Lawrence D. Devoe

2 months ago | theaterbyte.com | Clint Eastwood |Lawrence D. Devoe |Jonathan Abrams

Estimated reading time: 4 minutesSuppose you were a recovering alcoholic who strayed into a local bar, nearly relapsed, and, whiled driving home in a downpour, you hit something or someone on a dimly lit road at a deer crossing. And suppose you and your wife are expecting your first baby. So begins Juror #2, a legal thriller that unfolds in a Savannah, Georgia courtroom.

Jan 10, 2025 | theaterbyte.com | Lawrence D. Devoe

Estimated reading time: 7 minutesFrancis Ford Coppola’s latest film Megalopolis begins with an ominous warning, as visionary architect Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver) balances precariously on top of the Chrysler Building in New Rome. “Let us go whither the omens of the gods and the iniquity of our enemy calls us. The die is now cast.”Megalopolis takes place in a large city where a major divide exists between the wealthy and the poor.

Dec 9, 2024 | theaterbyte.com | Lawrence D. Devoe

Estimated reading time: 2 minutesDecember 4, 2024. PS Audio has just announced  another major update to its DirectStream DAC MK2. Eleven months ago, this trailblazing DAC received the Mount Massive firmware. My review of this update concluded: “This is an update that every DSD MK2 owner should just go out and get and prepare not to be just impressed but blown away!”.

Nov 29, 2024 | theaterbyte.com | Lawrence D. Devoe |Winnie Holzman |Dana Fox

Estimated reading time: 6 minutesAt least once a year, I rewatch the classic 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz. Because it is a nigh-unto-perfect cinematic achievement, no literal remake of this film, The Wiz aside, has ever been attempted. In 2003, Broadway legend  Stephen Schwartz did the unthinkable—he gave theatergoers an original prequel that became not only a smash hit but has now traveled far and wide. Director Jon M.

Oct 24, 2024 | theaterbyte.com | Lawrence D. Devoe |Gary Dauberman

Not counting a poorly received 1987 sequel—A Return to Salem’s Lot—Salem’s Lot represents the third incarnation of Stephen King’s 1975 horror novel of the same title. Bill Pullman’s son Lewis assumes the role of novelist Ben Mears who has returned to Jerusalem’s Lot,  his hometown, to overcome a case of writer’s block by tackling an account of his childhood in this small Maine village. Ben meets and begins dating Susan Norton (Mackenzie Leigh).