It hardly seems like a fair fight: an old guy recovering from serious brain surgery against a young guy who casually dismembers murder victims with a chainsaw...

2020

Apr

'BELGRAVIA' IS A WONDERFUL NEW DRAMA FROM JULIAN FELLOWES OF 'DOWNTON ABBEY' FAME By David Hinckley

Julian Fellowes is offering up another stylish British period drama, and yes, he delivers...

2020

Apr

MORE SUSPENSE AND MYSTERY FROM ACORN WITH 'DEADWATER FELL' By David Hinckley

If David Tennant moves into your town, here's a tip: Move out immediately. Tennant is a wonderful actor, but every time he shows up these days, it seems that a grisly fate befalls some local innocent...

2020

Apr

'THE WINDERMERE CHILDREN,' THE MOVING STORY OF TRYING TO HELP CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST REBUILD THEIR LIVES By David Hinckley

The Windermere Children is a Holocaust story with as happy an ending as any Holocaust story can have...

2020

Apr

THE SUFFERING OF CIVILIANS DURING WWII ON 'WORLD ON FIRE,' THE LATEST "MASTERPIECE THEATER" ENTRY By David Hinckley

War doesn't victimize only people wearing uniforms, a sadly well-documented fact that gets another expansive dramatization in the new PBS series World On Fire...

2020

Apr

APPLE TV'S 'HOME BEFORE DARK' WELL WORTH ADDING TO YOUR WATCH LIST By David Hinckley

Home Before Dark, available Friday on the Apple TV+ streaming service, positions a 9-year-old journalist who wades into a murder case that grown-ups won’t touch...

2020

Apr

'CUBA'S CANCER HOPE' ASKS: IS THERE PROGRESS IN THE BATTLE AGAINST THIS DISEASE? By David Hinckley

With the U.S. health system under a microscope at the moment because of the coronavirus, PBS is offering a relevant reminder that no one health system anywhere in the world has a monopoly on care...

2020

Apr

VISIT THE BEACHES OF 'THE MALLORCA FILES' MIXED WITH SOME CRIME AND COMEDY By David Hinckley

If the first job of the police is to solve crimes, the second job of police procedurals sometimes is to have fun. Okay, it sounds callous when you phrase it that way...

2020

Mar

HBO'S 'THE SCHEME' BRINGS THE DARK SIDE OF COLLEGE SPORTS INTO THE LIGHT By David Hinckley

Americans really don't want to believe there could be corruption, double-dealing, cynicism, green or crass motivations in their beloved college sports. Thing is, there is...

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