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J.P. Devine
  • Published
    July 20, 2013

    ‘The Girl and Death’ … from Russia with love

    "The past is never dead. It's not even past." -- William Faulkner.

  • Published
    July 19, 2013

    Of real heat and Post-its

    J.P. discusses his life history with hot weather.

  • Published
    July 16, 2013

    ‘Short Cuts’ offers a trip to the dark side

    "Short Cuts," roughly based on Raymond Carver's short stories, is distinctly a Robert Altman film.

  • Published
    July 12, 2013

    Deep down in the lost and found

    The cost of being forgetful is steep, whether it's measured in dollars or pride.

  • Published
    July 5, 2013

    A life in the movies

    The Maine International Film Festival, held each year in Waterville, Maine, is about to convene. It is my job as the lone film critic/reviewer for the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal to sit up and pay attention

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  • Published
    June 28, 2013

    Paranoia strikes deep in the heartland

    Columnist J.P. Devine revisits the old observation: Just because you think they’re out to get you doesn’t mean that they aren’t.

  • Published
    June 21, 2013

    Welcome home — for good

    She, who officially retired this week at an undisclosed age, is home for good.

  • Published
    June 14, 2013

    Fathers need love, too

    As the years pass, times change and kids get older, the days of primo Father's Day gifts are coming to an end.

  • Published
    June 7, 2013

    Rodents enough to go around

    Those tall, beautiful palm trees etched sharply against a gorgeous early evening orange sky over Los Angeles? They're full of rats.

  • Published
    May 31, 2013

    When junk food isn’t junk

    There are food stamps offenders, and beer and cigarettes should always be cut, but come on, being down at the bottom isn’t as much fun as it appears, and sometimes, a Hostess cupcake can bring you up faster at the end of the month than a carrot, when loose change is all there is.