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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2017
Mar
2
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? By David Bianculli
 
 
This is another W movie showing up alphabetically in TCM’s Oscar salute tonight – but the timing of this particular showing couldn’t be more fortuitous. This 1962 cult horror film starred two legendary actresses, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford (pictured) – and on Sunday, FX launches a new anthology miniseries, Feud, that begins with a multi-part dramatization called Bette and Joan, recreating the behind-the-scenes battles in making What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? This Feu
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Mar
2
MILK STREET IS A BUSY THOROUGHFARE SINCE KIMBALL MOVED THERE By Tom Brinkmoeller
 
 
Some people who have followed the America’s Test Kitchen public television series over the past 16 seasons or so may have a high-school flashback while watching the current season: The regular teacher didn’t show up...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Mar
2
EDI GATHEGI TALKS MATIAS SOLOMON AND ‘THE BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION’ By David Hinckley
 
 
Matias Solomon has already experienced resurrection, Edi Gathegi muses. So why not go for redemption as well?...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Mar
1
‘WHEN WE RISE’ HIGHLIGHTS THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY By David Hinckley
 
 
To many Americans outside the LGBTQ movement, “gay rights” blew in like a tornado out of nowhere...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Mar
1
ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? I CAN’T HEAR YOU. SPEAK UP! By Alex Strachan
 
 
The great Al Pacino can mumble with the best of them, as he proved in Warren Beatty’s wacky 1990 caper movie Dick Tracy. Arguably —  and not for the first time in his storied career — Pacino stole the movie...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Mar
1
WITH ‘CHICAGO JUSTICE,’ THE BRAND MAY HAVE REACHED THE BREAKING POINT By David Hinckley
 
 
Chicago Justice may mark the point at which we’re getting just a little too much Chicago...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Mar
1
HULU’S ‘NATIONAL TREASURE’ IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK, BUT IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD WATCH By David Hinckley
 
 
No, Hulu’s National Treasure doesn’t serialize the popular movie of the same name. It would be less disquieting to watch if it did...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Mar
1
NATURE: "SPY IN THE WILD" By David Bianculli
 
 
MINISERIES FINALE: This last chapter of Spy in the Wild, which has been a lot of fun, pulls back the curtain to reveal, in an installment titled “Meet the Creatures,” exactly how these very realistic animatronic “spies” were designed and operated. Check local listings.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Mar
1
WHEN WE RISE By David Bianculli
 
 
Night II. It’s significant that ABC is presenting this four-part miniseries on the rise and development of the gay rights movement – and even more significant, in context, that it’s preceded by a fresh episode of Modern Family, the ABC sitcom that arguably has done more for gay rights, and subtle shaping of national attitudes and acceptance on the gay rights issue, than any other TV program since NBC’s Will and Grace.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2017
Mar
1
CHICAGO JUSTICE By David Bianculli
 
 
SERIES PREMIERE: Carl Weathers is one of the stars of this latest Chicago-set series from executive producer Dick Wolf, who has managed to create durable and popular franchises out of drama series set in two different cities. First New York, and now the so-called Second City. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley