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2012
Aug
11
 
 
Can you dig it?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Aug
11
 
 
Leonardo DiCaprio, in this 2011 film biography, plays J. Edgar Hoover, the doggedly determined and fiercely power-protecting inaugural director of the FBI. Directed by Clint Eastwood, in somewhat of a departure for this particular director.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Aug
11
 
 
Stanley Kubrick made a lot of daringly bold movie choices – but simply choosing to try and adapt this hugely controversial Vladimir Nabokov novel for the screen, in the conservative era of 1961, was one of his boldest. The title character, in the book, was a 12-year-old nymphet. For the movies, Kubrick cast a 14-year-old actress, Sue Lyon – but sublimated and deflected the pedophilic subtext of the novel by stressing the comic and satiric elements, and handing those chores to Peter S
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Aug
11
 
 
In this new installment, Tracy Morgan hires the crew to design a shark tank built around the theme of the movie Jaws. You won’t soon forget the final result. Animal Planet: Tanks for the memories!
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Aug
11
 
 
It hurts to say goodbye all at once to The Closer, Damages and Weeds, shows that gave us rich female characters who shared the crucial characteristic of leading — truly leading — their own lives...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Aug
11
 
 
Tom Brinkmoeller interviewed Jaques Pepin and recounts the revival of Julia Child when they teamed up on their hit PBS series, Julia Child & Jacques Pépin Cooking at Home...their natural admiration and affection for one another was a vital ingredient for their PBS success, even though Julia once brought a pistol to the kitchen – OK, a starter's pistol...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Aug
10
 
 
Track events will dominate NBC’s prime time coverage in tonight’s taped replay package, led by a big build-up for the men’s 4x400m relays, and the women’s 4x100m. And earlier in the day, at 4 p.m. ET, the USA men’s basketball team plays its semifinal match against Argentina. Watch it live on NBC Sports Network.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Aug
10
 
 
If you like, you could think of this 1938 film comedy as the original Dharma & Greg: beautiful free spirit falls in love with a young man from a very uptight and conservative family. Jean Arthur and James Stewart star, and Lionel Barrymore, this evening’s featured TCM artist, plays Grandpa Martin, the eccentric patriarch of Arthur’s unpredictable family. This very funny film is based on the play by George S. Kaufman, and is directed by Frank Capra, one year before he reteamed wit
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Aug
10
 
 
This violent, yet fascinating, 1992 crime drama is the movie with which writer-director Quentin Tarantino earned his bones – while handing some indelible cinematic set pieces to his stars, incuding Michael Madsen as Mr. Blonde, a bad guy so violent it’s hard to watch him in action without averting your eyes. Also starring, with their own strong scenes, are Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth and others.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Aug
10
 
 
Tanglewood, the beautiful and pastoral setting for a music festival nestled in the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts, gets a well-deserved salute tonight, and not only by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which calls Tanglewood its summer home. Also along for this concert are artists who have appeared often, and played some truly beautiful music, at Tanglewood. Among them: Yo-Yo Ma and James Taylor. For more on this program, see Tom Brinkmoeller's Raised on MTM column. Check local listin