Gary Oldman won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in this 2017 fact-based drama. Churchill, Great Britain’s newly installed Prime Minister, has to face the Germans, and Adolf Hitler, and decide whether to negotiate with them or resist with what could be a horrifying military defeat. Oldman is magnificent, the story is true, and Churchill’s staunch patriotism and defiance are inspirational even now. Especially now.

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FROM MATT GROENING, A LITTLE FAIRY TALE 'DISENCHANTMENT' – AND THAT'S NOT A BAD THING By David Hinckley

Many years ago, the iconic Rocky & Bullwinkle series featured an occasional segment called Fractured Fairy Tales, which put a weird and often absurd twist on the traditional yarns with which most children grew up...

2018

Aug

DISENCHANTMENT By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Matt Groening’s The Simpsons, after appearing as interstitial cartoon shorts on Fox’s The Tracey Ullman Show, premiered as a full-length TV show of its own in 1989, and changed the history of television animation. Season 30 of The Simpsons – think of that! – begins this fall. Groening eventually rode his own wave by co-creating the loony and entertaining Futurama, and today, on Netflix, unveils only his third cartoon series in as many decades. It&rs

2018

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ULTRAVIOLET By David Bianculli

SERIES PREMIERE: Netflix continues to roll out new series with the indiscriminate onslaught of an avalanche – and today, in addition to unveiling Disenchantment (which I’ve previewed separately) and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (which I haven’t), the streaming service presents the U.S. premiere of this imported Polish crime series from 2017. It stars Marta Nieradkiewicz as Ola, a young woman who returns to Lodz from London, witnesses a violent accident that may be mu

2018

Aug

BARBRA STREISAND SALUTE By David Bianculli

Today’s “Summer Under the Stars” on TCM salutes Barbra Streisand, which leads to a day of films that are fun to revisit – including 1972’s What’s Up, Doc? At 8:15 a.m. ET, 1970’s The Owl and the Pussycat at 10:15 a.m. ET, 1968’s Funny Girl at 12:15 p.m. ET, and 1973’s The Way We Were at 5:45 p.m. ET. And at night? The lineup includes 1983’s Yentl at 8 p.m. ET, 1991’s The Prince of Tides at 10:30 p.m. ET, and, at 1 a.m. ET, 1976&rs

2018

Aug

THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW By David Bianculli

SEASON FINALE: Three bakers have made it all the way to tonight’s Season 5 finale, which finally gives me a chance to put, on the record, one of my favorite vocabulary words of all time. Those exterior seeds on raspberries, those red bumps of delightful deliciousness (pictured)? They’re called drupelets. You’re welcome. Check local listings.

2018

Aug

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

What a week – and what a show. Among tonight’s guests: attorney Preet Bharara (pictured), whose insights into the federal and New York court cases of all the President’s men should prove impressively informed…

2018

Aug

AN 'OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN POPULAR TV' AWARD AT THE EMMYS? NOT SO FAST By Alex Strachan

And, breathe. When I first learned that the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has planned a new Oscar category for “Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film” I had two thoughts...

2018

Aug

MIRIAM HOPKINS TRIBUTE By David Bianculli

Today’s saluted TCM star is Miriam Hopkins – and whenever the network devotes one of its all-day tributes to a relatively lesser-known star, the rewards in sampling a generous potpourri of careers-spanning films are obvious. Perhaps the most familiar of Hopkins’ screen roles is as one of the two scheming jewel thieves in Ernst Libitsch’s 1932 romantic comedy, Trouble in Paradise (pictured). TCM televises that one at 8 p.m. ET, but other Hopkins films are shown all day and

2018

Aug

R-E-S-P-E-C-T By Linda Donovan

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