We’re stuffed full of Thanksgiving dinner and holiday movies on the latest Breakfast All Day. Matt, Alonso and I have a full plate of reviews for you: “Hillbilly Elegy,” “Happiest Season,” “Superintelligence,” “Zappa” and the second film in Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology, “Lovers Rock.” In news, we talk about...
Read more
Breakfast All Day Podcast
RogerEbert.com — The Turning
“The Turning,” the latest adaptation of the Henry James novella “The Turn of the Screw,” is super stylish and moody, with a physical and emotional central performance from Mackenzie Davis. But man, that ending just does not work. My mixed review, at RogerEbert.com. Read the review here...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 1/23/20
Stylish criminals and ghosts — as well as a talking monkey who sounds an awful lot like David Lynch — join us this week on Breakfast All Day. Matt, Alonso and I review Guy Ritchie’s star-studded crime comedy “The Gentlemen” and the Gothic horror adaptation “The Turning.” We also catch...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Terminator: Dark Fate
The latest “Terminator” was wise to pick up where the groundbreaking “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” left off. If only the filmmakers had used that opportunity for more than relentless action and empty fan service. It’s good to see the bad-ass Linda Hamilton again, though, and several of the fights and...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 10/31/19
We’re not saying “Hasta la vista” just yet to the “Terminator” franchise. Alonso, Matt and I have a Breakfast All Day review of “Terminator: Dark Fate,” as well as Martin Scorsese’s gangster epic “The Irishman,” which may just be his masterpiece. We also review the Harriet Tubman biopic “Harriet,” a movie we wish had taken...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Tully
In the same vein as 2007’s “Juno” and 2011’s “Young Adult,” “Tully” unearths uncomfortable truths in a wry, wise way. The latest collaboration between director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody features Cody’s hyper-verbal brand of snark, cynicism and subtle poignancy, but it’s tinged with the wistful perspective that comes...
Read more