Rick Adams — better known here in Southern California for his “Virtually Rick” segments on Spectrum News 1 — was a complete blast to chat with for this latest A La Carte episode. Rick talks about growing up in an idyllic town in England, playing music and beginning his career...
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Breakfast All Day Podcast
Breakfast 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 moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Michael Platt
“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...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Tanya McRae
Longtime reporter, reality TV producer and Emmy winner Tanya McRae has lots of fun stories to tell on this week’s Breakfast All Day A La Carte. Tanya talks about growing up in New York City with politically active parents who prepped her for what to do when they got arrested...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 10/18/19
Our plates are fuller than they have been lately for this week’s episode of Breakfast All Day. Alonso and I visit Matt at his house for a change to discuss five new movies: the sequels “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” and “Zombieland: Double Tap,” the surefire awards contenders “Jojo Rabbit” and “The Lighthouse” and the Netflix “Breaking Bad” follow-up “El Camino.” Over...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With David Wagner
Thirty years after we graduated from high school together, screenwriter David T. Wagner and I reconnect for my latest A La Carte interview. We go back to the beginning in Woodland Hills, Calif., and how he lived what he calls “a double life” as a child actor, which included being...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 10/10/19
You’re not seeing things — there really are multiple Will Smiths in Ang Lee’s “Gemini Man,” and we review all of them this week on Breakfast All Day. Alonso, Matt and I also talk about Bong Joon-ho’s exquisite social satire “Parasite,” which will probably end up being the best movie of the...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Jamielyn Lippman
Filmmaker and fellow mom Jamielyn Lippman is my Breakfast All Day A La Carte guest this week — and she’s the rare friend of mine outside the critic world who sees as much as I do. Jamielyn talks about growing up in a big, close family in suburban Santa Clarita...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast 10/5/19
“Joker” is bound to provoke passionate, polarized responses from viewers, and it’s definitely done so between the three of us here at Breakfast All Day. Matt, Alonso and I review Todd Phillips’ dark and gritty comic villain origin story this week. We also talk about “Dolemite Is My Name,” which is...
Read moreBreakfast All Day Podcast: A La Carte With Nick Kirgo
Nick Kirgo is one of the loveliest guys I know and one of the most multitalented. He’s a guitarist/singer-songwriter/producer-engineer. He’s also a great friend of mine and my family’s, so I was thrilled to chat with him about how he does everything he does on the latest A La Carte...
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