We’re freaking out in a “Moonage Daydream” here at Breakfast All Day, but we’re also celebrating because it’s our 300th episode! And this week is a great example of the totally random cross-section of stuff you get from us. Alonso and I review the trippy, kaleidoscopic David Bowie documentary, which...
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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 moreRogerEbert.com — The Janes
“The Janes” — a documentary about an underground network of women who helped other women secure safe abortions in 1960s Chicago — already felt frighteningly relevant when it debuted on HBO earlier this month. Now that the Supreme Court has overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, it’s more essential...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 2/15/22
Time is a flat circle, which means you get a Breakfast All Day episode on a Tuesday. We’re trying some new things lately, including mixing in mid-week news, reviews and DVD recommendations. Alonso and I catch up with Steven Soderbergh’s high-tech thriller “Kimi,” which is streaming on HBO Max, and...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 10/29/21
Put on your go-go boots and join us for a retro-chic episode of Breakfast All Day. The brilliant Amy Nicholson helps me review Edgar Wright’s super-stylish thriller “Last Night in Soho.” Alonso and I also take a trip back in time — to 1984, for a discussion of David Lynch’s...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 10/15/21
We’ll take up our swords and fight for your honor this week on Breakfast All Day. My great friend Katie Walsh of Tribune News Service returns to help me review Ridley Scott’s medieval “Rashomon” tale “The Last Duel.” Then, it’s just me and Alonso for reviews of the sequel “Halloween...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Introducing, Selma Blair
Selma Blair needs no introduction. And yet we get to meet the actress anew—and she comes to know and eventually embrace a different version of herself—over the course of the documentary “Introducing, Selma Blair.” Working with director Rachel Fleit, she gives us an intimate, unflinching look at her life as...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 9/10/21
It’s finally starting to feel like fall, from film festivals to kids returning to school (and hopefully getting vaccinated if they’re old enough), and we’re here with all the reviews and news for you on Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I discuss the Zoom-era charmer “Language Lessons,” the documentary...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 8/6/21
Your favorite criminal superheroes are back on Breakfast All Day. This week, we review James Gunn’s gory extravaganza “The Suicide Squad,” Leos Carax’s musical fantasia “Annette,” the Netflix documentary “Pray Away,” and the animated “Vivo,” in case you haven’t had enough Lin-Manuel Miranda. In news, we talk about possible Golden...
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...
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