Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond’s (That magic team who gave us “Some Like It Hot”) great, immortal love story begins with a wide shot of C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) appearing as one of what appears to be 300 other corporate lemmings, sitting at 300 desks, punching out numbers on 300 tabulators. It ends with an […]
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On the Edge: What it’s all about
Searching local neighborhoods for crèches, J.P. Devine ponders the reason for the season as his search leads him to look at the faces human beings suffering and in need of mercy.
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‘The Tender Bar’ coming-of-age drama with street comedy relief
In Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist J.R. Moehringer’s 2005 memoir, directed with a loving hand by George Clooney, it seems clear that Ben Affleck may no longer have to hyphenate his name with Matt Damon. Methinks that’s over now. His role as the owner and tender of a Staten Island bar called “Dickens” may well be Ben’s […]
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‘The Bishop’s Wife’ a forbidden love story
“The Bishop’s Wife” (released Feb. 16, 1948), one of the prominent contenders for best Christmas movie of the century and certainly a film studded with three of the biggest Hollywood stars of all time, is clearly a a forbidden love story. Hold on to your string of pearls. Egad! You mean the story of how […]
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On the Edge: The one about the shoes
When you live long enough, J.P. Devine writes, your pockets are full of Christmas stories like the shoe fund for actors who only have sneakers.
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‘Don’t Look Up’ full of biggest stars, best talents
We meet Kate Dibiasky, a brilliant semi-nerdy astronomy grad student who spends her days looking up into space. One day, she accidentally spots a planet-killing comet the size of Russia, making a beeline for Earth. Oh sure, It’s Lisa Kudrow finally breaking out into a … Wait. That’s not Lisa Kudrow in a for-sure Lisa […]
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‘A Castle for Christmas’ something to brighten your tree
Oh my goodness and golly gee, June Allyson and Van Johnson are back, and just in time to save your Christmas Eve. Of course, it’s not really June Allyson and Van Johnson, who made six movies together, because they’re both on the “other side” in Hollywood Heaven watching over us. But if they were here, […]
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‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ — the best of Christmas movies
Frank Capra’s great film released in 1946, at its heart, a love story. It’s about family and the way we overcome disasters and hardships. It’s about hiding from love, until one night, love finds you. OK, any argument here? You’ve seen it one trillion times, and every time you see it, you see something new. […]