The film is being touted by the literati of cinema as Farhadi’s masterpiece, and won the Oscar for best foreign film. They may have been right; I didn’t see all of the other nominees, J.P. Devine writes.
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J.P. Devine On Movies: ‘Neruda’
The characters come alive as a brilliant collection of the colorful corrupt and the colorless common, J.P. Devine writes.
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J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Hidden Figures’
This is not a Disney classic; racism and snobbery abound, many tears are shed, J.P. Devine writes.
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J.P. Devine Movie Review: ’20th Century Women’
The film is sort of a “six characters in search” of a plot and takes a long time blending the disparate crew of survivors and strugglers into a whole, writes J.P. Devine.
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J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Lion’
The real star here is Sunny Pawar as the boy Saroo, a child of wonderful innocence and purity, with the eyes of a lost puppy, J.P. Devine writes.
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J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘The Brand New Testament’
The film is a mess, but warm, snuggly and often a touching mess full of bizarre surprises, J.P. Devine writes.
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J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Manchester by the Sea’
The film has the essential ingredient, heart, and that rescues it, J.P. Devine writes.
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J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Allied’
There are worse movies on local screens this joyous season, this wasn’t one of them, J.P. Devine writes.
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J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘Indignation’
Linda Emond as Esther Messnerwalks away with the movie.
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JP Devine Movie Review: ‘Anthropoid’
Prepare yourself. There will be blood here. There will be heroism, a few packets of romance, and a 20-minute finale that will rattle your popcorn, writes J.P. Devine.