“Grace and Frankie” writer and executive producer Michael Platt is my A La Carte guest this week, and it was great chatting with him about his eclectic career. He discusses with great honesty his mother’s mental illness, and how hours of television served as both a babysitter and an escape...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast
What the Flick?! Podcast 9/27/18
You guys seem to like this What the Flick?! Podcast thing we’re doing, so we’re just gonna keep on doing it. This week is more packed than ever. Alonso and I have reviews of Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart’s comedy “Night School,” “The Old Man & the Gun” (which is...
Read moreThis Is Where I Leave You
Warner Bros. Pictures Rated R for language, sexual content and some drug use. Running time: 103 minutes. One and a half stars out of four. Mawkish, self-satisfied and false, “This Is Where I Leave You” strenuously attempts to wring poignancy from its familial clashes and catharsis. More often, it’s cringe-inducing....
Read moreRogerEbert.com — Better Living Through Chemistry
Playing namby-pamby isn’t Sam Rockwell’s strong suit. He’s at his best playing the wild card, the troublemaker, the most charming rogue. Here, he’s stuck as a put-upon pharmacist in this dark romantic comedy opposite Olivia Wilde as the boozy trophy wife who serves as his guide to debauchery. My RogerEbert.com...
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