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2016
Jun
19
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Tonight Starz offers a double-header season finale of its Girlfriend Experience series, in which Riley Keough, Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, plays Christine, a woman who finds herself embroiled in the world of high-class escorts. In previous weeks, Christine was drummed from her “vanilla” job as an intern after videos of her having sex with her boss hit the Internet, and she was trying to rebuild and rebound from a very low and vulnerable place. Well, tonight he
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
19
 
 
Tonight’s episode is called “Battle of the Bastards.” To readers of the original books, that may signal something. To me, it’s just an ironic choice for an episode televised on Father’s Day.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
19
 
 
SEASON FINALE: Two episodes are shown back to back as tonight’s season finale – and since it amounts to a battle in which the team of friends bands together to do battle with Dracula, and save Eva Green’s Vanessa, I’d highly recommend watching them both.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
19
 
 
This new Blu-Ray release will not be the final word on the classic Star Trek series this year, since September marks the original show’s golden anniversary... A few months from now, Paramount/CBS is scheduled to issue a mega-box set, including not only the 79 episodes from the classic Star Trek series that are here on Blu-Ray, but also the Star Trek movies featuring the original TV show cast members...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
18
 
 
If you wanted more of Seth MacFarlane’s talking teddy bear from Ted, here it is: 2015’s Ted 2, with Amanda Seyfried taking over as the new female lead. And putting a whole new spin on the concept of Ted Talks.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
18
 
 
James Franco has been promoted heavily as the ostensible “auteur” behind this remake of the 1996 tacky telemovie starring Tori Spelling. But he’s neither the writer nor the director here, just a supporting actor and the guy who contributed some story ideas – like, I’m guessing, wouldn’t it be interesting to turn the witches in a stage production of Macbeth into lesbian vampires? If you’re curious, you decide. Spelling is back in this one – but play
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
18
 
 
This 1940 movie is the most famous of the many screen adaptations of this Jane Austen classic. Greer Garson stars as Elizabeth Bennet, with Maureen O’Sullivan as one of her sisters, and Laurence Olivier as the spongeworthy neighbor, Mr. Darcy.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
18
 
 
MINISERIES CONCLUSION: This documentary series concludes with a look at the years after O.J. Simpson’s criminal trial, bringing things up to date with how he ended up behind bars, and what his life has been like since.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
17
 
 
It’s been a very big year for a certain wealthy, internationally famous womanizer who’s built a wall around himself and people of color while getting away with murder in the minds of many. This time it’s not about you, Donald Trump...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2016
Jun
17
 
 
SEASON PREMIERE: The entirety of Season 4 is dropped by Netflix today. Make room for a few new faces, and expect some of the old ones to fade away.