Today we are reminded of the story of the days and nights when, in the Plaza de Mayo in the early 1970s in Argentina, women of all ages, mothers and grandmothers, gathered to bring world-wide attention to the 30,000 children, grandchildren and others who were kidnapped under the whip of then-President Isabel Peron, the widow […]
Movie Review J.P. Devine
Movie Review: ‘A Complete Unknown’ worth seeing
Truth be told, I was never a big fan of Bob Dylan, but “Like a Rolling Stone” and “If You See Her Say Hello” got me. I really wasn’t into the whole parade of folk music balladeers of that time. In that time, the early and mid ’60s, I was busy trying to carve out […]
‘A Rainy Day in New York’ is a crazy, complicated film
Cherry Jones steals a scene, and almost the picture, as she always does, with a story that will knock you out of your seat.
‘Juror #2’ is a thriller at the very end
The film is about a juror who questions whether he’s actually guilty of the crime the defendant is charged with.
Computer revelation becomes a papal sword in ‘Conclave’
Edward Berger’s tale moves slowly at first giving us time to meet the flock.
‘High Potential’ is saved by Kaitlin Olson’s natural comic timing
The storyline gives us Morgan Gillory, a struggling, cute, sort-of-young mom working part time as a cleaning lady deep in the Los Angeles police department homicide office.
What film to screen again? — ‘Love Actually’
The film never won an Oscar and even got a few complaints, but that movie just made more than a few folks happy, J.P. Devine writes.
Classic film ‘Meet me in St. Louis’ promises another Christmas
J.P. Devine recalls hearing Judy Garland’s “Have Your a Merry Little Christmas” for the first time.
Series Review: ‘The Agency’ starts with an hour full of cliffhangers
Here’s your chance to pick up on Mr. Fassbender with “The Agency,” which has a truly, very slow first episode, J.P. Devine writes.
Series Review: ‘A Man on the Inside’ kind of silly, J.P. Devine writes
You just have to jump in and buckle up — c’mon, it’s Ted Danson, what do you have to lose?