Meet the inspiration for Steve McQueen’s “Great Escape” cooler king
OK, so Hollywood exaggerates. A POW never tried to jump a motorcycle over 20 feet of barbed wire, like Steve McQueen did in 1963’s WWII classic “The Great Escape.” But the flier McQueen played was...
View ArticleMy dad taught me how to play a cop on TV
When Jaina Lee Ortiz nabbed the lead role of Detective Annalise Villa in TV cop drama “Rosewood,” she didn’t have to do any research for the role — she’d grown up with the character. Her father, Joe...
View ArticleThis might be the most boring ‘Walking Dead’ episode ever
Warning: This article contains spoilers from “The Walking Dead” Episode 615 The nice way to look at the latest “Walking Dead” episode is as the calm before the storm — i.e., next week’s finale, due to...
View ArticleMeet the youngest captain ever to appear on ‘Deadliest Catch’
Discovery’s Emmy-winning series “Deadliest Catch” returns Tuesday night for its 12th season with a new face: Sean Dwyer, who, at 23, is the youngest captain to ever join the fleet of fishing boats that...
View ArticleSkip ‘Batman v Superman’ and read ‘Dark Knight Returns’ instead
“Batman v Superman” arrived at the box office Friday dogged with scathing reviews and a 30 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with The Post’s Lou Lumenick calling it a bloated mess in which Ben...
View ArticleEnough already with all the TV after-shows
Saturday’s announcement that “Orphan Black” is launching a weekly post-show called “After the Black” left us scratching our heads. The BBC America thriller about human cloning peaked in terms of buzz...
View Article‘Empire’ is finally back, but was it worth the wait?
“Empire” may never be the sensation it was a year ago, when people made sure they were in front of their TVs on Wednesday nights. But executive producer Danny Strong has taken tentative steps to...
View ArticleAnna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell’s chemistry is off the charts in ‘Mr. Right’
Chemistry counts for an awful lot in a romantic comedy, and I’d be hard-pressed to name a more compatible recent screen couple than Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell (in spite of their nearly 17-year age...
View ArticleThe grief is honest and beautiful in ‘Louder Than Bombs’
An acutely observed song of sorrow that shares much with “Ordinary People” (including the name of a protagonist), “Louder Than Bombs” studies a family in transition after the death of a loved one....
View ArticleHigh-energy ‘High Strung’ just wants to dance
There is an unintentionally hilarious moment at the start of “High Strung” in which a shirtless male violinist (Nicholas Galitzine) plays music furiously in bed after waking up; “If it stays trapped...
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