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2018
May
7
 
 
American Idol already has reached this milestone this season, but tonight on The Voice, the Top 10 – always an evocative milestone in a competition series – perform for the right to remain.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
7
 
 
Episode 2 of James Cameron’s very personal look at science fiction is devoted to the topic of “Space.” And once again, the best elements are not always the clips from TV shows and movies, which don’t always seem weighed and selected with the proper historical perspective. Instead, the most fascination bits are when Cameron sits and talks, one on one, with some of his fellow filmmakers and genre visionaries. Steven Spielberg was great last week, for example, and tonight th
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
7
 
 
Eve Myles sells the new Brit mystery drama Keeping Faith...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
7
 
 
While one would not ordinarily argue with the Smithsonian Institute about American history, the Smithsonian Channel’s new documentary on 1968 requires a few asterisks...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
7
 
 
FX has announced that the vampire satire film What We Do in the Shadows, co-written and starring the always witty Jermaine Clement  (Flight of the Conchords) has been adapted for a 10-episode season starting in Spring 2019... the mockumentary-style comedy follows what happens when three vampires have been roommates for hundreds of years…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
6
 
 
This series just gets better and better, and part of the reason is that British intelligence investigator Eve (Sandra Oh) and her hit-woman quarry, Villanelle (Jodie Comer), keep getting closer and closer to one another. Now, in episode five, they’re face to face – and Villanelle is holding not only the cards, but the gun. And, like any true psychopath, giggling…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
6
 
 
Visits by world leaders. More musical chairs in President Trump’s cabinet. And lots and lots of talk about who’s an “idiot” and a “moron.” Welcome back to The Circus…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
6
 
 
The women of Westworld continue to marshal forces and pursue their agendas, in ways that put themselves in danger – but everyone who either sides with or opposes them, as well. Tonight, Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) keeps moving, while Maeve (Thandie Newton, pictured) keeps gathering forces. And in their wake, both women leave a trail of blood, and bodies. Mostly repairable host bodies, but still…
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
6
 
 
The investigation of the Ice Juice scandal has both Axe and Chuck maneuvering to cover their respective tracks and eliminate their vulnerabilities – which pulls two of the show’s most powerful supporting characters, Asia Kate Dillon as Taylor and Maggie Siff as Wendy, directly into the fray.
 
 
 
  
 
 
2018
May
6
 
 
In this penultimate episode of the season, Sarah Goldberg as Sally finally gets her big acting scene, vintage costumes and all, and Bill Hader’s Barry is her very (and very understandably) distracted scene partner.