“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
RogerEbert.com — 12 Strong
“Understated” isn’t a word you’d ordinarily use to describe a Jerry Bruckheimer production, but that’s surprisingly what “12 Strong” ends up being. Director Nicolai Fuglsig, making his feature filmmaking debut, draws on his photojournalism background in telling this story of real-life heroism. Chris Hemsworth stars as the leader of a...
Read more10 Worst Films of 2013
Ah, the assembly of the annual worst-films list. One of my Twitter followers asked me why I felt the need to engage in this torturous exercise. Trust me, I love movies and feel hugely privileged to be able to write about them for a living. But reflecting on the worst...
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Studio 11 LA — Johnny Depp on The Lone Ranger critics
Lauren Sivan and I discuss the alleged secret cabal of critics who had it in for “The Lone Ranger,” as well as new releases “Elysium,” “We’re the Millers” and “Planes,” on Studio 11 LA. Watch the video...
Read moreOn Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer and an Army of Critics
You may have read an article in the last day or so in which “The Lone Ranger” stars Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer and producer Jerry Bruckheimer blamed critics for the film’s abysmal showing at the box office, at least in the United States. The action comedy opened July 3...
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