Laugh and Cry With Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig
By Skip Sheffield Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader made us laugh in their years with “Saturday Night Live.” They may make you cry with “The Skeleton Twins.” “Maybe we were doomed from the beginning,” goes More...
“The Guest” Shows Promise, Then Blows Up
By Skip Sheffield British actor Dan Stevens has piercing baby blue eyes that could cut through anything with their menacing stare. I suspect Stevens’ peepers were enhanced with contact lenses for his role as More...
Versatile Kevin Kline and “My Old Lady”
By Skip Sheffield Kevin Kline is one versatile performer. Most recently he convincingly played the tragically-flawed movie star Errol Flynn in “The Last of Robin Hood.” Now is another anti-hero, Mathias More...
A Wholesome “Dolphin Tale 2”
By Skip Sheffield For wholesome family entertainment you can’t go wrong with “Dolphin Tale 2.” Sure, it’s a sequel and it is not exactly exciting, but “Dolphin 2” is a charming advertisement for Clearwater More...
Liam Neeson Stands Tall in “Walk Among Tombstones”
By Skip Sheffield There are two R-rated rock ‘em sock ‘em, shoot ‘em, stab ‘em, ultra-violent crime thrillers out this weekend. “A Walk Among the Tombstones” is the better of two, largely because More...
Jane Fonda Gets Crude and Lewd
By Skip Sheffield Jane Fonda has turned to comedy- low comedy- in her golden years as the prickly, pushy, breast-enhanced matriarch of “This is Where I Leave You.” This is best describedas More...
“The Drop” a Gritty Career Finale for James Gandolfini
By Skip Sheffield Rest in peace big Jim Gandolfini. It’s been over a year since James Gandolfini’s untimely death in Rome at age 51. “The Drop,” Gandolfini’s last movie starring role, is More...
The Sad But True “Last of Robin Hood”
By Skip Sheffield Dashing actor Errol Flynn buckled his last swash suddenly on Oct. 14, 1959. He was just 50-years-old, but he had lived life to its limits. Errol Flynn is played by Kevin Kline, and his More...
A Friendly Italian Restaurant with an Accent on Freshness
By Skip Sheffield Chef Lillo is back with his own friendly neighborhood Italian restaurant, “Piattini,” at 187 S.E. Mizner Blvd., Royal Palm Place, Boca Raton. If the address sounds familiar, it should. More...
“Trip to Italy” a Delicious Lightweight Comedy
By Skip Sheffield Take two bright British comedians, give them an unlimited expense account, send them to the most beautiful parts of Italy and let the camera run. That’s pretty much the total premise More...
