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Happy Saturday to all my favorite people. We made it to the end of February. This is traditionally a down time at movies — the Oscars are in a couple of weeks, so it’s a good time to catch up on the nominees.
We’re here for you as we reach the home stretch of awards season, though. And make sure to mark your calendar for March 10 at Noon Pacific, when we’ll do our annual Oscar Predictions Livestream. The great Glenn Whipp, awards expert for the LA Times, will join us to share his insights. We’ll also have a link to a printable ballot so you can play along with us. Keep an eye out for those details in next Saturday’s newsletter.
As for this week, here’s what we reviewed on our Breakfast All Day YouTube channel and podcast. Take us with you as you’re out running errands or just relaxing this weekend, and maybe leave us a few stars if you’re so inclined. Every little bit helps folks find us in the crowded podcast ether.
Do you like scary movies? You might not like this one.
SCREAM 7. It’s the seventh movie in the “Scream” series, but it mostly erases what happened in the fifth and sixth movies (especially the presence of Melissa Barrera). Instead, we get major ‘90s nostalgia for the horror franchise’s origins with the return of Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott. The killer reveal is ludicrous. In theaters.
Rashida, call your agent.
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. Andrew Stanton is a Pixar Animation legend, having directed the Oscar-winning “Finding Nemo” and “WALL-E.” His live-action filmmaking track record isn’t so great, though, and doesn’t get better with this treacly, straight-to-Hulu drama about intersecting lives across many thousands of years. Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones and Daveed Diggs co-star.
MOVIE NEWS LIVE! A ton of news this week, including Paramount Skydance on the brink of taking over Warner Bros. (which is a terrible idea), Sunday’s Actor Awards, “Heated Rivalry” season 2, Jonathan Majors trying to make a comeback, Gwyneth Paltrow auctioning off her clothes and bags for charity, and much more. Join us on Fridays at Noon Pacific.
Also this week, I did a quick out-of-the-theater reaction after seeing “Twenty One Pilots: More Than We Ever Imagined.” This is a concert film captured during the duo’s Mexico City show before a packed soccer stadium crowd of 65,000. They put on an elaborate, energetic spectacle, and they really engage with their audience. Nic and I saw the Clancy World Tour here in LA a couple summers ago, so it was a blast to revisit it on the big screen, especially in IMAX. If you’re a Twenty One Pilots fan and you can see it that way, I highly recommend it. And if you’re not familiar with them, trust me, you know a lot of their songs. “Heathens,” in particular, appeared in “Suicide Squad.” “More Than We Ever Imagined” is only in theaters for a limited run, though, which ends Sunday night. Find out here whether it’s playing near you.
When it all clicks.
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Sophie is wildly overqualified for this job.
Over at our Patreon, we’ve resumed our “Bridgerton” recaps. The back half of season 4 is out on Netflix now, but we like to take these shows in pieces, so here we discuss episodes 5 and 6. We’ll do 7 and 8 next week, so please, no spoilers. We were happy to see Jonathan Bailey return (as well as Cressida with her ridiculous dresses) and we were shocked by the ending of episode 6. The “Cinderella” origins of this season didn’t give us much hope at first, but it’s gotten better. What do you think? We’ll wrap it up next Friday and wait for the next letter in the alphabet in the Bridgerton clan to find love the following season.
Take any form, drive me mad, etc.
We also did our Off the Menu review of 1939’s “Wuthering Heights.” Inspired by Emerald Fennell’s genre-bending take on the classic Emily Brontë novel, Alonso curated a poll of various adaptations over the years, and our members picked the grandaddy of them all. William Wyler’s film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning one for Gregg Toland’s black-and-white cinematography. (This is two years before he shot “Citizen Kane.”) Laurence Olivier is beautifully brooding as Heathcliff, and he’s much crueler than Jacob Elordi’s portrayal, in keeping with the source material. It was so fun to go back and compare and contrast. It’s available for streaming and rental in a bunch of places, including HBO Max, Prime Video and Tubi.
Finally, I was touched by this lovely, lengthy tribute the folks at RogerEbert.com put together for me. I decided to leave the site at the end of 2025 after nearly 13 years, simply because I wanted to use my time differently, maybe work a little less. I did not expect this at all, but I really appreciated it. I’d forgotten that I’d even seen many of the movies mentioned here, much less written about them. Chaz was kind enough to include a little video in the post (it’s right beneath the graf about “The Karate Kid” and “Rebel Without a Cause”), and it was a trip to revisit those “Ebert Presents” days. (In my mind, I still look like that!) It’s been such an honor to work with the writers and editors there. I’ve said it before but it’s really true: Roger Ebert changed my life, and I’m eternally grateful to him.
That’ll do it for me this week. But before I go, mark your calendar for Saturday, March 21 — that’s when Alonso and I will be at the Gardena Cinema, showing the Martin Scorsese 1985 comedy “After Hours.” We’ve done events there separately, but this will be a great chance to hang out there together, support theater owner Judy Kim, and spend some time with our viewers in person beforehand. Doors open at 6pm, and the movie will start at 7. I’ll have a link with details and ticket information once Judy posts the March schedule. If you’re in Southern California, come on down to the South Bay and say hi!
Thanks so much for sharing some of your weekend with me. If you’ve enjoyed my newsletter, I hope you’ll share it with someone else who loves movies. And if someone shared it with you, I hope you’ll subscribe. Have a great week, and I’ll see you back here next Saturday.
