We’re back with season 3 of “Only Murders in the Building,” the hugely popular American mystery comedy-drama television series created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman. It may eventually turn out to be the “Barbie” of TV. Maybe it’s just climate change, but it’s incredibly better. If you’re joined at the hip with the millions […]
Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Jules’ creators embrace hope-filled screenplay formula
Finally, as we exit a murky June and July, a much-needed and heroic attempt to bring sweetness and light back to our new neighborhood screen arrives. In an industry, that as we speak, is bereft of hope and heroics and full of spiders and atomic clouds, “Jules” lands in our pines and offers a modicum […]
‘And Just Like That’ Aiden returns
I’ve given up trying to make sense of the women in “Sex and the City,” I’m sorry, “And Just Like That.” Carrie Bradshaw, who only a week ago was prowling the streets in what looked like a collection of shopping bags from a designers tire store, seems to be the one of the trio who […]
Old Harlan City crew missed in ‘Justified: City Primeval’
First of all, I was seriously depressed that Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins), Raylan Givens’ (same old beloved Timothy Olyphant) criminal du jour, is not here. Goggins was so good, so perfect as Given’s foe, he will be missed. In fact, none of the old crowd from Harlan County, Kentucky, are here, and I miss them. […]
‘The Miracle Club’ full of secrets, lost loves, rain
“To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.” — Daniel Patrick Moynihan There are broken hearts here in director Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s film and Jimmy Smallhorne, Timothy Prager and Joshua D. Maurer’s story. It’s an Irish story, full of secrets, lost loves and rain. It’s about three women, Maggie […]
J.P. Devine movie review: ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’ pays tribute to a legend
The film, which tells the story of singer Tina Turner’s rise to stardom and how she broke free from her abusive husband, begins showing Monday at the Maine International Film Festival.
J.P. Devine movie review: ‘Queen of the Deuce’ a great story with a comic book feel
The film biography, which tells the tale of Greek-born Chelly Wilson and how she built a porn cinema empire in the Times Square vicinity known as the Deuce, begins showing Sunday at the Maine International Film Festival.
J.P. Devine movie review: Stars float in and out in ‘The Three Musketeers’
This madcap adventure about a young swordsman who comes to Paris to face villains, romance, adventure and intrigue with three musketeer friends begins showing Saturday at the Maine International Film Festival.
‘Ticket to Paradise’ actors made film for the money
Before you buy your “Ticket to Paradise,” did you know that Bali, the “ideal” vacation spot that was the location for George Clooney and Julia Roberts’s movie “Ticket to Paradise,” is the home of 500 different varieties of spiders, some of which have eight eyes and 15-centimeter legs? You didn’t? Did you know that today, […]
J.P. Devine movie review: Maine-made film ‘Hangdog’ surprises with polished performances
The film, included among the opening titles being shown Friday as the Maine International Film Festival begins, features performers who add rich texture to a solid script, J.P. Devine writes.