We’ve all finally seen “Tenet,” and we can’t make sense of it coming or going on this week’s Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Birthday Boy Matt and I had more fun talking about Christopher Nolan’s time-travel thriller than we did watching it. We also review “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” featuring Chadwick...
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What 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 moreRogerEbert.com — Lowriders
What a lovely surprise “Lowriders” is. It tells an age-old story of intergenerational conflict, but strong performances from a well-chosen cast and a vivid sense of place make it feel fresh. Set within the mythical Mexican-American car culture of East L.A., “Lowriders” is richly, culturally specific, yet its themes of...
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