Bruce Springsteen’s Broadway show, premiering Sunday on Netflix, at times calls to mind a striptease. There’s plenty to see because Springsteen is a world-class showman. At the same time, he also reminds us that the best strippers never take it all off...

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Dec

FROM AUSTRALIA, 'TIDELANDS' DEBUTS ON NETFLIX By David Hinckley

The once pristine image of mermaids takes another hit in Tidelands, a scary and violent new supernatural drama from Netflix...

2018

Dec

THE NOSTALGIA OF THE RECORD STORE THANKS TO 'THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL' By David Hinckley

One of the many pleasures tucked into Amazon’s award-winning series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is the occasional trip down a set of mysterious stairs to a 1958 record store...

2018

Dec

'PARIS TO PITTSBURGH' DEBUTS ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC By David Hinckley

The documentary Paris to Pittsburgh works hard at separating the politics of the climate change debate from the science of climate change...

2018

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A TASTE OF THE GLAMOROUS LIFE ON 'CHAMPAIGN ILL' By David Hinckley

Champaign ILL could be described as the hip-hop version of the classic Townes Van Zandt song “Pancho and Lefty.”...

2018

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EXAMINING TARP WITH 'A VICE SPECIAL REPORT: PANIC: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS' By David Hinckley

Anyone who laments the lack of bipartisanship in contemporary America can sigh with wistful nostalgia over a new Vice documentary (in collaboration with HBO) on the trillion-dollar 2008 government bailout fondly known as TARP...

2018

Dec

SEASON 2 OF THE COMPLEX 'COUNTERPART' ARRIVES ON STARZ By David Hinckley

If you didn’t watch the first season of the Starz series Counterpart, don’t delude yourself that you could understand the second. If you did watch the first season...then you’ll be pleased with several of the turns in the new season...

2018

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'THE LOST TAPES: SUPER TORNADO OUTBREAK' ON SMITHSONIAN REMINDS US OF THE POWER OF WEATHER By David Hinckley

Let’s face it, all of us can use a good extreme weather show once in a while. And if you air it under the aegis of the Smithsonian Channel, it almost sounds, well, educational...

2018

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MAKING MONEY ONLINE WITH 'THE AMERICAN MEME' By David Hinckley

The American Meme – which debuts Friday on Netflix – is essential for anyone who wants the full, if not always pretty, picture of contemporary cultural media...

2018

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'THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL' IS BACK WITH SEASON 2 AND STILL MARVELOUS By David Hinckley

One of the many reasons that The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel swept every comedy award last year, and deserved to sweep every comedy award, is that it wasn’t just a comedy...

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David Hinckley

David Hinckley first grasped the power of television when, at the age of 8, he bullied his parents into buying a basset hound like Cleo on The People’s Choice. He named her Cleo. Somewhat more recently, he worked for 35 years at The New York Daily News, the last seven covering television.

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