Finally, a warm inviting film that comes as autumn balm, while action movies burn the world down around us, writes J.P. Devine.
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On the Edge: Indian summer?
As the temperature drops, J.P. Devine is thinking about adjustments.
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‘Chef’s Table: Pizza’ is a slice of goodness, J.P. Devine writes
The temperatures have dropped. Soon it will be dark at noon. What then is for dinner? Here, on Netflix is a piece (several slices) for you busy folks to consider and salivate over. “Dig in” it says to the best pizzas from around the world, prepared by renowned chefs who bake passion, creativity and hard […]
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On The Edge: Notes on Labor Day
As summer slides away, J.P. Devine muses on a birthday a long time ago.
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‘Abbott Elementary’ back to school
If, while checking out this new sitcom, you suspect that there’s something familiar about it, you’d be right. Stay tuned. The players, starting with the star and show’s creator, the bubbly 32-year-old writer-creator Quinta Brunson, and the fast-moving cast that percolates around her, invite you into West Philadelphia’s Abbott Elementary, a comic oasis of learning […]
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On the Edge: Sign of the cross … A Netflix special
Thinking back to those times when you make the sign of the cross and enter into Virgo country, J.P. Devine reflects on the end of summer and the start of something new.
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‘Bad Sisters’: A second look
Yes, I did review “Bad Sisters” last week, and this is a second look. I rarely do “second looks,” but “Bad Sisters” annoyingly streams once a week on Fridays, and after watching the show on its next appearance, and reading my original copy, I realized how unfairly cursory it was. A second look at actor/writer […]
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J.P. Devine: Then there was Sara
Running a lemonade stand in Waterville, Sara Johnson continues the deeply American tradition of earning a little money on the side, J.P. Devine writes.
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‘Bad Sisters’ like ‘Little Women’ from purgatory
Pay attention now, I’m not going to go through these names more than once. There’s Grace (Anne-Marie Duff) and her four sisters: Eva (Sharon Horgan), the level headed eldest; Ursula (Eva Birthistle), a nurse and mother; Bibi (Sarah Greene), the one-eyed plotter of the bunch; and Becka (Eve Hewson), Rocker Bono’s daughter in case you’re […]