So here’s this group of women in an upscale community, and they hang out together, and some of their kids go to school together. Some of them have more money than others...

2020

May

'NATALIE WOOD: WHAT REMAINS BEHIND' CELEBRATES HER LIFE RATHER THAN EXAMINE HER DEATH By David Hinckley

Almost four decades after Natalie Wood died, her family would love to have the world remember a lot more about her films and a little less about her death...

2020

May

THE PRESIDENCY OF 'GEORGE W. BUSH' ON "AMERICAN EXPERIENCE" By David Hinckley

You might think the presidency of George W. Bush would look markedly different now that we’ve had three-plus years of a very different Republican president, Donald Trump...

2020

May

WITH 'UPLOAD,' YOU GET AN INTRIGUING, SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR, HILARIOUS SHOW By David Hinckley

If you’re missing The Good Place, which you absolutely should be, check out Amazon Prime’s new dramedy, Upload...

2020

May

'HOLLYWOOD,' THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, IS AN ELABORATE PERIOD DRAMA FROM RYAN MURPHY By David Hinckley

It’s no secret that with the wonderful golden-age Hollywood movies, as with sausage, you didn’t want to know what went into making them...

2020

Apr

BRIEF BUT WELL-DONE AND FRIGHTENING HORROR STORIES START STREAMING WITH 'SOUL CITY' By David Hinckley

Television continues to play its part in the drive to reduce our attention spans to zero. Fortunately, some of the mini-content is not uninteresting...

2020

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THE CAPTIVATING STORY OF 'NORMAL PEOPLE' WEAVING THROUGH EACH OTHER'S LIVES By David Hinckley

Normal People might be the most revolutionary series on television this spring. Violating every rule of what viewers are said to crave these days, it’s a story about, get this, normal people...

2020

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THAT'S A NO FOR 'TIGER KING' AND ME By David Hinckley

Saying you weren’t riveted by the Netflix series Tiger King these days is like saying you don’t like the Bill of Rights. You feel like someone from whom other people would maintain social distance even if they didn’t have to...

2020

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HUGH JACKMAN AND ALLISON JANNEY PROVIDE THE TRUE STORY OF A 'BAD EDUCATION' By David Hinckley

Bad Education is an average movie with an above-average cast...

2020

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'DEFENDING JACOB' IS A SUSPENSEFUL, GRIPPING DRAMA OF A FAMILY IN TURMOIL By David Hinckley

Jacob Barber is 14 years old. He’s a seemingly good kid who is also frequently exasperated and uncommunicative with his parents. In other words, he’s a normal teenage boy. The question is whether he’s also a murderer...

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