Gillian Flynn is now at a blessed stage of her career. "I can make up anything right now," she told the Television Critics Association (TCA) recently. The proof is Utopia, the wildly distinctive series that arrives Friday on Amazon Prime...

2020

Sep

RE-EXAMINING A DECADES-OLD TRIPLE MURDER: 'A WILDERNESS OF ERROR' By Mike Hughes

Like many teenagers, Marc Smerling wanted to see a horror film. But the movie was sold out. Instead, he saw The Thin Blue Line, Errol Morris' distinctive, 1988 documentary about a murder case. Now, decades later, he's working with that filmmaker...

2020

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'THE CHOICE 2020: TRUMP VS. BIDEN' AVAILABLE ON OTHER PLATFORMS By Mike Hughes

For the ninth time, Michael Kirk faced an imposing task: Create simultaneous profiles of both presidential candidates. Interview everyone (except the candidates); ask everything, and hope there are differences between them...

2020

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RUTH BADER GINSBURG'S LIFE AS PLAYED OUT ON THE BIG AND SMALL SCREENS By Mike Hughes

Two movies captured opposite ends of Ruth Ginsburg's wonderful life...

2020

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THE NEXT TV EXPERIMENT: 'THE 72ND PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS' By Mike Hughes

Are you wondering what the Emmys telecast will be like Sunday? So are Reginald Hudlin and Ian Stewart. And they're the producers...

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THE WINNERS OF THE 2020 TELEVISION CRITICS AWARDS By Mike Hughes

HBO's Watchmen is the big winner in the annual Television Critics Association Awards...

2020

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'VAN DER VALK,' THE 2020 VERSION, ARRIVES ON PBS By Mike Hughes

Piet Van der Valk is sort of your standard TV (or movie) detective. But there are two things that are unusual about him...

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HBO'S 'COASTAL ELITES' IS THE LATEST IN QUARANTINE TV By Mike Hughes

For months, actors were simply in limbo. "People used to say show-business was Depression-proof," Bette Midler told the Television Critics Association (TCA) recently. "In the Depression, the movies were the only things that survived."...

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DESPITE THE MOVIE THEATER BEING YOUR HOME, 'MULAN' IS STILL WORTH THE SCREEN TIME By Mike Hughes

I just remembered why I love movies – the big, sweeping kind that fills the screen and fill your eyes and ears and thoughts. I also found that I miss seeing them in their natural habitat...

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