National Geographic returns Sunday doing what National Geographic has always done better than almost anyone: capturing the breathtaking beauty of the natural world and the creatures who live in it...

2019

Jun

SEASON 2 OF 'RIVIERA' ARRIVES ON SUNDANCE NOW By David Hinckley

Given how far Riviera spilled over the top in its first season, it’s no surprise that Season 2 feels an apparent urge to go further...

2019

Jun

HULU'S 'DAS BOOT' IS A WELL-CRAFTED SEQUEL TO THE 1981 FILM By David Hinckley

Simone Strasser is the sort of admirable female character we’ve met in dozens of movies and TV shows over the years...

2019

Jun

DON'T TAX YOUR BRAIN, JUST ENJOY WITH 'GRAND HOTEL' By David Hinckley

We all know television’s shopping cart is overflowing with guilty pleasures, so don’t think twice about throwing ABC’s summer soap Grand Hotel into the basket...

2019

Jun

'EUPHORIA' IS NOT THE TEEN DRAMA WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO By David Hinckley

Way before Beverly Hills, 90210 or Gossip Girl, screwed-up teenagers were providing reliably fertile ground for television shows. Euphoria takes the concept to a new level...

2019

Jun

KEVIN BACON AND ALDIS HODGE MAKE 'CITY ON A HILL' TV WORTH WATCHING By David Hinckley

It takes just over 34 minutes for City on a Hill, a new drama revolving around the criminal justice system in Boston in the early 1990s, to reach the words “Whitey Bulger.” ...

2019

Jun

CINEMAX INTRODUCES THE LATEST ANTI-HERO – CARLA GUGINO'S 'JETT' By David Hinckley

Daisy “Jett” Kowalski is one of the lucky inmates who comes out of prison with a skill that’s marketable in the free world. Unfortunately, it’s the same skill that put her in prison in the first place...

2019

Jun

'ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: A BOB DYLAN STORY' BRINGS BACK AN EXCITING AND HISTORIC TOUR By David Hinckley

In case you hadn’t noticed, the only person in the music biz who doesn’t want to explain Bob Dylan is Bob Dylan...

2019

Jun

'STRAIGHT FORWARD' IS ON TRACK WITH GREAT ACTING By David Hinckley

If you’ve been dying for a crime thriller that unfolds simultaneously in New Zealand and Denmark, your long wait ends with Straight Forward...

2019

Jun

'BIG LITTLE LIES' RETURNS FOR SEASON 2 By David Hinckley

As addictive as Big Little Lies proved during its first season, it did run the ongoing risk of becoming a high-end soap opera with really famous stars...

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