It’s December, so we’re officially in Christmas movie season on Breakfast All Day. But we have very different opinions of “Violent Night,” an action flick starring David Harbour as a butt-kicking Santa Claus. We are in agreement, though, about “The Inspection,” a sensitive and compelling indie drama about a queer,...
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RogerEbert.com — Clean
Adrien Brody stars in “Clean” as the ironically named title character: a garbage collector with a grimy past. He also co-wrote the script, produced the film and composed the score. It’s clearly a labor of love for the Oscar winner. Brody conveys so much emotion and regret simply through his...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The 355
“The 355” amasses some of the most talented and electrifying actresses in the world, then squanders them in a generic and forgettable action picture. It would seem impossible to make a boring spy movie starring Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o, Diane Kruger and Penelope Cruz, but Simon Kinberg managed to do...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Venom: Let There Be Carnage
As you surely can tell from this photo, “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” is insane — but that’s what makes it such a superior sequel. It’s as if everyone involved realized that the silliness was the strength of the 2018 original and leaned into that, hard. I laughed a lot...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
It’s been a couple of months, but we’re back with another Marvel Mondays episode on Breakfast All Day. This time, Nic and I play catch-up with “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” which has been out for a couple of weekends so we do get spoilery. You’ve been...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Protege
Maggie Q and Michael Keaton have such snappy, sexy chemistry with each other in “The Protégé,” it’ll make you wish their connection were in the service of a better movie. Instead, they bounce off each other—often quite literally—in this capable but ultimately forgettable late-summer action-thriller. My review, at RogerEbert.com. Read...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Black Widow
Six months later, we’ve reached the end of our Marvel Mondays journey on Breakfast All Day with our discussion of “Black Widow” — unless I make Nicolas watch “Howard the Duck,” which some folks have requested. This week, Nic and I talk about what a badass Scarlett Johansson is, how...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 7/9/21
We’re definitely in summer now with the release of the long-awaited blockbuster “Black Widow.” Matt, Alonso and I have a Breakfast All Day review of Scarlett Johansson’s standalone superhero movie, which originally was scheduled to come out in May 2020. Now, you can see it in theaters or at home...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — The Tomorrow War
Chris Pratt took all the clout and popularity he amassed from starring in the “Jurassic World” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchises and used them to make … “The Tomorrow War,” a blandly derivative and overlong sci-fi thriller. Originally intended for theaters pre-pandemic, it’s now streaming through Amazon Prime Video....
Read moreBreakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Captain Marvel
Tie a flannel around your waist, pump up the Garbage and conjure your angstiest ’90s mood for “Captain Marvel” (2019). This week on Marvel Mondays, Nicolas and I discuss the nostalgia of Carol Danvers crash landing into a Blockbuster Video store, her meeting up with a young Nick Fury and...
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