In this new episode tiptoeing up to the season ender of The Walking Dead, Michonne (Danai Gurira) is shown in a very rare environment and position: She’s indoors, and relaxing. But because this is The Walking Dead, and this is Michonne, that break doesn’t last very long – and even a basket of clean laundry ends up spooking her, for reasons that may prove justified.

2015

Mar

SHAMELESS By David Bianculli

Last week, Frank (Wlliam H. Macy) and his doctor shared a very depressing prognosis – but it was for the young female doctor, not the beaten-up, often-near-death Frank. So he invited her to a day of hooky from the hospital, escorted her to the bar for a mid-morning drink, and ended up taking her on an all-night tour of defiance, anger and unexpected dignity. In other words – stop the presses – Frank actually was nice. But will it last?

2015

Mar

BATTLE CREEK By David Bianculli

On tonight’s episode, the sometimes dueling partners go to the dogs – with respective canine operatives who might help sniff out some much-needed clues in the latest murder case. And the dogs, like the investigators, turn out to have very different styles…

2015

Mar

2015 MEN'S NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

Normally, today’s first NCAA game, a contest between two double-digit seeds in the South, wouldn’t be that enticing – but one of those teams, No. 14 UAB, served up one of this year’s first major upsets by beating No. 3 seed Iowa State. Today at noon ET on CBS, UAB takes on No. 11 seed UCLA. Also on CBS, at about 2:40 p.m. ET, favored tournament top seed Kentucky faces No. 8 Midwest seed Kentucky. Other games include Villanova vs. N.C. State at 7:10 p.m. ET on TBS, and, al

2015

Mar

THE LITTLE MERMAID By David Bianculli

ABC Family tonight presents a triple feature that should delight young viewers, especially but not exclusively little girls, with a collection of classic Disney movies featuring some of its most beloved animated heroines. 1989’s The Little Mermaid starts things off, with Jodi Benson providing the voice of Ariel.

2015

Mar

A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST By David Bianculli

Seth MacFarlane directed, co-wrote and co-starred in this 2014 comic Western, and he sure surrounded himself with an interesting cast: Liam Neeson, Charlize Theron and Amanda Seyfried aren’t normally actors you’d think of casting in a comedy, and they all seem to enjoy themselves immensely once given the chance. And the comics you would expect, such as Sarah Silverman and Neil Patrick Harris, manage to surprise by doing, or saying, the unexpected, over and over again.

2015

Mar

SLEEPING BEAUTY By David Bianculli

This 1959 movie still enchants – and this is a chance for very young viewers to compare Angelina Jolie’s three-dimensional Maleficent with the one whose voice was provided by Eleanor Audley in this animated adaptation of the classic fairy tale.

2015

Mar

CINDERELLA By David Bianculli

And the triple feature ends with Cinderella, the 1950 cartoon version that has just been brought to life by Disney all over again, in a live-action version starring Lily James in the title role. In this one, Cinderella’s voice is provided by Ilene Woods. And, once again, the enchantment still works, and the animation remains its own shade of beautiful.

2015

Mar

BLOODLINE By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: This new drama series is like FX’s Damages in many significant respects. It comes from the same creators (Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman and Glenn Kessner). It’s propelled by impressively talented actors (in Damages, Glenn Close; this time, Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Kyle Chandler, Linda Cardellini and Ben Mendelsohn). And Bloodline uses a flashback structure that leaks out its secrets in very small doses, and sometimes quite misleadingly, to add to the air of myster

2015

Mar

2015 MEN'S NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT By David Bianculli

This morning’s newspaper headlines noted that the upsets occurring in Thursday’s official opening day of March Madness had busted all but an estimated one percent of the nation’s NCAA brackets. And that was only day one, when West No. 14 seed Georgia State beat No. 3 seed Baylor with R.J. Hunter’s gorgeous last-second go-ahead three-pointer, and another No. 14 seed, UAB, beat its higher-ranked rival in the South, No. 3 Iowa State. Today’s games begin at noon ET on C

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