I hope you didn’t miss the Tuesday night, Nov. 29 reunion with the cast of one of the best Christmas movies ever made, “Love Actually,” on ABC. If you did, you can stream it on Hulu. “Love Actually,” upon its opening on Nov. 26, 2003, didn’t exactly shake up the movie industry. It should be […]
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On the Edge: The cutting of the ribbons
Ribbon-cutting ceremonies are a reminder of the happy, bright future ahead for the living, as well as the shadows of the past, J.P. Devine writes.
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‘The Wonder’ is a miracle of a film
This is the best piece of work you’ll see this year, perhaps any year yet, writes J.P. Devine.
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‘Julia’ changed the way America, and possibly the world, looked at food, especially French cuisine
“I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.” — Julia Child Julia Child was born Julia McWilliams, on Aug. 15, 1912, in Pasadena, California. The eldest of three children, at 6 feet 2 inches, Julia wasn’t the tallest of her siblings. Her sister was 6 feet 4 inches, and her […]
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On the Edge: Thankful for the (Irish) memories
An old family photo has J.P. Devine reminiscing about coal, too many potatoes and a pony.
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‘Going in Style’ a soufflé, yes, but a tasty one
It’s getting colder and darker, and soon it will be snowing, and you’re not going to want to venture out of your living room this night. Here is your chance, and like chances of all sorts, it often only comes once in a lifetime. The film, a remake of an old 1979 movie, is “Going […]
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On the Edge: On becoming Felix Unger
Leaning into his feminine side, J.P. Devine has developed an insane passion for neatness.
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‘Apocalypse Now’ film ‘is Vietnam’
“You’re an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill.” Colonel Kurtz (Brando) When Francis Ford Coppola introduced his film “Apocalypse Now” at the Cannes Film Festival before its screening, he said, “My film is not about Vietnam, it is Vietnam.” He then added, “Little by little we went insane.” Indeed they did. […]
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‘So Help Me Todd’ a weak-unfunny-CBS comedy
I dialed into “So Help Me Todd” because I like Marcia Gay Harden, and it was bedtime and I needed a laugh to sleep better. I didn’t get the laugh, but I slept better. The show is third rate and the rest of the cast is beneath working with her. Harden is no Cate Blanchett […]
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On the edge: A shot for flag and country
J.P. Devine recalls hearing war stories from a grizzled old Marine before deciding to join the Air Force and chart his own course as a veteran whose beat still goes on.