It’s Joan Crawford Day, all day, on TCM. And while many of her most famous films are missing from this retrospective, she made so many that it’s a great opportunity to catch up on some of her seldom-televised films, as well as a few classics. In prime time, the Crawford films shown are 1947’s psychological horror film Possessed (8 p.m. ET), followed by 1949’s Flamingo Road, which spawned the Eighties TV series starring Morgan Fairchild. The campiest and most entertaining

2015

Aug

HANNIBAL By David Bianculli

This 2001 movie is a sequel to 1991’s Silence of the Lambs, with Anthony Hopkins continuing his role as Hannibal Lecter, but with Julianne Moore inheriting Jodie Foster’s role as FBI agent Clarice Starling. And much of the action takes place in Italy, a recent stopping place for the current, about-to-end NBC spinoff series, Hannibal. Do these two projects have anything in common? Absolutely. They’re both attempts to wring more inspiration, and profit, from the original Hannibal

2015

Aug

I AM CHRIS FARLEY By David Bianculli

This recent documentary gets a TV airing on Spike, profiling the former Saturday Night Live repertory cast member, who died of a drug overdose at age 33. But unlike Amy, the current documentary film about Amy Winehouse, it doesn’t focus on the drug addition as much as the talent – which is either a treat or a disappointment, depending upon what you came to see.

2015

Aug

SIGNIFICANT MOTHER By David Bianculli

This CW series is about a young man named Jimmy (Nathaniel Buzolic) whose girlfriend is an older woman named Lydia (Krista Allen) – who happens to be the mother of his best friend, Nate (Josh Zuckerman). In tonight’s second episode, Nate gets a sense of what his buddy Jimmy is experiencing – by meeting up with an aggressive cougar named Pepper Spinner, played by guest star Denise Richards (pictured).

2015

Aug

THE NIGHTLY SHOW WITH LARRY WILMORE By David Bianculli

If you tune to The Daily Show tonight at 11 ET out of force of habit, you’ll see a recent rerun – featuring Jon Stewart’s interview, from one week ago, with Amy Schumer. But if you stay tuned to The Nightly Show, you’ll see a new edition – and, perhaps, hear Larry Wilmore comment on the passing of Stewart, Wilmore’s former (and current) boss, from Comedy Central.

2015

Aug

A PATRIOTIC SALUTE AND COMBAT SMOKE WITH JON STEWART By Noel Holston

Liberals who have American flags (a larger contingent than our more conservative fellow citizens typically acknowledge) are likely flying them at half-mast to mark the retirement from Comedy Central of Jon Stewart...

2015

Aug

HUMANS By David Bianculli

One of the aspects of this show I really enjoy is its unpredictability: the humans react in ways that are very, well, human, which is to say often less than nobly. And the “synth” androids created with emotions as well as basic motor functions and verbal skills – well, they act unpredictably, too. Last week’s episode provided a moment of happiness for the self-aware synths, as most of them were reunited, and one of them had her original consciousness and memories restored

2015

Aug

TRUE DETECTIVE By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Tonight’s episode is 90 minutes long, and finishes this season’s story, which, in some respects, feels like it’s just getting started. Either that, or it’s not really going much of anywhere. Tonight’s episode will answer that question, one way or another. But at least things are starting to happen, as with last week’s demise of one major character. We thought that had happened earlier in the season – but this time, it’s for real.

2015

Aug

RAY DONOVAN By David Bianculli

The extended Donovan family is having a tough time. While Ray (Liev Schreiber) is caught now between the whims of Malcolm Finney (Ian McShane) and the rebellious plans of Finney’s daughter (Katie Holmes), Ray’s wife, dad and brothers all are dealing with their own problems, ghosts and demons. And, for the most part, rather sloppily.

2015

Aug

MASTERS OF SEX By David Bianculli

Last week’s episode, which found ways for Allison Janney and Beau Bridges to share screen time again after their characters’ long-ago divorce, was especially satisfying. Tonight’s episode features another reunion of sorts, as Michael Sheen’s Dr. William Masters returns to face the same group of medical peers who had dismissed him years ago – and this time, with a published thesis on sex climbing up the bestseller list, he’s in a position of strength. And by th

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