We’re delighted to have our great friend Tim Grierson come back and hang out on this week’s Breakfast All Day. Tim joins us to review Ryan Reynolds’ video game comedy “Free Guy,” the by-the-numbers Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect,” and the feel-good Sundance favorite “CODA.” In news, we discuss how we...
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Breakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Black Panther
We’re finally up to “Black Panther,” one of our complete favorites and a movie we’d been looking forward to revisiting since the beginning, on this week’s episode of Marvel Mondays. Nicolas and I talk about how sad it is to watch Ryan Coogler’s film following the death of Chadwick Boseman,...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With James Boyd
James Boyd is a guru of low-budget, do-it-yourself filmmaking. He’s also an old friend of mine who shares a love of movies, so it was great to reconnect after nearly 30 years for this Breakfast All Day A La Carte conversation. Jim discusses his early interest in film growing up...
Read moreOut of the Furnace
Relativity Media Rated R for strong violence language and drug content. Running time: 116 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four. “Out of the Furnace” is a down-and-dirty revenge picture whose classy cast elevates it above its gritty, grimy trappings. Christian Bale and Casey Affleck are chief among...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Out of the Furnace
Alonso, Matt and I are mixed on “Out of the Furnace.” It’s a gritty, grimy genre picture about meth heads and backwoods criminals that’s elevated by an excellent cast including Christian Bale, Casey Affleck and Woody Harrelson....
Read moreWhat the Flick?! — Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Lee Daniels’ trip through the second half of 20th century American history features plenty of powerful moments as well as some amusing stunt casting — and a great performance from Oprah, who gets to play it a little trashy....
Read moreOn Oscar Bait, in August
After a recent screening of “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” based on the true story of a black butler who served every United States president in the White House from Eisenhower to Reagan, a friend asked me what I thought of the film. My first instinct was to respond: “It’s good....
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