Robert Davi

The directorial debut of Robert Davi, a veteran character actor with roots in Astoria and Patchogue, "The Dukes" tells the story of a small-time Los Angeles doo-wop group that takes an ill-advised turn to crime. None of the 50-something Dukes -...

(2 STARS) (PG-13) PLOT A washed-up doo-wop group, strapped for cash, takes on a heist job. CAST Robert Davi, Chazz Palminteri, Peter Bogdanovich. LENGTH 1:34. PLAYING At Malverne Cinema 4 AMC Empire 25 and Village East Cinema, Manhattan. BOTTOM LINE...

"I don't really like to fight," said Robert Davi, laughing. "I have this persona of a tough guy, but I didn't want to make a film that had that. I wanted to make something that had humor, heart and song." This from the man known for scores of hard-bitten...

Thanks to a sandpapery mug, beady-eyed stare and menacing baritone, actor Robert Davi has carved out a sturdy career in movies and television playing hard cases on one side of the law or the other. So it's pleasant to report that his directorial debut,...

LOS ANGELES—"I don't really like to fight," said Robert Davi, laughing. "I have this persona of a tough guy, but I didn't want to make a film that had that. I wanted to make something that had humor, heart and song." This from the man known for...

-------------------- FOR THE RECORD: "The Tale of Despereaux": In Sunday's Calendar section, the Holiday Movie Sneaks entry for the upcoming "The Tale of Despereaux" listed only one of the animated film's directors, Sam Fell. Robert Stevenhagen co-...

If "An American Carol" contained any real bite or intelligence, those so inclined could've legitimately griped about its shallow anti-liberalism. But given that this supremely silly satire directed by "The Naked Gun's" David Zucker (from a script he wrote...

One hundred and sixty-five years after Charles Dickens called for civic reform, compassion, humanity and charity to be watchwords in human life with A Christmas Carol, Hollywood's most rabid conservatives have rallied to make An American Carol, a comedy...

Americans numbed by the daily barrage of politics-as-usual are about to be awakened by some new fireworks--Hollywood-style. Imagine documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and director David Zucker ("Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun") in the center ring and you...

Hofstra University on Sunday concludes a three-day run of "Rachel and Julio" at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse. The comic love story, set over three decades, stars two of the Hempstead university's most successful alums, Lainie Kazan and Robert Davi....

A summary of the movies playing Oct. 11 to Nov. 15, 2007 at the 22nd Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. Most tickets are $10 general admission; $5 for members and free for holders of FLIFF Fast Pass. Parties and special events are priced...

Consider it more than a coincidence. Two identical silver Mercedes SL 55 AMGs sit side by side in the Zen-inspired courtyard of Jefery Levy's glass and steel 1960s house in Laurel Canyon. One belongs to Levy, a collector of rare wines, the other to...