Give TNT points for timing. With Red 2 now in theaters, the TV network is repeating the original old-folks-kicking-butt movie, which premiered three years ago, starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, and others, all playing spies who are Retired, Extremely Dangerous. (Hence the movie’s title.) Sounds like fun? With this cast, it is – which is why there’s a sequel.

2013

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REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Among tonight’s guests: Connie Mack, Grover Norquist and Dan Savage.

2013

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JULES AND JIM By David Bianculli

Francois Truffaut continues to be saluted this month on Fridays by TCM – and tonight’s lineup includes one of his most famous and most influential directorial efforts, Jules and Jim. This 1962 story about a romantic triangle, only two-thirds of which got top billing, starred Oskar Werner and Henri Serre as two friends in love with the same woman. The woman, Catherine, is played by the beautiful Jeanne Moreau, and the style and subject of this frank romantic film was a seminal entry i

2013

Jul

EMMY NOMS INCLUDE USUAL SUSPECTS AND A NOTEWORTHY NEW CONTENDER By Ed Bark

For the most part, Thursday's announcement of the 2013 Emmy nominations had a gratingly familiar ring, with a wealth of repeaters among the nominees...

2013

Jul

BASIC INSTINCT By David Bianculli

Every once in a while, a movie comes out that catches the zeitgeist and becomes a pop-culture phenomenon that both reflects and affects its times. Basic Instinct, igniting national conversations about infidelity and spurned-lover revenge, was such a movie – 21 years ago. And revisiting it is an opportunity to recapture that moment – and, of course, to once again sit through Sharon Stone’s leg-crossing police interrogation.

2013

Jul

PROJECT RUNWAY By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: Even though this series is beginning its 12th cycle of competitions tonight, there are a couple of reasons to tune in. One is that, this season, the structure has been revamped to give Tim Gunn even more prominent a role. The other is that a controversial billboard promoting the new season, featuring Gunn and host Heidi Klum lording it over a gaggle of naked models, has gotten people talking about the show even before its season premiere. Nice move.

2013

Jul

BURN NOTICE By David Bianculli

Michael Weston (Jeffrey Donovan), after about a year apart from Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar), finally gets to work with her again. Happy reunion? If you think that, you don’t know this show, or these two volatile characters, very well.

2013

Jul

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE By David Bianculli

This 1962 thriller, directed by John Frankenheimer, is as gripping, perplexing, surprising and ultimately unsettling as any modern conspiracy-theory drama. Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey play two former POWs who suffer from a severe case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, for a very good reason. And Angela Lansbury, as one of the women in their lives, deserves very special mention for her very memorable performance. It’s one of four films tonight selected by the evening’s guest pr

2013

Jul

THE COLBERT REPORT By David Bianculli

Stephen Colbert, since returning from vacation, has been on quite a streak. Last night, his conversation with Jerry Seinfeld was charming (and yes, as I predicted, Colbert served his guest some coffee). Tonight, I expect no less – well, no less charm. (Forget about the coffee.) Colbert’s guest tonight is Jeff Bridges (seen here from a previous visit), who, like Seinfeld, has worked very hard to make what he does seem effortlessly natural.

2013

Jul

'BAD' ENDINGS: FIRST THOUGHTS ON THE FINAL 'BREAKING BAD' By Eric Gould

The Breaking Bad writers have been so great, we suspect their finale will be a lot better – and a lot more surprising – than ours. But that won't stop us from trying...

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