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...

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2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS By David Bianculli

NBC is broadcasting the Olympics on its parent broadcast network most of the day and evening, and is saving one particularly high-profile event for prime time: the women’s volleyball gold-medal match. But in daytime, on this penultimate day of competition, tune to NBC Sports Network at 10 a.m. ET for the men’s soccer finals, with Mexico vs. Brazil, both of them vying for their first Olympic gold medal in this particular sport.

2012

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SHAFT By David Bianculli

Can you dig it?

2012

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J. EDGAR By David Bianculli

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

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LOLITA By David Bianculli

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

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TANKED By David Bianculli

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

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COOL CABLE WOMEN SAY SAYONARA By Diane Werts

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

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2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS By David Bianculli

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

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YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU By David Bianculli

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

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RESERVOIR DOGS By David Bianculli

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.

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