Mary’s in love, Barrow’s in tears, Carson’s pushing his luck, Daisy’s losing her manners, Isobel’s weakening, Lord Grantham’s bored and if looks from Violet could kill, pretty much everyone would be dead...

2016

Feb

THIS BUD'S FOR YOU? By David Hinckley

Dame Helen Mirren is known for playing blunt-spoken women, up to and including the Queen of England. She doesn't play the Queen in this 60-second Super Bowl ad sponsored by Budweiser beer, but she does have some blunt words for people who drive drunk...

2016

Feb

'MADOFF' IS AAA RATED: ARROGANT, AMORAL AND ALL-AROUND NARCISSIST By David Hinckley

You’d think that Bernard Madoff, who built the biggest Ponzi scheme in history might be a complex, nuanced, fascinating man. In an evil sort of way. You’d be wrong...

2016

Feb

CRITIC CONFESSES: WHY HE'S A SUCKER FOR 'SUITS' (AND DONNA) By David Hinckley

I admit it. I’m still a sucker for Suits. USA’s lawyer drama has a big reveal coming up this week. We will learn who ratted out Mike Ross...

2016

Feb

WHY THOSE 30-SECOND SUPER BOWL ADS EXPAND LIKE A MUTANT CHICKEN'S HEART By David Hinckley

If you watch the Super Bowl to see the ads, pretty soon you may not have to watch the Super Bowl at all... more and more ads are being released online before the game...

2016

Feb

COURTNEY B. VANCE OF FX'S 'THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON': WHAT IT TELLS US ABOUT RACE IN AMERICA TODAY By David Hinckley

If America had paid attention to what was really going on at the O.J. Simpson murder trial, says Courtney B. Vance, we might not be suffering the trouble and the death we see in our cities two decades later...

2016

Jan

'DOWNTON ABBEY' RECAP, SEASON 6, EPISODE 5: GOOD LORD, A GAME-CHANGER By David Hinckley

Dinner at Downton Abbey has gotten rowdy over the years, but it never got scary until Sunday night, when Lord Grantham...

2016

Jan

'HORACE AND PETE': A NEW MODEL FOR TV — AND LOUIS C.K.? By David Hinckley

With television drama, it’s not often that we get to say OMG, look what just splashed down. With Louie C.K.’s new Horace and Pete, we do. It's a 67-minute drama that C.K. posted on his website Saturday, without advance notice...

2016

Jan

FOX’S 'GREASE LIVE!' REMEMBERS THE '50S AS BUBBLY AND FIZZY FUN By David Hinckley

Fox’s Grease Live! this Sunday isn’t quite any of the things it’s nominally selling. That’s not a dismissal or a prejudgment. It just means viewers should assess it by what it’s really aiming to be, which is bubbly and fizzy fun...

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