As his wife receives care in the hospital, J.P. Devine ponders how Kay saw a bright light long ago that now shines down upon present day circumstances.
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Movie Review: ‘The Zone of Interest’ starts slow, grows richer, more compelling, J.P. Devine writes
Jonathan Glazer’s “Zone of Interest,” (“Sexy Beast” 2000) loosely based on Martin Amis’s novel of the same name, tells the true story of Rudolf Hoss, a Nazi commandant who ran the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp in World War II Poland while his wife and five children led a passive, comfortable life in a pristine new […]
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The fall that changed plans for the next day and all the days and months
J.P. Devine writes about a fall that changes the next day and all the day and months to come.
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Movie Review: ‘Love at First Sight’ has plenty of music about love
British actors, Phillips, Tom Taylor, Dexter Fletcher are sweet and charming as Oliver’s family ‚ it almost becomes another script for another movie, J.P. Devine writes.
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On the Edge: What’s a typewriter?
J.P. Devine writes a love letter to what Tom Hanks called ‘brilliant combinations of art and engineering.’
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Movie Review: ‘27 Dresses’ is a terrible movie, writes JP Devine
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. How many times have we heard that cliche? It should, by now, be relegated to the embroidered throw pillow in your grandma’s favorite chair. Here then is 2008’s “27 Dresses” directed by Anne Fletcher (“The Proposal” 2009, and “Hocus Pocus 2” 2022.) So why did a humble reviewer agree […]
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On the Edge: Being part Irish
J.P. Devine ponders his Irish ancestry and the fierce proudness that comes with it.