When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what’s next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with...See more his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen — and zest for life and love.
Chris The year of 2014 was, in my humble opinion, a very special one for films. While it was clear that some of the predicted blockbusters didn’t show the signs of life that had been expected, there were so many...
Chris This week: Transformers and 24 return, Jon Favreau whips up a winner with Chef, and the new Leprechaun ain't so charming. ► Look, there’s no point ragging on TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION any more. You all saw it, you...
Chris By now you’ve all no doubt read all about how the summer of 2014 has been one of the weakest in memory, especially from a financial point of view, with no movies breaking $300 million domestic, yada, yada, yada....
This month on Blu-ray and DVD, Spidey takes on Electro and Rhino in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, Aaron Paul feels the NEED FOR SPEED, Shailene Woodley brings young-adult dystopia to life in DIVERGENT, Kermit and the gang try to foil...
In a recent interview with Shortlist, Jon Favreau shared his thoughts on Edgar Wright leaving ANT-MAN and says FOX's FANTASTIC FOUR was a model for his IRON MAN. The director also talked a bit about his upcoming THE JUNGLE BOOK...
PLOT: Carl Casper is one of the most popular chefs in Los Angeles. Yet when a public confrontation with one of the most influential bloggers on the web goes viral, he finds himself out of a job. When he decides...
For someone who has been watching John Leguizamo in films for over twenty years, this was a real treat… In Jon Favreau‘s fantastic new comedy CHEF, Leguizamo plays Martin, the boisterous right-hand man and sous chef to Jon Favreau‘s Carl...
And the award for most adorable interview of the year goes to… this one! Not so much because of me (at all), but thanks to Emjay Anthony, the nine-year-old breakout star of Jon Favreau‘s CHEF. Anthony plays the son of...
Jon Favreau has taken a break from big-budget action-adventure films to tell a more personal story with CHEF, the delightful new indie releasing this weekend. In the film, Favreau plays an arrogant chef who is cut down to size when...
It's been a while since Jon Favreau has put out a feature film (2011's COWBOYS AND ALIENS being his most recent) and it appers the filmmaker is taking a step back to his independent days with CHEF, a cuisine comedy...
Jon Favreau was best known for indie roles in movies like MADE and SWINGERS before he became known as the man who ushered in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with IRON MAN. As a director, Favreau has ventured from indie to...
Scarlett Johansson is the latest addition to Jon Favreau's ensemble comedy CHEF. The actress joins the already cast Favreau, Robert Downey Jr., Sofia Vergara, John Leguizamo, and Bobby Cannavale, playing "a woman named Molly, a restaurant manager and love interest...