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“Movie: Wild Mountain Thyme”
Oscar winner John Patrick Shanley
(“Doubt,” “Moonstruck”) wrote and
directed this 2020 romantic drama about
a pair of star-crossed lovers who get
caught up in their families’ land dispute
in the Irish countryside. Emily Blunt
(“The Girl on the Train”) and Jamie
Dornan (“The Fall”) star as the couple in
question, alongside Christopher Walken,
Jon Hamm and Danielle Ryan.
Checking in with
CAITLIN MCGEE
BY JAY BOBBIN
“Movie: Knuckledust”
From across the pond comes this
2020 actioner about a police raid on a
deadly fight club that has yielded seven
floors full of dead fighters and only
one survivor. James Kermack (“Hi-Lo
Joe”) wrote, directed and stars in the
film, which also has Kate Dickie (“Red
Road”), Moe Dunford and Camille
Rowe in its cast.
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
Two years after its last episode, the
Emmy-winning drama about a
totalitarian near-future society returns
to find June (Elisabeth Moss) a fierce
rebel leader striking back against Gilead
but the risks she takes bring dangerous
new challenges and threatens to destroy
her most cherished relationships. Joseph
Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira
Wiley and Alexis Bledel are other cast
returnees. (ORIGINAL)
Though drama was her first major calling card in television,
Caitlin McGee is pleased to follow it up with comedy.
After co-starring as Jimmy Smits’ estranged daughter on the
short-lived “Bluff City Law,” the actress is back as one of three
siblings in differing financial circumstances on ABC’s new
Wednesday sitcom “Home Economics.” Topher Grace – the “That
‘70s Show” alum who’s also an executive producer of the series –
and Jimmy Tatro play the other relatives who have money on their
minds.
“It’s been such a pleasure to be working, especially in the
time of COVID,” McGee reflects. “In this show, I’m a very self-
serious person, but she does have her lighter moments, I really
think finding the humor is just trying to make someone a three-
dimensional character.”
The friendly McGee plays someone both fictional and a bit
biographical, since her “Home Economics” alter ego Sarah is based
on the sister of Michael Colton, one of the show’s creators and
executive producers. “I think he would say she’s an exaggerated
version of his sister,” McGee maintains, “but she’s not really far
from myself, either. We have the same principles and the same
heart, but a slightly different delivery. Sarah is a little less cushioned
when she talks to people.”
McGee has found it interesting to build a “sibling” dynamic with
fellow “Home Economics” stars Grace and Tatro: “It’s certainly
“Movie: The Judge”
Robert Downey Jr. does an effective job
in this 2014 drama as a cocky attorney
who has a tense homecoming. After
his mother’s funeral, he represents his
estranged father (Robert Duvall), the
title judge who is suspected in the hit-
and-run death of a defendant he let off
with a relatively light sentence, who
then killed a teenager. Vera Farmiga and
Vincent D’Onofrio also star.
easier now than it was on the pilot. Because of COVID, we weren’t
able to go out and have lunches or dinners, so we had to learn
to be super-familiar with one another on the fly. Luckily, they’re
wonderful people and we get along.”
Birthdate: Jan. 9, 1988
Birthplace: Boston
Current residence: Los Angeles
Marital status: Engaged
Other television credits include: “Bluff City Law,”
“Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet,” “Modern Love,” “You’re the
Worst,” “I’m Dying Up Here,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Chicago
Med,” “Libby and Malcolm,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,”
“The Great Indoors,” “Halt and Catch Fire,” “Shades of Blue,”
“Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll,” “Blue Bloods,” “Unforgettable”
Movie credits include: “Plus One,” “Standing Up,
Falling Down,” “Motion Picture Martyr,” “Winter Slides”
On her “Bluff City Law” experience: “Living in
Memphis for those many months was wonderful, because
I genuinely love the city and the people, but it also was
really hard to be away from home. I was pretty set on doing
something in L.A. next, just to be with my fiance and our dog.
And I wanted a little time in-between, just until I was ready to
dive into a new project.”