Tony Goldwyn, born to the best sunlight in Hollywood, always had a lot to carry on his shoulders and solid substance to offer. His famous father and grandfather were the swaggering big print moguls of old Hollywood. He’s done well, having to swim in that warm pool. Tony is a smaller figure than his ancestors […]
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Movie Review: ‘The Beautiful Game’ exposes the heartwarming truth of these games
The story is based on an actual annual sporting event, The Homeless World Cup, which will take place in Seoul this year, J.P. Devine writes.
Movie Review: ‘Wildcat’ won’t be anyone’s choice for a summer’s beach read
Here we are once again watching the work of director Ethan Hawke, one of Hollywood’s birds of paradise who flits from one tree to another in that land of artists looking for the right branch in which to build a permanent nest. Hawke’s problem, if it is one, is that he’s pretty good at all […]
TV Series Review: ‘Sugar’ is good stuff, and fun to watch, J.P. Devine writes
Sugar … “Olivia” Well, here he is. Colin Farrell fresh out of Ireland and with no accent at all (mostly just a hint of San Fernando Valley). He’s here in a new tailored suit on the street driving a sleek convertible he had hidden in a friend’s (handler’s?) garage. She is Ruby (Kirby), who comes […]
Movie Review: ‘No Hard Feelings’ script full of unlikely consequences, TV laughs, J.P. Devine writes
Boy meets girl with a script full of unlikely consequences and TV laughs, which happily won this reviewer over.
Movie Review: ‘Scoop’ compelling, high speed, no brakes story of a group of newspaper people, J.P. Devine writes
Scoop: a piece of news published by a newspaper or broadcast by a television or radio station in advance of its rivals. And that’s the story of “Scoop” in director Philip Martin’s compelling, high speed, no brakes story of a group of newspaper people, from the top floor of the Royal Palace to the glassed […]
Movie Review: ‘Wicked Little Letters’ a wonderful film, J.P. Devine writes
Olivia Colman, the belle of the new cinema, emerges here as a buttoned-up serial nut case in a family of local “crabs.”
TV Series Review: ‘Manhunt’ a stunning, fresh account of the murder of Lincoln, J.P. Devine writes
Beletsky and her collection of a talented crew of writers and directors have put together a stunning, fresh account of the murder of Lincoln, full of new faces and writers.
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 […]
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.