“Tehran” is an Israeli spy thriller television series created by Moshe Zonder for the Israeli public channel 11. Somehow, the first season, 2020, moved in among that year’s COVID-tainted flotilla of all-American hit shows to make people forget: “Jeopardy,” “Seinfeld,” sitcoms, “Bachelorette,” etc., one after another. Candy for the pandemic soul. So “Tehran” floated by […]
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J.P. Devine: Strange faces in heaven
J.P. Devine imagines the most interesting people you could meet and question in the afterlife.
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‘You’ve Got Mail’ wonderful, heart banging, electric and magical, J.P. Devine writes
When you put Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in the same movie, and keep them on screen, apart or together, you’re watching screen magic. They did three movies together and all of them winners, except when Meg decided to direct and gave us the tragic “Ithaca” in 2015 in which Tom dies. Tom Hanks Dies? […]
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J.P. Devine: With a hole in it
A long romance with bagels slipped away only to be rekindled again, J.P. Devine writes.
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‘Walk With Me’ no happy gay journey
The nominee from Waterville’s Railroad Square Cinema for June’s Pride Month this year is writer/director Isabel del Royal’s (“Smile for the Camera TV” series) debut film, “Walk With Me.” del Royal, a newcomer to the mad, mad world of filmmaking, makes a nice try at working with the tools, ideas and palettes of those who […]
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J.P. Devine: Three bitcoins in the fountain?
From an old fountain to upgrades at a city park, Waterville may be doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, J.P. Devine writes.
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‘Bosch: Legacy’ better than ever, scrubbier, tougher and grittier
Bosch (Titus Welliver) is back, but under Amazon’s new banner “Freevee,” with short commercials tucked in. Go on Amazon, and learn what that’s all about. But Bosch, out of the LAPD on bad terms, is alive and well and working the streets of the City Of Angels, out of a seedy office (what else) in […]