Amy (Mayim Bialik) wants to have a very traditional Christmas celebration – one from a previous century – but Sheldon (Jim Parsons) has an attitude that’s closer to humbug.

2014

Dec

THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER By David Bianculli

James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan star in this charming 1940 Ernst Lubitsch film, abot quarreling employees at a gift shop who actually are in love with one another – as anonymous pen pals. Remade, much more recently, as You’ve Got Mail.

2014

Dec

GRACEPOINT By David Bianculli

SERIES FINALE: This Americianized remake of Broadchurch has steered from the original script in its final episodes, so the verdict of the murder case could be different than in the original. Fox has promised, however, that there will be a verdict tonight, so this indeed is the story’s final chapter.

2014

Dec

HOLIDAY AFFAIR By David Bianculli

Robert Mitchum is known for much darker fare than this, but here he is, doing delightful duty in a romantic holiday comedy, and opposite a very young, very beautiful Janet Leigh.

2014

Dec

THE COLBERT REPORT By David Bianculli

Did you see Stephen Colbert in one of the Hobbit movies? If not, he’s probably going to show you his cameo tonight – as part of his salute to the last of Peter Jackson’s multi-film Hobbit epic movies.

2014

Dec

SYFY'S 'ASCENSION' LAUCHES A LOOK AT FUTURE PAST By Eric Gould

President Kennedy was apparently a hell of a lot more imaginative than we thought. Syfy's new miniseries has him covertly approving a starship to fly to a nearby star system and colonize a new world...

2014

Dec

GOLDEN GLOBE TV NOMINATIONS AGAIN ARE NOTHING TO SCOFF AT By Ed Bark

That’s the underlying question whenever the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announces its annual Golden Globes nominations. Thursday morning’s 72nd batch of nominees was a combination of fresh, bold choices and the usual suspects...

2014

Dec

AFI'S MASTER CLASS: THE ART OF COLLABORATION By David Bianculli

A new installment in this occasional series of TCM specials exploring creative aspects of filmmaking, tonight’s edition features Rob Reiner – maker of Misery, The Princess Bride and This is Spinal Tap! – who explains his long-standing partnership with film editor Robert Leighton.

2014

Dec

MODERN FAMILY By David Bianculli

Haley (Sarah Hyland) turns 21 in tonight’s episode, and Claire and Gloria (Julie Bowen, Sofia Vergara) celebrate by taking her out for her first legal drink. As they say in one of my favorite jokes, “And this is where I may have gone wrong…”

2014

Dec

BLACKISH By David Bianculli

Many TV series, this time of year, focus on celebrating a white Christmas. But this series, tonight, focuses quite intently on trying to experience a Black Christmas as well – though no one in the family can agree on what that might mean.

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