We’re back with our second episode of Marvel Mondays! Following last week’s debut discussion of “Iron Man,” Nicolas and I chat about the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the extremely forgettable “The Incredible Hulk” (2008). As in, not only did I forget it exists, I also forgot that...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast
Breakfast All Day Marvel Mondays: Iron Man
Welcome to the first episode of Marvel Mondays! It’s a Breakfast All Day podcast series I’m doing with my 11-year-old son, Nicolas, in which we’re watching all the Marvel movies in order and then having a little conversation afterward. (And in case you’re curious, we’re doing them in order of...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Spider-Man: Far From Home
“Spider-Man: Far From Home” changes the scenery but can’t quite match the inspired heights of its predecessor, 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” It’s a lot of fun, and Tom Holland remains completely charming in his boyish incarnation of Peter Parker. But this sequel functions more effectively as a teen romantic comedy than...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 6/28/19
Summer is heating up and so is Breakfast All Day, with early reviews of two hotly anticipated movies: the sequel “Spider-Man: Far From Home” and “Midsommar,” Ari Aster’s follow-up to “Hereditary.” Alonso, Matt and I also review the Beatles musical comedy “Yesterday” and “Annabelle Comes Home,” the latest creepy doll...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 4/25/19
It’s the biggest weekend ever in the history of big weekends with the opening of “Avengers: Endgame.” Alonso, Matt and I have a review of the Marvel movie behemoth as well as a separate, in-depth spoiler talk, which runs from about 17:00 to 42:30, if you’d like to skip ahead...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 3/7/19
We’re all searching for our inner superheroes this week on Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I review “Captain Marvel,” the first film to focus on a female character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and “Gloria Bell,” in which Julianne Moore discovers her own powers as a Los Angeles divorcee....
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Captain Marvel
I really like Brie Larson, and I really wanted to like “Captain Marvel.” The first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a woman at its center and a woman serving as one of its directors in Anna Boden should have been a game-changer along the lines of “Black Panther.” Instead,...
Read moreWhat the Flick?! Podcast 10/4/18
We’re off the deep end, watch as we dive in, we’ll never meet the ground. This week, Alonso, Matt and I dig into Bradley Cooper’s swoony remake of “A Star Is Born,” the wildly uneven comic book movie “Venom” and “The Hate U Give,” a powerful, Young Adult take on...
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Venom
“Venom” isn’t quite the unmitigated disaster you’ve heard it is, but it’s also not the optimal use of its prodigious talent. Tom Hardy gives it his all, as always, in the title role as the Marvel Comics villain. (Although here, in his origin story, he’s more of an amusingly menacing...
Read moreCaptain America: Civil War
Walt Disney Pictures Rated PG-13 for extended sequences of violence, action and mayhem. Running time: 146 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four. With “Captain America: Civil War,” directors Anthony and Joe Russo have found the tricky balance that eluded the ordinarily reliable Joss Whedon with last year’s...
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