Every few years someone asks, “What ever happened to Jeremy Irons?” And then he pops up as Alfred in Zach Snyder’s “Batman” and “Justice League” as Scar in “The Lion King” and in the “House of Gucci,” where, with his usual charm and woolen suits, plays a son of the great Gucci. Irons is very […]
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J.P. Devine: Touring Waterville
Once an eccentric tour guide when he first arrived in Waterville, J.P. Devine told some tall tales to Elm City visitors.
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‘Parallel Mothers’ is like a neglected blister on what is at its core, the story of women
I’m definitely not one of the many fans of the internationally acclaimed Spanish writer director Pedro Almodovar. Remember here, that I’m a film “reviewer” not “critic,” even though I can get cranky. I’ve only seen two of Almodovar’s films, because of his two favorite actors, Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas. I would watch laxative commercials […]
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J.P. Devine: Because my daughter says so
We’re at war and should be dressing the part, J.P. Devine writes.
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Hilary Swank hits the small screen in ‘Alaska Daily’
Oscar winner Hilary Swank is back, on a much smaller screen, but we have missed her and we’ll take her, no matter the size on the tube. Here is our Hilary in Tom McCarthy’s (“The Station Agent,” “Spotlight”) as Eileen Fitzgerald, an Irish-American newspaper reporter. Irish she is, with a sheet-metal attitude, a dockworker’s mouth, […]
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‘The Crown’ makes disappointing casting changes in Season 5
It’s back, and we’re happy to seek out those calmer seas, gorgeous settings and new handsome royals from the past. Well, it’s back, but the wrinkles and sags are showing. It happens to the best of us. “The Crown,” with its four seasons of civility, gorgeous cinematography, splendid words and fussy decor are there, but […]
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‘1883’ action first rate, powerful
Writer/director Taylor Sheridan has been on fire the last few years. He worked his way up from a small parts actor in shows like “Sons of Anarchy” to screenwriter and creator to hit shows like “Mayor of Kingstown” and “Yellowstone”. And in the year of flying Spiderman and buckets of sitcoms and rom coms and […]
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J.P. Devine: Music to dance by
Throughout the years, Kay Devine has always been there for J.P. and others to help them with their ‘lines,’ and it’s those memories that has J.P. thinking of dancing with She.
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J.P. Devine: Finishing the face
A painting J.P. Devine made nearly two decades ago may soon get a face touch-up as he ponders the unfinished business we put off for “later.”
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‘The Food That Built America’ explores the foods we grew up with in a new light
Way back in 2019, before COVID fell on us, we were all going to the movies, and no one was sitting home locked away from viruses in the streets very few Americans were streaming their televisions desperate for something different. Meanwhile, while Notre Dame Cathedral was burning down, Brexit upended British politics, the 20-year war […]