Another Back to the Future night on TCM begins with this 1962 French peek into the future, a short film about a time-traveler seeking clues to the planet’s survival after the devastation of World War III. Also on tonight’s bill, two films that later were remade as inferior versions: the original, 1975 Rollerball, starring James Caan (8:45 p.m. ET), and the original, 1990 Total Recall (1:45 a.m. ET).

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Sep

GREAT PERFORMANCES: "THE HOLLOW CROWN" By David Bianculli

The Hollow Crown is PBS’s latest attempt to mount a version of some of William Shakespeare’s “history plays” – specifically, the four-play cycle of Richard II (premiering tonight), followed by Henry IV: Parts 1 & 2 and Henry V. The last time public television presented all of these was in the late Seventies, when PBS and the BBC spent seven years televising all of Shakespeare’s plays. That cycle’s Richard II, made in 1978, starred Derek Jacobi in the

2013

Sep

WRECK-IT RALPH By David Bianculli

Think of this 2012 Disney animated feature as Breaking Bad in reverse. A vintage videogame villain named Wreck-It Ralph, voiced by John C. Reilly, makes one decision after another that leads him to becoming a good person. Along the way, he travels through various videogame scenarios and styles, facing different challenges (visually as well as physically) while accompanied by a spunky and delightful companion named Vanellope (voiced, adorably, by Sarah Silverman). Lots of fun – and with its

2013

Sep

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER By David Bianculli

Billy Crystal is one of Bill Maher’s guests tonight, and that’s a Real Time booking of the first magnitude. Crystal’s not on the panel – he’s scheduled for the top-of-the-show interview segment – but that still leaves plenty of time for commentary, and hilarity. Panelists this week include Joy Behar and David Frum, who, after tonight, might consider taking their act on the road – billed as Oil and Water.

2013

Sep

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL By David Bianculli

This eccentric 2007 character study stars two performers whose career trajectories have risen substantially since this low-budget movie was made: Ryan Gosling and The Newsroom star Emily Mortimer. He pays Lars, a meek man so introverted that he finds solace, even love and acceptance, in the quiet company of a made-to-order life-size “doll.” She plays the “real girl” of the title, in one of the cinema’s strangest (but not mocking) romantic triangles.

2013

Sep

LARRY HAGMAN AT THE EMMYS: NOT 'IN MEMORIAM,' BUT IN ABSENTIA By Ed Bark

In life, Larry Hagman never won an Emmy... In death, he won’t receive one of the five separate special “In Memoriam” tributes during Sunday's awards ceremony on CBS...

2013

Sep

'BAD' CONSEQUENCES: WHO WILL SURVIVE? By Eric Gould

Vince Gilligan has gone on record many times saying that he believes all the choices and actions by Breaking Bad characters have consequences. Will Skyler and Jesse face theirs?...

2013

Sep

'CHINA BEACH' LANDS AT BEVERLY HILLS PALEYFEST By Donna J. Plesh

For many TV fans of a certain generation, one of the most memorable shows of the Eighties was ABC’s China Beach. Now, 25 years after it premiered in 1988, China Beach has landed again -- not only on DVD, but at Paleyfest...

2013

Sep

INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO By David Bianculli

The first new edition of Inside the Actors Studio this new season focuses on Jake Gyllenhaal, whose films include Donnie Darko and Brokeback Mountain. And it ought to instill some sibling rivalry, because sister Maggie, whose films include Donnie Darko and Secretary, hasn’t been a guest of Lipton’s. Yet.

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