Looking back on life in the Brat Pack: ‘It never existed in any real way’
March 2023
TV review
Unstable review – this Rob Lowe nepo-sitcom is staggeringly joke-free
The actor stars alongside his son (playing his son) in a nauseatingly schmaltzy, second-tier comedy. It’s utterly unfunny, but at least its lead is as charming as ever
October 2021
The Outsiders review – Coppola’s Brat Pack melodrama carries you away
Patrick Swayze and Rob Lowe star in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 movie that comes crashing back on screen
September 2021
TV review
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! review – Rob Lowe raises idiocy to a high art
The watcher
Attack of the Hollywood Cliches! Charlie Brooker and Rob Lowe churn out a shoddy tropefest
April 2021
Hear me out
Hear me out: why Monster Trucks isn’t a bad movie
The latest in our series of writers sticking up for reviled films is a defense of the ‘toyetic’ action fantasy flop that puts monsters in … trucks
November 2019
Jump the shark
How an endless parade of tragedies broke Brothers and Sisters’ bond
Holiday in the Wild – festive Netflix rom-com is stupid but charming
June 2019
TV review
Wild Bill review – why is Rob Lowe fighting crime in Lincolnshire? Search me
It’s hard to get over the fact that the actor has come an awfully long way from St Elmo’s Fire and The West Wing to star in ITV’s new cop drama
TV and radio blog
Rob Lowe, bobby on the beat? The US A-listers who ended up on British TV
The West Wing star has a new role as a hard-bitten Miami cop decamping to Lincolnshire, in ITV drama Wild Bill. But he’s not the first American to make the unlikely transatlantic move
From West Wing to east Lincs, Rob Lowe is the new sheriff in town
In Wild Bill, star plays an American in charge of a small British police force – and he hopes to shine a light on rural England
February 2019
Jump the shark
How Snow White and some coconuts killed 1989's Oscars
Rob Lowe and an unknown actor contributed to a performance so awful it’s still truly breathtaking
November 2018
Lost in showbiz
How Rob Lowe brought a tray of sausages to save Brexit Britain
The one-time Brat Packer was photographed in leave’s Lincolnshire heartland filming ITV drama Wild Bill, in what may well be his edgiest gig since Bad Influence
October 2018
From The Doors to Behind the Candelabra: which classic biopic is best?
Rob Lowe to star as Lincolnshire police chief in ITV drama
June 2018
Super Troopers 2 review: flashback to golden days of fratboy humour
Amusing Rob Lowe cameo brightens stoner comedy sequel that heads north towards Canada
September 2016
Notebook
Why the taboo about having a nanny?
Emma Brockes
TV tonight
Friday’s best TV: BBC Proms 2016; Joanna Lumley's Japan; The Strain
November 2015
Shortcuts
Do you have to be a billionaire to get free Big Macs for life?
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates (and Rob Lowe) have a McDonald’s gold card, Hugh Laurie has a Burger King crown card and Ed Sheeran has a Nando’s black card. But good luck getting your hands on your own
