Robert Levin
Assistant Managing Editor at Newsday
Assistant managing editor @Newsday; former editor in chief @amNewYork. I also write about movies. St. Louis native. Springsteen fan.
Articles
-
5 days ago |
newsday.com | Robert Levin
Watch Now • 2:18'It transcends to all cultures because it's about love'MOVIE "Nonnas"WHERE NetflixWHAT IT'S ABOUT "Nonnas" tells the story of the Staten Island restaurant Enoteca Maria, which features grandmothers from across cultures cooking their food for patrons on a revolving schedule. This weekend, for example, features grandmothers from Poland, China and Ukraine. Next weekend, the restaurant's calendar has a grandmother from Argentina and one cooking traditional Jewish food.
-
1 week ago |
newsday.com | Robert Levin
MOVIE "Another Simple Favor"WHERE Prime VideoWHAT IT'S ABOUT Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively reprise their "A Simple Favor" roles in this sequel, arriving on Prime Video just shy of seven years after they scored a critical and commercial success with the original suburban black comedy. That movie effectively satirized the world of mommy vloggers, with a sleek noir touch to boot, but it didn't exactly leave you desperate for a sequel.
-
3 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Robert Levin
THE SERIES "Givernment Cheese"WHERE Streaming on Apple TV+; new episodes each WednesdayWHAT IT'S ABOUT No one could be blamed for happening upon a TV show called "Government Cheese" and rushing to keep scrolling. It's not a great title, to put it mildly. It also tells you nothing: the series has no tangible connection to the U.S. government's stockpile of the dairy product.
-
1 month ago |
newsday.com | Robert Levin
WHAT IT'S ABOUT When it comes to elevator pitches, it would be tough to do better: "Air Force One" meets "Die Hard," with Viola Davis as the president, beating the heck out of the bad guys. It's such an obvious hit that you have to wonder why it took so long to come to fruition.
-
1 month ago |
newsday.com | Robert Levin
SERIES "The Bondsman"WHERE Prime VideoWHAT IT'S ABOUT Kevin Bacon stars as a bounty hunter with the terrific name of Hub Halloran in "The Bondsman," a kitschy horror series on Prime Video. The Georgia-set story begins with Halloran being killed on the job by a couple of his targets. But then, all of a sudden, he's awake. Why is that, you ask? Well, it's because the devil needs him to utilize his bounty hunting skills to hunt down escaped demons from hell.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 2K
- Tweets
- 11K
- DMs Open
- No
The architect of the greatest Cardinals baseball era of my lifetime. Rest in peace.
We join the baseball community in mourning the passing of Walt Jocketty. Our general manager from 1994-2007, Walt helped lead the Cardinals to the 2006 World Series title, two National League pennants, and seven postseason appearances. We extend our condolences to his family https://t.co/EUCCX3FxPt
RT @BaharOstadan: A tour company called New York Helicopter owned and ran the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson this afternoon, its C…
RT @rshields37: Overheard in the newsroom: We'll post that Smoot story once we have a good picture of Herbert Hoover.
