The Simpsons have had a long line of guest stars, from James Earl Jones to Elizabeth Taylor. For this Sunday night's season finale (May 20th, 2012) on Fox, 8:30 p.m. ET. Lady Gaga goes to Springfield, in "Lisa Goes Gaga". As a long time champion of the socially downcast, she arrives to encourage Lisa to just be herself, and perform for the town...and sing about accepting monsters, among other things.

2012

May

V FOR VENDETTA By David Bianculli

This 2006 Wachowski Brothers movie is a somewhat seditious selection by BBC America, since it’s all about a futuristic totalitarian British state overthrown by rebel forces tied to that country’s history of anarchy. Hugo Weaving stars as the freedom fighter who goes by the name of “V,” and Natalie Portman plays his eventual protégé – whose schemes include donning a particularly provocative costume to entice and distract a devious, deviant adversary.

2012

May

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS By David Bianculli

This 2011 movie prequel recasts several members of the X-Men universe with younger actors, principally including James McAvoy as Charles Xavier (replacing Patrick Stewart) and Michael Fassbender as Magneto (played, in other X-Men movies, by Ian McKellen). Both of them do an excellent job, and they’re not the only ones. Check out who plays the younger version of Raven, a.k.a. Mystique, the blue-skinned shape-shifter portrayed as an adult by Rebecca Romijn. Young Raven, in this film, is em

2012

May

WUTHERING HEIGHTS By David Bianculli

Many movie and TV adaptations have been made of this gothic romance novel by Emily Bronte, but none has surpassed the teaming, in this 1939 movie classic, of Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier as passionate lovers Cathy and Heathcliff. Their screen romance here is a type of perfection as sheer as the cliffs on which they embrace. No moor, no less.

2012

May

48 HOURS MYSTERY By David Bianculli

This week’s report gives new meaning to the term “get the lead out”: Nick Koenig, one of the surviving victims of a deadly home invasion in St. Louis in 2009, has been carrying around a bullet from that frightening night, lodged in the base of his skull and considered inoperable. Last month, Keonig was in a car accident – after which he coughed up something irritating in his throat, which turned out to be that bullet. And that’s only one of the amazing stories tie

2012

May

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: To end the season, SNL hands both musical and guest host duties to Mick Jagger, who invites lots of musicians to help him in the former instance – and goes it alone in the latter case. Because, when he wants to, he moves like Jagger, moves like Jagger…

2012

May

2002: 'THE X-FILES' COMES TO A CLOSE By Christy Slewinski

This day in 2002 marked the last original telecast of The X-Files, one of Fox's most popular shows. The science fiction series starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI special agents assigned to investigate unsolved cases that involved paranormal and unexplained phenomena...

2012

May

BRIDGING THE DIVIDE By Akass & McCabe

From across the pond, and our newest contributors, comes this enticing report about one of the best new shows the U.S. hasn't seen — yet. It's BBC Four’s The Bridge, a co-production between Denmark and Sweden...

2012

May

THE PENULTIMATE WAKE FOR 'AWAKE' By Eric Gould

Last week we received the sad news of a soon-to-be dearly departed show: NBC's Awake has been canceled. We here at TVWW decided immediately, out of respect, to review the last two episodes, so here is the next-to-last wake for Awake...

2012

May

1996: COMEDY CENTRAL DROPS 'MST3K' By Christy Slewinski

This day in 1996 marked Mystery Science Theater 3000's final outing on Comedy Central. The cult series revolved around a man (and his robot friends) who were trapped on a space station and forced to watch bad sci-fi movies. Throughout the presentation of the featured film, the motley crew could be seen in silhouette, providing a colorful commentary about what was happening on the screen...

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