Most Vincent Minnelli musicals are opulent, imaginative and enjoyable, and this 1955 film is no exception. Howard Keel, Dolores Gray and Ann Blyth costar – Blyth, of course, appearing in both movies in tonight’s TCM double feature. Here, as Marsinah, she’s a decade older than when she played Joan Crawford’s daughter in 1945’s Mildred Pierce, which precedes this film at 8 p.m. ET.

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PULP FICTION By David Bianculli

What a movie – and what a cast. Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 epic is a seminal addition to AMC’s Mob Week, and John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, as two hit men having a very eventful day, are the standout stars of this sprawling story line. But there are so many other great performances, and set pieces, from the likes of Uma Thurman, Brice Willis, Ving Rhames, Harvey Keitel, Amanda Plummer and Tim Roth. Like Finnegan’s Wake, it starts somewhere in the middle of its story.

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JERRY MAGUIRE By David Bianculli

Cameron Crowe wrote and directed this 1996 romantic comedy, starring Tom Cruise as a hot-shot sports agent who finds himself out on his own, and desperate for both clients and affection. He finds the former thanks to Cuba Gooding Jr., and the latter thanks to Renee Zellweger. Oh, and Bonnie Hunt, as her sister, is wonderful, too.

2013

Aug

THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT By David Bianculli

Nunnally Johnson both directed and wrote the screenplay adaptation for this 1956 movie, which can almost be considered a Mad Man prequel. It’s about a WWII veteran who gets a demanding job doing public relations for a TV network – then has second thoughts about whether all that work, and all that commuting and corporate intrigue and such, is worth it. Gregory Peck stars, along with Jennifer Jones and Fredric March.

2013

Aug

HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT By David Bianculli

The games aren’t tough here, but I keep watching this show, because its participants, sooner or later, drop their guard and show something about what they’re really like – and, especially, what they do and don’t know about pop culture and their fellow celebrities. This week’s players include Felicity Huffman from Desperate Housewives, Dominic Monaghan from Lost, and Kristin Chenoweth, Aubrey Plaza, Wilber Valderrama and Molly Shannon.

2013

Aug

ANNIE HALL By David Bianculli

One of the best comedies ever made. Woody Allen directed and co-wrote (with Marshall Brickman) this 1977 comic masterpiece, which manages to be a love letter to both Diane Keaton and New York. There are so many things to enjoy in this movie, there’s no point trying to list them all. But each time around, I savor something else. This time, I’ll look, in particular, for Christopher Walken driving the car, Diane Keaton singing "Seems Like Old Times" as a torch song, and, of course, Mars

2013

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SCARFACE By David Bianculli

Mob Week continues on AMC with another go-round for this 1983 Brian De Palma remake of the film noir classic. By now, Al Pacino's performance in this 30-year-old gangster movie is as iconic as anything in the original. Say hello to Steven Bauer, now on Showtime's Ray Donovan, and to Michelle Pfeiffer - and then, say hello to Pacino's leetle friend. Oh, and by the way, the reason Walter White is packing (in his trunk, in the flashforwards) an even bigger gun than Pacino has here? It's Breaking Ba

2013

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MASTERCHEF By David Bianculli

Tonight’s new installment has the contestants striving to serve up the perfect T-bone steak. I’ll be watching intently, because I think I have the perfect recipe already, adapted half from an old cookbook of county fair-winning recipes, and half from my Fresh Air interview with New York Times cooking columnist Mark Bittman. Among the secrets: “age” the steak uncovered in the refrigerator for a day or two, and use a dry rub that includes, among its other ingredients, groun

2013

Aug

BROADCHURCH By David Bianculli

In Episode 2, David Tennant and Olivia Colman continue play the most reluctant, but grudgingly effective, crime-solving partners since – well, since their counterparts on The Bridge. And in tonight’s show, while the town doesn’t get any larger, their pool of prime suspects gets smaller.

2013

Aug

FUTURAMA By David Bianculli

Fry’s brain may or may not be fried, or Fry’d – but this week, he can’t get a tune out of his head. And upon careful examination of Fry’s brains, the music turns out to be a sinister signal from a distant spaceship. Distant, but getting closer – which is something else Fry doesn’t want to hear.

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