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Contributors Archive
 
 
2012
Jul
21
CONTAGION By David Bianculli
 
 
This is a really creepy Steven Soderbergh movie, in which screenwriter Scott Z. Burns tracks a deadly disease to an unlikely and elusive Patient Zero. It’s a gripping thriller, and my only criticism is this: How did the scientists’ team of computer experts generate those nifty graphic images so instantly? Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Winslet star. I recommend watching with anti-bacterial wipes close at hand. You’ll thank me later.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
21
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT By David Bianculli
 
 
This 1944 movie is the one where Humphrey Bogart met and fell in love with Lauren Bacall, off-screen as well as on. Howard Hawks directed, and knew just how to get the best out of his young actress. It’s amazing to realize this was Bacall’s first film, and even more amazing to realize that, at the time, she was 19 years old.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
21
NEW WEB FARE: ELECTRIC CITY By Eric Gould
 
 
Tom Hanks' animated web series Electric City envisions a post-apocalyptic, low-tech future where electricity is a precious commodity and no one is quite who they seem...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
20
1994: ABC PUTS AN END TO 'DINOSAURS' By Christy Slewinski
 
 
On this day in 1994, ABC broadcast the last original episode of Dinosaurs, a sitcom conceptualized by Jim Henson prior to his death...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
20
2012 BRITISH OPEN GOLF By David Bianculli
 
 
After one day of competition, the name of Tiger Woods is on the first page of the leader board at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. That simple fact means a larger audience for today’s coverage of Round 2, which is televised live in the wee hours of the morning, and replayed at 3 p.m. ET for those who can’t abide the time-zone time shift.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
20
DIRTY HARRY By David Bianculli
 
 
AMC presents a double feature of movies featuring Clint Eastwood’s iconic “Dirty Harry” Callahan. First up: This 1971 titular showcase, followed at 8:15 p.m. ET by 1973’s Magnum Force. Eastwood fans should feel very fortunate, considering what a slow TV night this is. So the question is: Are you an Eastwood fan, and do you feel fortunate? Or, to put it Harry’s way: Do you feel lucky, punk? Well, do you?
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
20
MOYERS & COMPANY By David Bianculli
 
 
This weekend’s installment features journalist Chris Hedges, who discusses out-of-the-way places where people are trapped in cycles of endless despair. And I never even was asked to sign a release form. Moyers & Company airs from Friday to Sunday on local public TV stations; to find it in your local area, click HERE.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
20
BATMAN BEGINS By David Bianculli
 
 
The third Batman movie directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale has hit theaters nationwide. For those who want to go back and see how Batman Begins begins, one of TV’s alternatives is this first Nolan Caped Crusader effort, detailing the origin of the so-called Dark Knight.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
20
THE DARK KNIGHT By David Bianculli
 
 
Holy conflict, Batman! On the very day The Dark Knight Rises opens in theaters, and at the same exact time the first film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy is shown on another cable network, TNT presents the second film in the series. This one, from 2008 – and the one that captured one of the final performances by Heath Ledger, as a very making Joker. Christian Bale stars.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2012
Jul
20
SEINFELD DRIVES ONTO THE WEB WITH 'COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE' By Eric Gould
 
 
Jerry Seinfeld is back on Thursday nights — sort of — in a new recurring web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
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PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley