Let’s be thankful Eli Wallach, quite a character

Eli Wallach died Tuesday, and the actor was 98 years old. He got to work alongside the greats of many generations, in movies that your grandparents and parents and you, yourself, may indeed have loved. Clint Eastwood and Steve McQueen and Al Pacino and Cameron Diaz. “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” “The Magnificent…

‘El Jefe’ feeds the soul of father, son, audience in ‘Chef’

There is no such thing as dabbling in social media. Or fatherhood. Or running the menu of an L.A. restaurant. So learns Carl Casper, the very hard way, in the movie “Chef.” It’s a total creation from Jon Favreau, producer, director, writer, star, and it’s quite fabulous, a little movie that’s hugely satisfying. When you…