Big movies deserve a big documentary salute. Instead, they get one that's been compressed and contorted like a piece of origami. Disappointing -- but at least we have the blockbusters themselves to look forward on Turner Classic Movies this Sunday...

2009

Dec

WEIRD & WILD: BLAXPLOITATION BIKER CHICKS By Diane Werts

Sleazy, cheesy, cheap and surreal -- gimme more TCM Underground!Friday's late-night showcase for low-budget exploitation flicks gets some fresh meat from Turner Classic Movies with the delirious blaxploitation musical biker flick Darktown Strutters...

2009

Dec

WATCH THIS: 'DEXTER' GETS FRICKIN' GREAT By Diane Werts

Man, it's hard to type this. My fingernails are worn down to nubs! I've been biting like crazy, watching episodes of Dexter, getting psyched for this killer season's much-anticipated climax...

2009

Dec

FLICK PICKS: CAPRA, NOT SO CORNY By Diane Werts

We're as willing to quibble as the next guy (gal), so we'll salute the tougher side of legendary director Frank Capra, often cited for his sentimental Capra-corn in movies like It's a Wonderful Life...

2009

Dec

YULE TUBE: YES, CHARLIE BROWN, THERE IS AN ENCORE By Diane Werts

I go away for a week, and look what happens -- President Obama pre-empts Charlie Brown's Christmas, and agreeable Adrian Monk suffers a disappointingly unpleasant series finale...

2009

Dec

FLICK PICKS: BOGART, CAPRA, CHRISTMAS AND MORE By Diane Werts

Have yourself a merry little Christmas, some Capra-corn, bunches of Bogart, and an elementary marathon of Sherlock Holmes. December's highlights on Turner Classic Movies also include a Thin Man sixpack and the 70th anniversary of Gone With the Wind...

2009

Nov

WATCH THIS: GIVING THANKS FOR 'DEXTER' By Diane Werts

Can't wait for the Christmas episode! Oh, wait, Dexter already had one (or at least first-season action set at yuletide time. Remember the fake snow and squabbling elves? But now we get a real Thanksgiving episode...

2009

Nov

DOWNLOAD THIS: FREE 'FAWLTY' FUN By Diane Werts

Oops, it's too late now for the free Ally McBeal episodes, but iTunes is offering another download treat -- three Fawlty Towers extras in which cocreator/star John Cleese shares the secrets of his ageless hotel farce...

2009

Nov

YULE TUBE: 42 DAYS AND COUNTING! By Diane Werts

The decorations are in the stores, the music is on the Muzak, and here come the TV shows. Yes, it's officially Christmas already!...

2009

Nov

TV ON DVD: AND MOVIES, TOO, MANUFACTURED JUST FOR YOU By Diane Werts

Turns out that show you've always wanted to see on DVD might finally get there. But it won't necessarily land on a store shelf. Warner Archive is now producing individual DVDs of hundreds of vintage movies -- and TV, too -- for delivery direct to consumers...

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Diane Werts

Associate Editor

Diane Werts has been glued to the tube since she can remember, growing up in a household where the TV came on first thing in the morning and stayed on till bedtime and beyond. She worked for the USA Film Festival, then for The Dallas Morning News writing about everything from Shakespeare to macrame art to rock music (and has the hearing loss to prove it). She moved to New York's Newsday to edit their glossy TV magazine, then returned to writing about television, specializing in its stranger permutations. She's a past president of the Television Critics Association.

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