First Queen Victoria lost her spot as the longest-reigning British monarch to Queen Elizabeth II. Now the same Elizabeth may be crowding into Victoria’s television spotlight...

2017

Jan

THE LETTERS OF 'VICTORIA' By David Hinckley

We may not have much meaningful film of Britain’s Queen Victoria, who died in 1901, but Daisy Goodwin says she left an equally revealing imprint: a lifetime of handwritten letters...

2017

Jan

DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE WORLD OF ‘SNEAKY PETE’ By David Hinckley

Right up front, Amazon’s new crime drama Sneaky Pete follows a small-time con man who’s trying to avoid getting himself and his brother killed by a much more hard-core bad guy...

2017

Jan

MARGO MARTINDALE’S NEWEST DEVOTED BUT SHIFTY MOM IN ‘SNEAKY PETE’ By David Hinckley

The general rule with Margo Martindale’s characters in recent years is to become wary when she seems to get all nice...

2017

Jan

THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF 'THE REAL MAD MEN OF ADVERTISING' By David Hinckley

The executives who shaped the modern advertising industry in the 1950s and 1960s may not have been as fascinating as Don Draper, but their impact was even more dramatic. At times, in fact, almost a little creepy...

2017

Jan

FX 'TABOO' IS A GRIM AND GRIMY PLUNGE INTO OLD LONDON By David Hinckley

This London period-drama is grimy and brutish, seemingly with little decency either on the streets or in its well-appointed boardrooms...

2017

Jan

TWO UPCOMING PBS DOCUMENTARIES GO NUCLEAR By David Hinckley

We’ve been dating seriously for more than 70 years, but mankind still hasn’t figured out its relationship with nuclear energy...

2017

Jan

THE TOUCHING STORY OF THE LOVE OF A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER IN ‘BRIGHT LIGHTS’ By David Hinckley

It’s hard to imagine a sweeter and more fitting eulogy for Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds than Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds...

2017

Jan

NETFLIX AND LEAR OFFER A NEW TAKE ON 'ONE DAY AT A TIME' By David Hinckley

Rebooted old shows are as common as Geico ads on television these days, but everyone involved with the new Netflix version of One Day at a Time insists it has almost nothing to do with the decades-old classic of the same title. Well, except Norman Lear...

2017

Jan

'EMERALD CITY' IS A DARKER VERSION OF THE BAUM CLASSIC -- LITERALLY By David Hinckley

If you plan to watch NBC’s Emerald City, the latest Wizard of Oz adaptation, forget the green glasses. Bring a flashlight...

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