A good documentary can be both troubling and hopeful, and that describes With Drawn Arms, a film about the life of Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith...

2020

Dec

'THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART' IS THE DEEP DIVE INTO THEIR CAREER THEY'VE LONG DESERVED By David Hinckley

It's not clear why a new documentary on the Bee Gees is titled How Can You Mend a Broken Heart since it's generally a pretty positive retrospective on one of the most enduring careers in modern popular music...

2020

Dec

'THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT' IS TVWW? YES. IT'S 2020 AND WE NEED FUN By David Hinckley

When the boss, David Bianculli, launched a website called TV Worth Watching, he did not think it would feature programs like The Great Christmas Light Fight...

2020

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'LENNON'S LAST WEEKEND' WOULD BE BETTER WITH MORE LENNON By David Hinckley

Over the several days before he was fatally shot – 40 years ago, believe it or not – John Lennon had recorded an extensive interview with British journalist Andy Peebles...

2020

Dec

'NURSES' – NEW U.S. PROGRAMMING THANKS TO CANADA By David Hinckley

It's fitting that one of the few new dramas struggling to the surface on a broadcast network this fall is a medical show...

2020

Dec

'A SUITABLE BOY' ON ACORN BRINGS VIKRAM SETH'S NOVEL TO LIFE By David Hinckley

Good news! If you've always wanted to read Vikram Seth's 1,349-page novel A Suitable Boy, but never found the time, you now finally have a nice compact six-part TV miniseries version...

2020

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BRYAN CRANSTON IS A JUDGE TRYING TO HELP HIS SON ON 'YOUR HONOR' By David Hinckley

Bryan Cranston apparently can't help breaking bad. For viewers, that's good...

2020

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WE KNOW THE TRAGIC END, BUT 'SELENA: THE MOVIE' CELEBRATES THE SINGER AND HER RISE TO STARDOM By David Hinckley

The ping-pong match continues with the legacy of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, better known simply as Selena, the much-loved Tejano singer who was murdered in 1995 at the age of 23...

2020

Nov

TRIPPING THROUGH THE LIFE OF TIMOTHY LEARY WITH ONE OF HIS ROMANTIC PARTNERS: 'MY PSYCHEDELIC LOVE STORY' By David Hinckley

If you're the sort of reader who is fascinated by footnotes and the intriguing little side stories they sometimes promise, you might enjoy My Psychedelic Love Story...

2020

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KALEY CUOCO RETURNS TO TV IN A COMEDY FAR DARKER THAN HER PREVIOUS SHOWS: 'THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT' By David Hinckley

Back in the day when flight attendants were stewardesses (women only, of course), there was this unspoken male fantasy that "stews" led exotic lives of forbidden pleasure...Fortunately, we've pretty much moved past that...

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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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