBO documentary “Tina,” which celebrates the life and career of Tina Turner; and Romania’s...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Iron Man 3
“Iron Man 3” (2013) inspired the most hilarious discussion we’ve had yet on Marvel Mondays. Nicolas loved this movie, so we had a blast watching and discussing it. But also, there are so many weird, little moments during our conversation that made it stand out. We talk about the snappy...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 3/19/21
We’re thrilled to have our great friend, Tim Grierson, as our guest this week on Breakfast All Day. He joins us to talk about his new book, “This Is How You Make a Movie,” a brilliant, mini-film school that encompasses high and low culture and illuminates across genres. Tim also...
Read moreBreakfast All Podcast 3/15/21
It’s a very special Monday serving of Breakfast All Day, with a couple of items that just couldn’t wait. First, we react to this morning’s Oscar nominations, which featured some history-making inclusions as well as some head-scratching ones. Plus, we couldn’t let this day go by without reviewing “Zack Snyder’s...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: The Avengers
It’s all been building up to this: “The Avengers” (2012), which brings together the superheroes whose films we’ve discussed so far on Marvel Mondays. Nic had never the first of these star-studded extravaganzas and really enjoyed it; I hadn’t seen it since it first came out and was just as...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 3/12/21
We’re a year into this pandemic thing but good news is on the horizon — as well as at least one good movie — on Breakfast All Day. Matt, Alonso and I review the Russo Brothers’ sprawling drama “Cherry,” the family-friendly Netflix comedy “Yes Day,” Soleil Moon Frye’s nostalgic documentary...
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