Here’s a super piece of guest casting: Laura Vandervoort, who played Supergirl on Smallville, guest stars as a beautiful widow who may be a murderess as well. And she also may be appearing in future episodes, because her chemistry with Matt Bomer, as Neal, didn’t escape the show’s producers.

2012

Jul

NY MED By David Bianculli

Episode 4 in Terence Wrong’s latest, satisfyingly popular nonfiction medical series is loaded with tense cases, including a 4-year-old girl with a large tumor in her heart (her family is shown here, talking to the pediatric heart surgeon) and a man whose eating disorder compels him to eat metallic objects. (“Honey, have you seen my car keys?”)

2012

Jul

NO, MR. BOND, I EXPECT YOU TO WATCH By David Bianculli

I saw the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger when Encore televised it earlier this month, and I’ll see it again when it’s repeated July 31. I can’t help myself. For me, it’s one of those irresistible spider-web movies: a film that ensnares me every time it’s on TV…

2012

Jul

WALK THE LINE By David Bianculli

You know about Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as Johnny and June Carter Cash — but look a little deeper, in this 2005 biographical film, and you’ll see Ginnifer Goodwin, the Big Love wife (one of them) now featured as one of the stars in ABC’s Once Upon a Time.

2012

Jul

2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS By David Bianculli

Events presented, in repackaged form, in prime time tonight include more men’s swimming finals, men’s gymnastics, men’s synchronized diving, and beach volleyball.

2012

Jul

ABOUT FACE: SUPERMODELS THEN AND NOW By David Bianculli

This new documentary puts the best possible face on the topic of famous and beautiful faces – interviewing and gathering supermodels, past and present (including Christie Brinkley, pictured), to talk about their respective careers and perspectives. You have to admit: it’s a gorgeous idea for a nonfiction film.

2012

Jul

THE CLOSER By David Bianculli

We’re down to the final three episodes of this series – so tonight, Brenda’s parents, played by Barry Corbin and Frances Sternhagen, decide it’s a good time to visit. But it’s not, because their daughter (played by Kyra Sedgwick) is embroiled in a sensitive investigation involving the murder of a priest.

2012

Jul

WEB THERAPY By David Bianculli

And the guest stars just keep on coming: This week, one of those stars is Minnie Driver, playing someone who gets a chance to play Lisa Kudrow’s Fiona in a movie – but, she tells Fiona, playing a prettier version of her. Nice.

2012

Jul

DEADWOOD: THE COMPLETE SERIES By David Bianculli

—Unfortunately, The Complete Series of HBO’s Deadwood is only three seasons long...Fortunately, those three seasons gave us one of the best-written, best-performed dramas in TV history...

2012

Jul

ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT ON THE UNEVEN BARS By Eric Gould

One of the bigger stories of the 2012 London Olympics is Michael Phelps' quest to become the all-time top medalist in history. Phelps already holds the record for most career gold medals (14)...Phelps has 17 medals – one less than Russian-Ukranian gymnast Larisa Latynina, who captured 18. Here's a reel showing how Latynina's sport of the uneven bars, like so many others, has noticeably evolved since the '50s...

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